Agents Honored For PAC Work

NU Online News Service, April 7, 11:19 a.m. EST?Two independent agents have been honored for their fund-raising efforts on behalf of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America's political action committee InsurPac.

Richard Dinger of Glendale, Calif., and Donald C. Evans of Ash, N.C., were honored for their work during the IIABA's 27^th National Legislative Conference held last week in Washington D.C.

Mr. Evans received the Bernard J. Burns Award, given annually to the agent or broker who makes a significant impact on fund-raising efforts for InsurPac.

Mr. Evans is vice president of Coastal Insurance & Realty Inc. in Shallotte, N.C., and president-elect of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina.

As North Carolina InsurPac chairman, Mr. Evans guided his state to all-time fund-raising records with 307 donors contributing $34,145, eclipsing last year's total by nearly $12,000, IIABA said.

The award is named for Bernard J. Burns, the founding father of InsurPac and a past president of IIABA.

Mr. Dinger was honored with the InsurPac Young Agent Recognition Award for his significant fund-raising efforts for InsurPac.

Mr. Dinger, president of Crescenta Valley Insurance in Glendale and InsurPac's state chairman in California, raised $17,325 for InsurPac in 2002, including $3,775 from young agents.

IIABA said that InsurPac, established in 1975, reached record fund-raising levels for a single year in 2002. Independent agents and brokers contributed a record total of $453,996.78 to InsurPac, eclipsing 2001 contributions by $27,000.

For 2001 to 2002, InsurPac raised $882,210.67, an increase of more than $200,000 over the previous election cycle of 2000 to 2001.

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