PIA National named Andrew Harris, Jr. of Liberty Insurance. as the 2020 Professional Agent of the Year. (Courtesy photo)

Andrew Harris, Jr., president of Liberty Insurance of Millstone Township, N.J., has been named the 2020 Professional Agent of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).

In a statement, PIA National President Dennis Kuhnke said: "This award is PIA's highest honor. Andrew Harris, Jr. has distinguished himself as a leader in the agency business, and in PIA. Andrew has built and maintained strong personal relationships with top-level management of the carriers he represents and is committed to the independent agency system."

Harris has a long history with the PIA organization. For 2019-2020, he was elected as secretary of PIA of New Jersey (PIANJ) and also served as the legislative/regulatory chairperson for NIANJ's Government Affairs Committee and co-chair of the Special Olympics Golf Committee. Also, in 2019, Harris was named as the state association's Professional Agent of the Year after being named Director of the Year in 2018.

He is currently a member of the Executive/Budget & Finance and PIANJ Political Action Governing Committees. Additionally, Harris is a director of PIANJ's New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals, an organization dedicated to the professional and personal growth of newcomers to the insurance industry.

"Andrew has been instrumental in getting PIA's message out in support of independent insurance agents, to legislators and regulators — on both a statewide and national level," said PIA of New Jersey President Bruce Blum in a statement. "He is truly a working agent who is professional, courteous, and remarkably competent. He is very knowledgeable on all aspects of the insurance industry, and we are very lucky to have him as part of our organization."

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