Thomas Humphreys

Tom began his insurance career in 1989 when he started his own retail insurance agency. Earning his CPCU in 2000, he also holds the ARM, CLU, ChFC and CIC professional designations. After transitioning to the company side as a recruiter and trainer for new agents, he also started instructing pre-licensing courses with Kaplan in 2006, evetually creating his own licensing school, Michigan School of Insurance. Tom began teaching at the university level in 2015 at Olivet College, serving as the Director of the Insurance and Risk Management bachelors degree program. In 2024, he moved to Michigan State University in the Eli Broad College of Business to lead and grow the Insurance and Risk Management program there.

Tom serves as an educational consultant for The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance, as well as an advisor to the techincal and education committees of Big I Michigan. He is the faculty advisor to Gamma Iota Sigma, the insurance and risk management society at MSU. Tom served on the Board of Governors of the Michigan Auto Insurance Placement Facility (MAIPF), and also is the program administrator for the Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame as well as a board member of the Westran Insurance Scholarship Foundation

Tom has been awarded the National Faculty Advisor of the Year for Gamma Iota Sigma, the Most Influential Professor of a Top 5 Graduating Senior at Olivet College (7 times), and the Walter Adams Advisor of the Year at MSU in 2026. He served his community as the president of the Belding Area Schools Board of education from 2001 to 2015 and the president of the Ionia County Intermediate School District from 2005 to 2015.