Standing out in tough times is something many business leaders may fantasize about. Actually performing under intense pressure . . . well, that can be a completely different matter. As we honor the Insurance IT All-Stars for 2009, they will be remembered as a group that faced down an extraordinarily difficult year–both in the insurance industry and in the global economy–and helped their companies continue to perform at a high level.

This year's team includes Lisa Ward of Esurance, Chris Gay of MileMeter, Kendall Blythe of Tokio Marine, Mark Hansen of Horace Mann, and Bob Eshelbrenner of Hastings Mutual.

If there is one thing these five share in common, it's that they have little in common except producing excellent results for a range of companies. Eshelbrenner and Hansen are veteran insurance IT guys, while the other three are much newer to the industry. Two work for direct writers–Ward and Gay–while the others focus on more traditional channels of the industry.

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