The International Insurance Society today announced Dominic D'Alessandro, G.S. Diwan, and Patrick Ryan as the 2008 winners of the Insurance Hall of Fame Award. They will be honored during the gala dinner at the 44th IIS Annual Seminar at the Grand Formosa Regent Taipei on July 14.

D'Alessandro was appointed president and CEO of Manulife Financial in 1994. In 2004, he managed the largest cross-border transaction in Canadian history by merging with John Hancock Financial Services, creating the second largest life insurance company in North America and the fourth largest in the world at that time.

Diwan (1901-1987), was instrumental in the development of the actuarial profession in India. He taught mathematics and actuarial science in Elphinstone College and Sydenham College. After his retirement, he worked for the government of Bombayand as a consultant in non-life insurance.

Ryan is the founder and executive chairman of Aon Corporation. He was also an early proponent of the power of intellectual capital as a strategic business tool. Today Aon operates with more than 500 offices in over 120 countries generating more than $7 billion in revenue.

For more information, visit www.insurancehalloffame.org/.

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D'Alessandro, Diwan and Ryan named 2008 winners of the Insurance Hall of Fame Award

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