Awards
About AIMS Society Awards: Each year, during the annual PRO-to-PRO, the AIMS Society recognizes an insurance carrier partner and an insurance agency producer for outstanding performance and achievement. AIMS Society Members and CPIA Seminar Participants are encouraged to submit nominations according to established guidelines. The AIMS Society Awards Committee reviews all nominations. Presentations are made during the annual PRO-to-PRO Awards Banquet.
Recognize a property/casualty insurance company for innovative sales and marketing programs! The relationship between agents and their companies is a unique partnership. The nature of that relationship can significantly impact the success of an agent. The AIMS Society’s Company Partner of the Year Award honors companies that create revolutionary and exciting programs that provide agents with tools for success. This award recognizes effective and unprecedented sales and marketing programs insurance companies provide for agents. CLICK HERE for the 2011 Company Partner of the Year nomination form. Nominations are due by Monday, January 16, 2012.
Insurance Agency Producers: Get National Recognition for your Sales Achivements! The AIMS Society’s Producer of the Year Award is designed to recognize members of the AIMS Society for outstanding sales achievement, retention, and overall client development. The AIMS Society is proud to recognize nominees who embody the principles taught in the CPIA Designation Program Seminars. Take a moment to nominate yourself or a fellow AIMS member for this prestigious recognition. CLICK HERE for the Nomination Form, due Monday, January 16, 2012.
Three awards were presented at the 2011 PRO-to-PRO.
Zurich Receives the Commercial Lines Company Partner of the Year award. In the photo (left to right): Carl Hackling, President of Zurich Small Business; Rick Dygve of Johnson & Strachan Insurance; Patti Davidson of Zurich; and Jim Gosselink, AIMS Society President
Zurich Small Business was named Commercial Lines Company Partner of the Year.
The company was nominated for the award by Rick Dygve, CPIA, executive vice president of Johnson & Strachan Insurance Agency in Fairfax, Va., because of its overall marketing support, including the introduction of a new, innovative restaurant program last year. “Our agency insures a major national fast-food chain but had been unsuccessful in getting a large, national carrier to take part in the program,” Dygve says. “Zurich Small Business agreed to write all of the coverages for the account—workers comp, GL, auto and umbrella—at a competitive rate and with excellent coverage benefits.”
Martin Taylor (left) accepts AIMS Society 2010 PL Company Partner of the Year Award from President, Jim Gosselink (center) and Phil Bogle of The Bogle Agency (right) who nominated Travelers for the award.
Travelers Personal Insurance was honored as the Society Personal Lines Company Partner of the Year.
Phil Bogle, CPIAL, president of The Bogle Agency in Lyndhurst, N.J., nominated Travelers based on the support and tools the company and its people provide independent agents. “Travelers has made great strides in becoming a significant force in the personal lines arena,” Bogle says. “Their electronic tools allow agencies to easily quote, bind and submit new business electronically, without the need for paper submissions—saving time and money, and helping agents sell more and serve clients better.”
Pearsall (left) is recognized for his outstanding contributions to the AIMS Society with the 2011 President's Award. Presenting the award, AIMS Society President, Jim Gosselink (right).
Curt Pearsall Received the AIMS Society’s President’s Award
Curtis Pearsall, CPCU, CPIA, AU, ARM, AIF, founder and principal of Pearsall Associates, received the AIMS Society’s President’s Award during the organization’s annual meeting in Tampa.Presenting the award, AIMS Society President Jim Gosselink, CPIA, CIC, LUTCF, president of Pella,Iowa-based Tulip City Agency, Ltd., said, “From time to time in any organization there are certain volunteers who truly go above and beyond the call of duty. Curt is one of these dedicated individuals.”