ORLANDO, Fl. (Dec. 2, 2023)
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ President Honors Three ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Members with Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership
On December 1, during the Opening Session at the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’ (ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ) Fall National Meeting, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ President and Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance Director Chlora Lindley-Myers presented the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Raymond G. Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership to Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation Director , California Department of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, and Alaska Division of Insurance Director Lori Wing-Heier.
The Farmer Award, given at the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ president’s discretion, honors an ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Member who has shown exemplary leadership and a sustained length of industry service and has contributed to advancing the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s mission.
Created in 2008, this award was previously known as the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ President’s Award for Distinguished ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Leadership. The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ renamed the award at the 2021 Fall National Meeting in honor of its recipient, then-ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ 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.
(Top: [L-R] ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ President and Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance Director Chlora Lindley-Myers, Alaska Division of Insurance Director Lori Wing-Heier, Former South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer, and Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation Director Elizabeth (Beth) Kelleher Dwyer. Not Pictured: California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara.)
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As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ (ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ) 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 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer reviews, and coordinate regulatory oversight. ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally.