NU Online News Service, Sept. 23, 12:20 p.m. EDT

Sandra Parrillo was sworn in yesterday as chairwoman of the board of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, during the association's 115^th annual conference held in San Diego.

Ms. Parrillo is the president and chief executive officer of the Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Providence, R.I. and has been with the company for 30 years. She is NAMIC's first chairwoman and is heavily involved in the association serving on a number of committees: the NAMIC PAC Board of Trustees and the Property Casualty Conference Board of Directors.

She is affiliated with several other industry-related associations and is a former director of the Rhode Island chapter of the American Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters.

NAMIC also announced the following executive members of the board:

o Chairman-elect James J. Kennedy, who is president and CEO of Ohio Mutual Insurance Group in Bucyrus, Ohio.

o Vice Chairman Jerry G. Zenke, general manager and treasurer of Mound Prairie Mutual Insurance Co. in Houston, Minn.

o Secretary and Treasurer Wayne F. White, executive vice president Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company Bryant, Ark.

The association also honored four individuals with service awards for their contributions to the property and casualty insurance industry during the meeting:

o Scott Harrington, an Alan B. Miller professor in health care management and insurance and risk management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, was honored for writing one of NAMIC's most successful issue analysis papers, "The Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk, and the Future of Insurance Regulation." He argued that the insurance industry and state insurance regulation were not responsible for the 2008 financial crisis. He spoke at NAMIC's 2009 annual convention and at a NAMIC-organized congressional staff briefing in Washington.

o Greg Huey, chief operating and marketing officer of Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. has been dedicated to education within the industry for 20 years. He instructed AIC and CPCU courses for the Indiana chapters from 1983 until 1998. He continues to teach pre-licensing and continuing education courses today. He was a member of the Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner's Insurance Education Advisory Council from 1992 until 2004. Mr. Huey served on NAMIC's Property Casualty Conference Personal Lines Committee from 2002 until 2006, chairing the committee from 2004 to 2005.

o Kimberly Kelley, a vice president at General Reinsurance Corp., has assisted in securing GenRe financial sponsorships for NAMIC for several years. She serves as an active member of the Management Conference Advisory and the Convention Planning committees. Ms. Kelley, dedicated to education in the industry, is a speaker at industry events and is involved in NAMIC's Young Leaders Circle.

o Peter Kinzler, former president of the Alexandria, Va.-based Kinzler Consulting and specialist in public policy issues related to insurance and legal reform, often helped NAMIC's causes before his recent retirement. During his career he assisted NAMIC in drafting congressional testimony, advising several NAMIC task forces, accompanying NAMIC members and staff to meet with government officials, and providing strategic advice. He also authored NAMIC's 2006 Issue Analysis paper.

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