The Man, A Myth and A Legend
Mike Howk, JD with Recovery Specialist Insurance Group, steps into retirement with a sincere love of the industry he served for over 40 years and with gratitude for the opportunities afforded to him over the decades and the relationships he built along the way.
Mike, who is originally from upstate New York, served four years in military intelligence (which he often joked was a contradiction in terms) before graduating from the University of New York at Binghamton School of Management with a B.S. in 1977. In 1980 he graduated from Nova University in Florida with a Juris Doctorate.
He was involved in the development and implementation of the first insurance policy specifically designed for repossession companies. Based on his work and research, he developed extensive educational programs. He taught certification courses for recovery specialists nationwide. He worked closely with the States of Louisiana and Illinois during the implementation of their new self-help repossession laws.
He frequently served as the keynote speaker to associations and groups of clients across the United States to further educate the repossession and auto finance industries on risk reduction and liability avoidance in repossession and collateral recovery.
Aside from his vast experience and knowledge about repossession laws and case law, Mike is known throughout the industry for his passionate stance of encouraging education over legislation, his uncanny ability to find repossession case law relating to the repossession of yellow Camaros, gifter of the Mike Howk homemade “Winner, Winner 3 Piece Chicken Dinner” when questions were answered correctly at in person certification courses and industry events and at one time life on a Tennessee farm complete with goats and llamas.
While he has given up the goats and llamas in recent years and made the move from Tennessee to Ohio, he looks forward to traveling abroad with his wife Tori and spending more time with his step daughter and granddaughter in retirement.
We were hoping to give Mike a proper retirement roast at REPO2025 this June in Charlotte, NC – but his busy travel schedule already has him exploring other parts of the world.
We wish Mike and his family all the best in his retirement years and sincerely thank them for their years of service to Recovery Specialist Insurance Group and the repossession industry.
Recovery Specialist Insurance Group
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