Ashlee Neumann, account manager of Kingsgate Insurance in Fort Dodge, has received the designation of certified insurance counselor.

Neumann successfully completed an insurance education program sponsored by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors.

The Society of CIC is a key member of The National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research.

The National Alliance conducts more than 2,500 programs annually throughout all 50 states, Virgin Islands, Mexico, Puerto Rico and around the world. This program is designed to serve a variety of individuals practicing insurance and risk management so that they may better serve their clients’ insurance and risk management requirements.

More than 31,000 agents and insurance professionals throughout the country have received the CIC designation.

Neumann has demonstrated her professional competence through the successful completion of the five CIC courses and the corresponding comprehensive examinations that focus on all major fields of insurance and insurance management, such as property and casualty, personal and commercial lines, commercial multiline, agency management, insurance company operations, life and health, and risk management.

Neumann has been with Kingsgate for eight years with a focus in mommercial/business insurance.