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Robert Dineen Award

An Award for Outstanding Service and Contribution to the State Regulation of Insurance

In June 1989, the NAIC established the Robert Dineen Award in honor of the founder of NAIC's Support and Services Office. The award is designed to honor a staff member of an insurance department who has made an outstanding contribution to state regulation of insurance, and exhibits an attitude and performs activities fostering the advancement of the insurance regulatory profession.

Information Required for Nomination

  • The specific contribution of the nominee stated in a single sentence.
  • Present position: Title, organization, address, and positions (past and present) in which the nominee made the contribution.
  • How the contribution was implemented. Please cite specifics.
  • The actual proven impact of the contribution.
  • Whether the contribution was developed alone or together with others (name any others).
  • The probable future impact of the contribution.

Criteria for Selection

  • Currently serving as full-time staff of a state insurance department.
  • Has contributed a singularly significant concept of practice that sets a new standard in the area of state regulation of insurance.
  • Has individually produced research which makes an original and significant contribution to state regulation of insurance.
  • Has achieved the most effective regulatory program at the optimum cost over the longest term.
  • Exhibits an attitude and performs activities fostering the advancement of the insurance regulatory profession.
  • Has made an outstanding contribution to the literature of insurance.

Past Honorees

2023

E. Joy Little, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance; Jackie Obusek, North Carolina Department of Insurance; George Bradner, Connecticut Insurance Department; Denise Gardner, Louisiana Department of Insurance

2022

Erin Klug, Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions; Glenda Haverkamp, Kansas Insurance Department; Don Beatty, Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) Bureau of Insurance.

2021

Nancy Cross, Mississippi Department of Insurance; Doug Slape, Texas Department of Insurance; Judy Weaver, Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services

2020

Gordon I. Ito, Hawaii Insurance Division; Paul Lombardo, Connecticut Department of Insurance; Douglas C. Stolte, Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance

2019

Jack Broccoli, Rhode Island Division of Insurance; Patrick McNaughton, Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner

2018

Mel Anderson, Arkansas Department of Insurance; Susanne Murphy, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation

2017

Charles Angell, Alabama Department of Insurance; Paula M. Pallozzi, Rhode Island Division of Insurance

2016

Kim Hudson, California Department of Insurance; Cindy Donovan, Indiana Department of Insurance; Rich Piazza, Louisiana Department of Insurance

2015

Christine Neighbors, Nebraska Department of Insurance; Chlora Lindley-Myers, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance; Michael Boerner, Texas Department of Insurance

2014

Lenita Blasingame - Arkansas; Belinda H. Miller - Florida

2013

Kathy Belfi, Connecticut Insurance Department; Fred Heese, Missouri Department of Insurance

2012

Joseph Fritsch, New York State Department of Financial Services

2011

Danny Saenz, Texas Department of Insurance

2010

Steve Ostlund, Alabama Insurance Department; Lou Felice, New York State Insurance Department

2009

Dr. Raymond Spudeck, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation

2008

Larry J. Bruning, Kansas Insurance Department; Ana M. Smith-Daley, Texas Department of Insurance

2007

Charles Rapacciuolo, New York State Department of Financial Services

2006

Robert Wake, Maine Bureau of Insurance

2005

Michael J. Moriarty, New York State Department of Financial Services

2004

David Parsons, Alabama Insurance Department; Rich Robleto, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation

2003

Rosanne Mead, Assistant Insurance Commissioner for the State of Iowa; Fred Nepple, General Counsel for the state of Wisconsin

2002

Betty Patterson, Senior Associate Commissioner for the Texas Department of Insurance; Randy Blumer, Deputy Insurance Commissioner with the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance

2001

Stephen J. Johnson, Deputy Insurance Commissioner for the state of Pennsylvania

2000

Tom Foley, Life and Health Actuary with the Kansas Insurance Department; Arnold Dutcher, Chief Deputy Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance

1999

Maryellen Waggoner, Deputy Commissioner for the Colorado Division of Insurance

1998

Guenther Ruch, Administrator of the Division of Regulation and Enforcement in the Wisconsin Department of Insurance

1997

Larry Gorski, Chief Actuary for the Illinois Department of Insurance

1996

Kevin Cronin, NAIC's Director of Government and International Relations

1995

Norris Clark, Deputy Commissioner and Chief of the Financial Surveillance Branch, California Department of Insurance

1994

Cecil Thomas, Director of the Financial Condition Division, South Carolina Department of Insurance

1993

Vincent Laurenzano, Assistant Deputy Superintendent and Chief Examiner, New York Insurance Department

1992

Robert Solitro, Deputy Commissioner for the state of New Hampshire

1991

Terence Lennon, Assistant Deputy Director, Superintendent and Chief Examiner of life companies for the New York Department

1990

James W. Schacht, Chief Deputy Commissioner for the state of Illinois

1989

Dick Brock, Kansas Department of Insurance; John Montgomery, California Department of Insurance