NAIC President Honors 2 NAIC Members with Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership
During the Opening Session of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) 2024 Fall National Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on Nov. 17, NAIC President and Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais presented the NAIC’s Raymond G. Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready.
(L-R: NAIC 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 NAIC president’s discretion, honors an NAIC Member who has shown exemplary leadership and a sustained length of industry service and has contributed to advancing the NAIC’s mission.
Created in 2008, this award was previously known as the NAIC President’s Award for Distinguished NAIC Leadership. The NAIC renamed the award at the 2021 Fall National Meeting in honor of its recipient, then-NAIC 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 NAIC President and former South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer)
About the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 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 NAIC, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer reviews, and coordinate regulatory oversight. NAIC staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally.