Members of the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame
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| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| DAN AGNEW | President, Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance (2009) |
| BILL AMBRISCO | Retired Independent Agent, Welt Ambrisco Insurance Agency (2010) |
| HERBERT ANDERSON | Iowa Insurance Commissioner from 1971 to 1979 (1997) |
| MARGARET A. BALL | Senior Vice President, EMC Insurance Companies (2002) |
| JUDITH A. BRANNON | Retired Vice President, GuideOne Insurance, West Des Moines, IA (2006) |
| ROGER K. BROOKS | President and CEO of Amerus Group of Des Moines (1997) |
| DEAN BROOKS | Iowa Manager, State Auto Insurance Companies (2007) |
| PAUL E. BROWN | Vice President & Counsel, Principal Financial Group (2001) |
| LOUIS D. BURKHALTER, JR. | Retired Independent Agent, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (2005) |
| WILLARD D. CLASSEN | Retired founder of Rain and Hail Insurance Service, Inc. (2008) |
| C. BEN CONDON | Retired Chairman, LaMair-Mulock-Condon, Co (2003) |
| GRAHAM COOK | President and CEO, Homesteaders Life Company (2010) |
| BOB DEE | Former Chairman/CEO, Holmes Murphy and Associates (2010) |
| RUSSELL D DENT | Retired Vice-President, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (2004) |
| CLEO F. EDWARDS | Life insurance salesman (2008) |
| CHARLES R. FISCHER | Iowa Insurance Commissioner 1939-1947, 1949-1955 (2011) |
| LOREN L. FLIGG | CEO, CGU Hawkeye-Security Insurance (2001) |
| KENT M. FORNEY | Attorney, Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave (2006) |
| R. W. “MICKEY” FORSHAY | Insurance agency owner and past national president of IIAB (2008) |
| ROBERT E. FULWIDER | Principal, Wuestenberg-Fulwider Agency, West Liberty, Iowa (2003) |
| THOMAS R. GIBSON | CEO Farm Bureau Financial Services (2000) |
| HARRY F. GROSS | Former Chairman of Iowa Mutual Tornado Association (1997) |
| JOHN A. GUNN | Founder, Chairman of the Board of Employers Mutual Casualty Company (2007) |
| KIRK M. HAYES | Retired President, Pharmacists Mutual Ins. Co., Algona, Iowa (2004) |
| CLARENCE C. HOFFMAN | Independent Insurance Agent, Charter Oak, Iowa (2004) |
| MAX L. HOLMES | Deceased Chair, Holmes Murphy (2009) |
| ROBERT N. HOUSER | Retired Chairman, Principal Financial Group (2003) |
| F. M. HUBBELL | Founder of Equitable Life of Iowa (1997) |
| JAMES W. HUBBELL, JR | Retired Chairman of the Board, Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa (2006) |
| G. DAVID HURD | Chairman Emeritus Principal Financial Group (2000) |
| BOB JESTER | Independent Agent, Jester Insurance Services (2010) |
| LAWRENCE G. KEENEY | President, Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. (2002) |
| ROBB B. KELLEY | Retired Chairman and CEO of EMC Insurance Companies (1997) |
| GERALD M. KIRKE | Co-founded Kirke-Van Orsdel (2008) |
| JAMES D. KIRKPATRICK | Retired President, Allied Insurance Group (2011) |
| WILLIAM KOCH | Deceased former Chairman, National Travelers Life (2010) |
| GEORGE W. KOCHHEISER | Retired President, EMC Insurance (2009) |
| MARY J. LICHTY | Underwriter, National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford (2001) |
| THEODORE D. LUSSEM | President, Brooks-Lussem Insurance, Inc. (2000) |
| LAWRENCE MATTHEWS | Retired Independent Agent (2009) |
| J. SCOTT MCINTYRE, JR. | Chairman of the Board, United Fire Group, Cedar Rapids (2006) |
| CARLA MEHUS | Vice President, Wellmark Actuarial Services (1999) |
| DEAN A. MITCHELL | Retired Executive VP of Farm Bureau Financial Services (1998) |
| EDWIN H. "HUB" MULOCK | Chairman of the Board, LaMair-Mulock-Condon (2006) |
| J. RAYMOND MURPHY, JR. | Co-Founder of Holmes, Murphy & Associates (2001) |
| HOWARD H. “RED” NELSON | Founder of Council Bluffs based Redland and Associates (1997) |
| DAVID J. NOBLE | Chairman, American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (2004) |
| VINTON NUTT | President and CEO, Continental Western Life Insurance Company (1999) |
| GEORGE H. OLMSTED | Chairman and CEO Hawkeye-Security Group (1997) |
| RICHARD OLSON | Manager, Principal Mutual Des Moines Agency (1999) |
| JESSE A. PATTON | President, Associations Marketing Group (2005) |
| THOMAS L. PETSCHE | President of Brokerage Solutions, Inc. (2011) |
| WILLIAM N. PLYMAT | Founder of Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company (1997) |
| WATSON POWELL, JR. | Chairman Emeritus of American Republic Insurance Company (1998) |
| GOV. ROBERT RAY | CEO Life Investors, also Blue Cross and Blue Shield (1999) |
| STANLEY J. REYNOLDS | President and CEO of Reynolds & Reynolds (2011) |
| LARRY M. RISTER | Retired Executive Vice-President, NCMIC Group (2005) |
| W. A. RUTLEDGE | President of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company (1997) |
| DONALD J SHEPARD | Retired CEO, AEGON N.V., Cedar Rapids (2009) |
| PAUL SIEDENBURG | Retired Vice President of Marketing, Farm Bureau Insurance Companies (2007) |
| BOB SKOW | CEO, Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa (2007) |
| VERN SODAWASSER | Assistant Agency Manager, Principal Financial Group (2011) |
| LAURA P. SULLIVAN | Retired Vice President, State Farm Cos, Bloomington, Illinois (2005) |
| EDWARD A. TEMPLE | Founder of Principal Financial Group (1998) |
| WILLIAM E. TIMMONS | Iowa Insurance Commissioner from 1956 to 1967 (1998) |
| LARRY L. VANDER TUIG | Executive Director, Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa (2002) |
| WILLIAM VAN ORSDEL | Co-founded Kirke-Van Orsdel (2008) |
| EMMETT J. VAUGHAN | Insurance Education, University of Iowa (1997) |
| THERESE M. VAUGHAN | Iowa Insurance Commissioner, 1994 to 2005 (2003) |
| ROBERT VERHILLE | General Agent Emeritus, Kansas City Life (2007) |
| ELMER H. WARNER | Founder, Merchants Bonding Company (2000) |
| JAMES B. WEST | Attorney, Nymaster Goode Law Firm (2002) |
