ELIGIBILITY

  1. Applicant must be graduating high school in 2025.

  2. Eligible applicants must meet one of the following requirements to apply:
    • Graduating from an Ohio-based school in Van Wert, Mercer, Putnam, or Paulding counties or Delphos City Schools
    • Be a dependent of a current Central Insurance employee or retiree, regardless of high school location
    • Be a current employee at Central Insurance or Willow Bend Country Club, regardless of high school location

  3. Applicant must plan to attend an accredited two- or four-year post-secondary educational institution on a full-time basis by the end of 2025. The school of choice must have a program leading to a degree, diploma, or certificate in the student’s chosen major. The school may be a college, university, business, or technical school.

  4. The Central Insurance Companies Educational and Charitable Foundation aims to support educational studies and provide qualified job prospects to the insurance industry. An applicant’s major must have a specific use towards a career position within the insurance industry. Please contact cicecf@central-insurance.com if further clarification pertaining to a focus of study is needed.

    5. Eligible majors, include (but are not limited to):
    • Accounting
    • Actuarial Science
    • Insurance & Risk Management
    • Business Management
    • Computer Science & Engineering        
    • Data Analytics
    • Data Science
    • Data Engineering
    • Human Resources
    • Psychology
    • Occupational Health & Safety
    • Marketing
    • Finance
    • Mathematics
    • Statistics
    • Communications

  5. While not exclusively an academic scholarship, applicants must demonstrate academic promise and good character. A minimum 3.0 GPA in high school is required.

  6. Applicants are asked to complete an extensive application, which can be downloaded from our website at www.cicecf.org.

  7. Applicants are applying for an annual scholarship that can be renewed upon review by the directors. Renewal eligibility includes:
    • Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale
    • Full-time enrollment in a two- or four-year post-secondary educational institution
    • Maintaining criteria for focus of study