DENVER, Colo. (Nov. 19, 2024)
91´«Ã½ President Honors 2 91´«Ã½ Members with Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership
During the Opening Session of the 91´«Ã½â€™ (91´«Ã½) 2024 Fall National Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on Nov. 17, 91´«Ã½ President and Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais presented the 91´«Ã½â€™s Raymond G. Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready.
(L-R: 91´«Ã½ President and Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais with Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready)
The Farmer Award, given at the 91´«Ã½ president’s discretion, honors an 91´«Ã½ Member who has shown exemplary leadership and a sustained length of industry service and has contributed to advancing the 91´«Ã½â€™s mission.
Created in 2008, this award was previously known as the 91´«Ã½ President’s Award for Distinguished 91´«Ã½ Leadership. The 91´«Ã½ renamed the award at the 2021 Fall National Meeting in honor of its recipient, then-91´«Ã½ Immediate Past President and South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer. Former Director Farmer retired in April 2022 after 53 years in the industry and insurance regulation.
(Commissioners Mulready and McClain with former 91´«Ã½ President and former South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer)
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As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) provides expertise, data, and analysis for insurance commissioners to effectively regulate the industry and protect consumers. The U.S. standard-setting organization is governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Through the 91´«Ã½, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer reviews, and coordinate regulatory oversight. 91´«Ã½ staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally.