Sullivan was elected to the UTUIA board before a federal court, citing a flawed voting process, halted implementation of a merger between the UTU and the SMWIA.

For more than 135 years, the UTUIA and its predecessors have served UTU (and UTU predecessor unions’) members and their families with life, health and retirement protection products.

The UTUIA is one of the nation’s few remaining union-friendly insurance companies. Where competing insurance companies frequently are engaged in anti-union activities, such as lobbying for corporate-favored public policy, the UTUIA is an insurance company owned by union members, and it operates solely for the benefit of union families.

UTUIA board members now include:

UTU International President Mike Futhey; Assistant President Arty Martin; General Secretary and Treasurer Kim Thompson; National Legislative Director James Stem, and independent members Joyce Terbovich, a certified public accountant; Nicholas J. DeCicco, a registered principal with the National Association of Security Dealers and a former president of Midwest Life Insurance Co.; and Frank J. Riha, a certified public accountant and former insurance examiner supervisor for the State of Ohio Insurance Department.

The vacancy created by Sullivan’s resignation will be filled by election at the next annual meeting of the UTUIA.

For more information on the UTUIA, click on the following link:

www.utuia.org