Having held a Life and Health license for over thirty years an Arizona Property and casualty License for almost four decades, David Mitchell (“David”) has become an avid advocate of people’s rights in insurance claims. For over twenty five years, David as held the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) certification, an achievement which less than 1% of all insurance specialists in the United States can boast. To gain the CIC, each applicant must achieve at least 100 hours of specialized classes that contain five challenging examinations regarding the applications of insurance policies in the context of the clients as well as the policies and procedures of the providing agencies. In addition to this, a CIC needs to achieve at least 20 classroom instruction hours per year that cover various types of insurance policies. David’s achievements have seen him delivering over 500 hours of instruction involving insurance policies with CIC.

Ideal Insurance Agency was co-founded by David and his father, Jack Mitchell, back in 1982. The family business also includes David’s brother Dan Mitchell. David is responsible for writing and developing many of the life policies offered by Ideal Insurance Agency, and he is involved in many aspects of the business, including finances, marketing, human resources and strategic planning, as well as being the casualty Operations Manager and Director of the Commercial Property for the family business.

Through the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research, David has instructed many continuing education insurance courses for Arizona’s Independent Insurance Agents as well as the Customer Service Representation Designation since 2002 that focuses on both personal and commercial lines courses that encompass personal and residential auto, including Agency Operations. This specialty course lays the foundations of the duty of care required by insurance providers and includes many human resource aspects and a host of insurance agency procedures. This state approved course is ideal for life and health insurance as well as property and casualty insurance.