About

The Insurance School of the Central Valley

provides courses in:

  • Pre-licensing in Life & Health
  • Pre-licensing in Property & Casualty
  • Code & Ethics
  • Series 6/63
  • Continuing Education

The State of California Department of Insurance Approved Instructors have been teaching students for more than 20 years and The Insurance School of the Central Valley has been providing quality education in Modesto, California since 1992.
The mission of The Insurance School of the Central Valley is to provide Insurance Professionals and other Financial Industry Professionals with the understanding of the theory of Insurance and to also understand the rules and laws that govern the Insurance Profession.

Harry taught classes for twenty years with his wife Helen at his business location in Modesto, CA. Helen is retired now, and the location was traded in for online courses and life on the road teaching Funeral & Burial only.

Harry is retired military (20 years), and is a graduate of Stanislaus state. And specializes now in live funeral and burial classes wherever he’s invited. “Have lectern, will travel”.

The classes are structured as a 2-day class with homework. Included are: a workbook, handouts, a special glossary, and English and/or Spanish are included.

What does the F&B License provide?

  • Guaranteed employment.
  • Great income.
  • Opportunities unlimited.

Harry Smulson is the principal presenter with over 20 years of experience. He uses lecture and his own unique diagrams to illustrate annuities, whole life, term insurance, etc.

“I’ve been teaching for years,” Harry explains, “and on the average approximately 80% pass by the second try.”

Harry was a platform instructor at Castle AFB, and he uses his military instruction techniques with his funeral and burial classes. These include innovative learning methods, to help you understand both the big picture and the little details. Harry has made a lot of original diagrams, to help portray these ideas to you. For example; A large production is made diagramming the differences between the stock insurance companies and mutual insurance companies, to provide a clarity of understanding of the differences.