Allison Dean Love, API, MBA
Executive Director, South Carolina Insurance News Service
Allison Dean Love is the Executive Director of the South Carolina Insurance News Service which is a non-profit organization which provides insurance information to the media and consumers. Ms. Love serves as the spokesperson for the property and casualty insurance industry and has been with the News Service over 12 years. She travels the state appearing on TV and radio shows and talking about insurance issues with community groups. She helps print media reporters with insurance news stories and produces news releases on timely insurance issues. She also maintains a web site () with insurance information on all types of property and casualty insurance topics and tracks insurance-related legislation.She enjoys helping people understand insurance issues and educating them on having the financial security and peace of mind in knowing their property is protected. Some of her favorite topics are helping people save money on insurance, protecting homes from damage, traffic safety, insurance fraud and arson.
She has expertise in communications, media and public relations, marketing, advertising, training and human resource management. Her experience spans a range of industries from property and casualty insurance, banking, healthcare and nonprofit organization management.
Ms. Love has completed one year toward a Ph.D. in Communications/Public Relations at the University of South Carolina, holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Citadeland a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Middle Tennessee State University. She has a Certificate in General Insurance, an Associate in Personal Insurance (API) and has completed 4 of the 8 credits toward a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. She serves the following professional, civic and charitable organizations: The SC Department of Insurance Advisory Committee on Mitigation (SC SAFE HOME),the SC Press Association, the SC Broadcasters Association, 113 Calhoun Street Foundation/Center for a Hazard Resilient Coast, SC SAFE KIDS Coalition Board of Directors, SC Insurance Fraud Investigators, SC Arson Investigators, Charleston County Project Impact - Public Information Committee, Professional Insurance Agents of SC Board of Directors and has served on the Charleston Southern University Earthquake Education Center Board, the SC Dept. of Insurance Uninsured Motorists Working Group (Public Information Chair), SC Disaster Coalition and the SC Dept. of Insurance Fraud Working Group. Ms. Love is also very active with The Citadel on The Citadel Board of Visitors, The Lowcountry Graduate Center Board of Directors, The Citadel Alumni Association, The Citadel Brigadier Foundation and The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. She is also active with her church, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral(member, lector and interviewer for “Voice of Trinity” radio show). She is also an associate member of the SC General Assembly Women’s Caucus.
Ms. Loveis originally from Columbia, Tennessee but has lived in South Carolina 18 years. In April of 2000, she was elected by the SC General Assembly as the first voting woman on The Citadel Board of Visitors. She was re-elected in April of 2006 for another 6 year term. She is married to Phil Love and has two step-sons, Brian and Michael.
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