ORLANDO, Fl. (Dec. 2, 2023)
Â鶹Դ´ President Honors Three Â鶹Դ´ Members with Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership
On December 1, during the Opening Session at the Â鶹Դ´â€™ (Â鶹Դ´) Fall National Meeting, Â鶹Դ´ President and Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance Director Chlora Lindley-Myers presented the Â鶹Դ´â€™s Raymond G. Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership to Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation Director , California Department of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, and Alaska Division of Insurance Director Lori Wing-Heier.
The Farmer Award, given at the Â鶹Դ´ president’s discretion, honors an Â鶹Դ´ Member who has shown exemplary leadership and a sustained length of industry service and has contributed to advancing the Â鶹Դ´â€™s mission.
Created in 2008, this award was previously known as the Â鶹Դ´ President’s Award for Distinguished Â鶹Դ´ Leadership. The Â鶹Դ´ renamed the award at the 2021 Fall National Meeting in honor of its recipient, then-Â鶹Դ´ 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.
(Top: [L-R] Â鶹Դ´ President and Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance Director Chlora Lindley-Myers, Alaska Division of Insurance Director Lori Wing-Heier, Former South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer, and Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation Director Elizabeth (Beth) Kelleher Dwyer. Not Pictured: California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara.)
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