Awards & Recognition
Honoring Industry Excellence
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The Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society annually presents a number of awards to honor those who have made significant contributions to the work of the Society or to insurance regulation.
In 1998, the IRES Board of Directors established the Al Greer Achievement Award in honor of Al Greer. Mr. Greer was one of the original state insurance examiners who had the vision to establish the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society in the late 1980s. As a founding father of IRES, Mr. Greer helped fashion the mission of IRES, namely, to raise insurance regulation to a highly respected profession marked by technical proficiency and ethical behavior. He went on to serve on its Board of Directors and was later elected treasurer and was always willing to help wherever he was needed. The Al Greer Achievement Award is presented annually to an insurance regulator and IRES member who not only embodies the dedication, knowledge, and tenacity of a professional regulator but who exceeds those standards. Mr. Greer himself was the first recipient of this award in 1997.
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Candidates for the Al Greer Award must be insurance regulators who not only embody the dedication, knowledge and tenacity of a professional regulator, but also exceed those standards.
In addition, a nominee must:
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Have at least ten years of regulatory experience
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Have at least five years as an IRES general member
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Be a current general member of IRES and
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Is not currently serving on the IRES Board of Directors
All submissions must be received by May 26 of current year.
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Past Award Recipients
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Jim Mealer, 2024
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Tanya Sherman, 2023
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Randy Helder, 2022
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Sam Binnun, 2021
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Chlora Lindley-Myers, 2020
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John Haworth, 2019
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Mary Mealer, 2018
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Andrea Baytop, 2017
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Anne Marie Narcini, 2016
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Sue Ezalarab, 2015
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Jo LeDuc, 2014
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William (Bill) McCune, 2013
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Don Carbone, 2012
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Eric Nordman, 2011
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Nomination Form
Candidates for the Al Greer Achievement Award must be insurance regulators who not only embody the dedication, knowledge and tenacity of a professional regulator, but also exceed those standards. In addition, a nominee must:
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Have at least ten years of regulatory experience
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Have at least five years as an IRES general member
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Be a current General member of IRES and
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Is not currently serving on the IRES Board of Directors
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Nomination Letter
Provide a brief letter of nomination and upload the document below.
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Cynthia Amann, 2010
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Luther Ellis, 2009
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Ron Musser, 2008
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Bruce Ramge, 2007
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Lynette A. Baker, 2006
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Dale Emerson, 2005
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Michael D. Gibbons, 2004
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R. Weldon Hazlewood, 2003
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Shirley Robertson, 2002
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John Hartley, 2001
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Charles Elgin, 1999
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Mary Lou Clack, 1998
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Al Greer, 1997