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DENVER, Colo. (Nov. 19, 2024)

VsportVÌåÓý President Honors 2 VsportVÌåÓý Members with Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership

During the Opening Session of the VsportVÌåÓý’ (VsportVÌåÓý) 2024 Fall National Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on Nov. 17, VsportVÌåÓý President and Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais presented the VsportVÌåÓý’s Raymond G. Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready.

(L-R: VsportVÌåÓý President and Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais with Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready)

The Farmer Award, given at the VsportVÌåÓý president’s discretion, honors an VsportVÌåÓý Member who has shown exemplary leadership and a sustained length of industry service and has contributed to advancing the VsportVÌåÓý’s mission.

Created in 2008, this award was previously known as the VsportVÌåÓý President’s Award for Distinguished VsportVÌåÓý Leadership. The VsportVÌåÓý renamed the award at the 2021 Fall National Meeting in honor of its recipient, then-VsportVÌåÓý 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. 

(Commissioners Mulready and McClain with former VsportVÌåÓý President and former South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer)

About the VsportVÌåÓý

As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the VsportVÌåÓý (VsportVÌåÓý) 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 VsportVÌåÓý, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer reviews, and coordinate regulatory oversight. VsportVÌåÓý staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally.