Dulce M. Suarez-Resnick, AIS, CPIA, CPIW - Happy 37 Year Anniversary - An Insurance Trusted Advisor, Educator, Mentor and Wise Leader

Dulce’s story is an example that when you are helping out of kindness and generosity, inevitably you are going to be successful and a role model. Good things are going to happen to you and you are going to be a positive influence in the spaces that you are in. Dulce has had an amazing career helping clients, colleagues, and consumers. Her book of business is fully made by referrals and her retention rate is insane. Many of her clients had been with her for decades and generations. She has a solid reputation as one of the best in the industry. Her story is full of value and you should hear it.
Dulce is native of Miami Beach, Florida. She is a Beach High graduate and lived in Miami Beach for 22 years before moving to Miramar in Broward County in 1996. Dulce was in High School, on the work program, when she did clerical work for a Condominium Association. While working there, an insurance agent told her they had an opening and asked her to interview. She did. She got the job on the spot. It was the beginning of her journey in the insurance world. 
Dulce joined the insurance industry on November 2, 1985. She obtained an Associate in Insurance Services from the Insurance Institute of America in 1999. She has accomplished so much in her 37 years of professional experience. Her commitment to help the insurance industry mixed with her vast knowledge and great leadership skills have resulted in a lot of value and betterment for everyone involved with her. 
Dulce specializes in personal lines and commercial habitational risks, such as Condominiums and Homeowners Associations. She is a Vice President and Sales Producer of Acentria Insurance in Miami, Florida. She is a consumer advocate, insurance educator, and proven leader. She has won many awards and recognitions. In the National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW) of Florida she won the Kay Cooper Memorial Award (1994) and Insurance Professional of the Year (1999). The Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies (LAAIA) recognized her with the Insurance Professional of the Year -Woman- in 2002 & 2006. She won the LAAIA-Broward-Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. She won the AAMGA Association Achievement Award in 2002. She was named one of 95 in the 2018 Elite Women in Insurance of the Insurance Business America.
Dulce currently serves as the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation liaison for the LAAIA and has been appointed to the Agents Round Table since 2007. In 2015, she was appointed to the Citizens Depopulation Modernization work group that helped pass legislation that created the depopulation process in place today in Florida. In 2016, she was chosen as 1 of the 10 finalists out of 77 applicants for the position of Insurance Commissioner of the State of Florida. In 2006, she was appointed by then CFO Alex Sink, to the Financial Literacy Council where she served on the Florida Alliance on Hurricane Insurance. She is the Past President of the local chapter of the NAIW and of the LAAIA, and has chaired the Legislative Committee of both associations and therefore she makes annual trips to Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. Dulce has also been a Board Member of the American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society since late 2016 and she is currently their Board President.
Dulce is a trusted and credible voice. She is a go-to person for the South FL media. Has appeared in: CBS 4, NBC 6, ABC 10, CNN, CNNE, Univision 23, Univision Radio, Telemundo, TeleMiami, Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel, Insurance Journal, Rough Notes, and Independent Agent Magazine. 

FUN facts: Since Dulce is Cuban she absolutely loves the beach. She can live on the beach forever and be happy. She loves to fish, snorkel, swim, and to lay out the beach. 

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