The NAIFA-Tennessee Insurance Professional of the Year Award will be presented annually at the Fall Conference to the person judged to have made the most significant contributions to the life and financial services and health insurance industry in Tennessee. This is the highest honor bestowed upon an individual within our state association and is intended to represent recognition for a lifetime body of work. The recipient must be a current member of NAIFA.
Determination of the award winner will be made by a committee appointed by the President composed of previous winners of the award. A distinctive plaque will be presented.
The following criteria will be considered, with weight given to each area according to the percentage listed:
1. Local Association Activities 20%
2. State Association Activities 40%
3. National Association (NAIFA) and Allied
Organization (GAMA, AALU, WLUC, MDRT, ASCLU, etc
Activities 20%
4. Community Service Activities 10%
5. Special Achievement Reflecting Favorably on the Industry 10%
Activities during membership in NAIFA-Tennessee will be considered in the judging.
The deadline for nominations to be received for this award by September 30, 2022.
If you submitted a nomination previously and the nominee wasn’t chosen, you will need to re-submit the nominee again. It is the responsibility of the local chapter/and or affiliate to make the nomination to ensure the paperwork is correct and up-to-date.
The current state President and President-Elect of NAIFA-TN are ineligible for the award while serving in office, and previous winners are also ineligible. The identity of the recipient will remain a secret until the time of the awards ceremony unless earlier notification is required to assure attendance by the recipient.
2020 Larry Smith, Knoxville |
2019 Roger D. Anderson, Jackson |
2018 Wayne McCullough, Memphis |
2017 Mark Miller, Memphis |
2016 John Felton, Knoxville |
2015 Patrick E. Moore, Nashville |
2014 John S. Holmes, III, Knoxville |
2013 Marcus T. Henderson, Nashville |
2012 Robert L. Queener, Murfreesboro |
2011 Doug BeVille, Chattanooga |
2010 Robert Flack, Nashville |
2009 Ruby A. Miller, Oak Ridge |
2008 Katherine Bishop, Chattanooga |
2007 Fred White, Chattanooga |
2006 Gibbs Smith, Nashville |
2005 Tom McDonald, Nashville |
2004 Darol D. Walker, Clarksville |
2003 John Milam, CLU, Knoxville |
2002 No award recipient |
2001 Philip M. Cavender, Murfreesboro |
2000 Thomas E. Cooper, Memphis |
1999 C. Robert Brown, Memphis |
1998 Robert B. Anderson, Johnson City |
1997 Ray C. Thomas, AFC, Murfreesbo |
1996 James V. Hunt, CLU, ChFC, Nashville |
1995 John P. Dewald, CLU, ChFC, Memphis |
1994 R. Scalter Brown, Jr., Nashville |
1993 Al Ferguson, LUTCF, Johnson City |
1992 Steve K. Johnston, Nashville |
1991 H. Don Gilbreath, Chattanooga |
1990 John B. Peyton, CLU, ChFC, Memphis |
1989 John Boone, CLU, Nashville |
1988 Martin Moseley, Murfreesboro |
1987 Raymond H. Moran, Memphis |
1986 Jack K, Westbrook, Knoxville |
1985 Locke Thomison, CLU, Chattanooga |
1984 Todd Baker, RHU, Nashville |
1983 W. Guy Allison, CLU, Knoxville |
1982 Peter J. Speropulos, Jr., Johnson City |
1981 John F. Graber, CLU, Knoxville |
1980 Charles A. McDowell, CLU, Jackson |
1979 Edward C. Dunn, CLU, Nashville |
1978 Ewing Carruthers, CLU, Memphis |
1977 H. Kirke Lewis, CLU, Memphis |
1976 Peter P. Mitrushi, CLU, Bristol |
1975 James A. Davis, CLU, Chattanooga |
1974 James B. Irvine, CLU, Chattanooga |
1973 Hagan H. Stevens, Bristol |
1972 Bob Hopper, CLU, Chattanooga |
1970 James K. Pace, CLU, Memphis 1971 Clinton Campbell, CLU, Knoxville |
1969 Willis Jackson, CLU, Knoxville |
1968 Scott Clayton, CLU, Nashville |
1967 Kenneth T. McCrary, Knoxville |
1965 Jack B. Turner, CLU, Clarksville 1966 Lester A. Rosen, CLU, Memphis |
1964 Russell Perry, CLU, Memphis |
1963 David M. Blumberg, CLU, Knoxville |
1962 Jeffie C. Johnson, Chattanooga |
1961 J. W. Wood, CLU, Nashville |
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