2011 Indiana YAC Receives Member Development Award
 
The Indiana Young Agents Committee once again received a national award of excellence from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America National Young Agents Committee.  The awards were handed out at a ceremony on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis.  Indiana YAC received the 2011 Outstanding Membership Development Award for outstanding achievement in building and maintaining a strong and active membership base for its Young Agents Committee. 

The IIABA National YAC Committee hands out awards annually in five specific categories, as well as the award for the overall outstanding committee.  Indiana YAC has received a total of 16 national awards of excellence over the last eleven years – the most by far of any state, including the Outstanding Committee three times and Runner Up twice.  The award in 2011 marks the fourth time that Indiana YAC has received the Outstanding Membership Development Award.

Making this year’s award even more meaningful was the fact that Indiana’s own Mike Miley, IIABA Chairman from Gibson Insurance in Plymouth and Andy Beauchamp, IIABA National Young Agents Committee Chairman from Beauchamp McSpadden in Wabash presented the awards.    

Indiana YAC was recognized because of its multifaceted membership building and retention campaign that is based on keeping its members active and engaged through a multitude of events throughout the year.  Over the last year, Indiana YAC hosted more than 500 agency and company personnel at its annual golf outing in August 2010, various events at the 2010 IIAI State Convention in November 2010, Bowling Tournament in March 2011, and the Indiana YAC Conference in June 2011.  Indiana YAC also hosted a Call Center in the spring of 2010 that secured nearly 40 new members in one day. 

 Accepting the award on behalf of Indiana YAC were 2011-2012 Chair Andy Roe from Arlington/Roe and Company in Indianapolis and Indiana YAC Staff Liaison Steve Duff.

“We are extremely excited and humbled to be recognized by the National YAC Committee as the recipient of this award,” said Andy Roe.  “We work extremely hard to make our YAC Committee the best that it can be to the end benefit of our members.  It is very gratifying to me and all of our members that our hard work is rewarded by receiving this award for outstanding membership development, especially in light of the tremendous things that many YAC groups across the country are doing.”

“On behalf of Indiana YAC and the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana, I would like to thank the IIABA and the National YAC Committee for recognizing our state and our activities, it is an incredible honor to be acknowledged in this manner,” concluded Wood.

For more information on becoming a member of, or sponsoring the award winning Indiana Young Agents Committee, please contact Steve Duff at duff@bigi.org.