Insurance Hall of Fame

The ' Insurance Hall of Fame' honors leaders, innovators and visionaries in the insurance field and is presented annually by the International Insurance Society. It was created at the Griffith Foundation in 1957 and today has more than 100 laureates. The museum at the University of Alabama houses a collection of memorabilia illustrating the life and careers of Laureates, and displays an extensive selection of original portraits of Hall of Fame Laureates. A multimedia collection of laureate portraits, videos and biographies are also featured in the Claire and Joseph Smetana Gallery located at St. John's University in New York.

To qualify for inclusion in the Insurance Hall of Fame, nominees must be adjudged to have made a broad, encompassing and lasting contribution to the insurance industry, thereby affecting a substantial influence on the ability of the industry to serve society. Further, they may have shown creative thinking and imaginative actions - starting key trends, discovering new products or methods, or uncovering and resolving problems.

Each year, a slate of candidates, deemed to fulfill the Hall of Fame Awards criteria, is selected by the Honors Committee of the International Insurance Society. This slate is then voted on by IIS membership through a secret ballot certified by an independent public accounting firm. To recognize those leaders who are deemed worthy for induction into the Insurance Hall of Fame but are deceased, the International Insurance Society may also choose to elect an individual to receive the award posthumously.

Insurance Hall of Fame Laureates:

• 2014

Denis Kessler - France

• 2013

Robert Benmosche - USA

• 2012

Ikuo Uno - Japan

Manuel Povoas - Brazil

• 2011

Brian Duperreault - USA

Guy Carpenter - USA

• 2010

Frank O ’Halloran - Australia

William C. Greenough - USA

• 2009

Sir David Rowland - United Kingdom

Jack Byrne - USA

• 2008

Patrick G. Ryan - USA

Professor G. S. Diwan - India

Dominic D' Alessandro - Canada

• 2007

Frederic Reiss - Bermuda

Jose Manuel Martinez - Spain

Robert Clements - USA

• 2006

Siegfried Sellitsch - Austria

Orio Giarini - Italy

• 2005

William Meredith - Canada

Walter Kielholz - Switzerland

Ignacio Hernando de Larramendi - Spain

• 2004

Kees J. Storm - Netherlands

Takeo Inokuchi - Japan

Per M. Hansson - Norway

• 2003

Edmund Tse - Hong Kong

Clemente Cabello P. - Mexico

• 2002

Lutgart Van den Berghe - Belgium

Aad Jacobs - Netherlands

Edison L. Bowers - USA

• 2001

Josei Itoh - Japan

Leo Goodwin, Sr. - USA

James C. H. Anderson - USA

• 2000

Jose Pinera - Chile

Hans Gerling - Germany

• 1999

George J. Mecherle - USA

Edwin A. G. Manton - USA

Claude Bebear - France

• 1998

Thomas Bassett Macaulay - Canada

Jose Maria De Delas Y Miralles - Spain

Hans Buhlmann - Switzerland

• 1997

Alfonso Yuchengco - Philippines

Saburo Kawai - Japan

• 1996

Yong Ho Shin - South Korea

Robert F. McDermott - USA

• 1995

Ronald M. Hubbs - USA

Willem de Wit - Netherlands

• 1994

Davis W. Gregg - USA

• 1993

C. Arthur Williams - USA

Kenneth Black - USA

• 1992

John E. Fisher - USA

• 1991

Alfred H. Pollard - Australia

Horst K. Jannott - Germany

• 1990

Douglas A. Barlow - Canada

• 1989

Edwin S. Overman - USA

Maurice R. Greenberg - USA

• 1988

Alex Moller - Germany

John S. Bickley - USA

Robert A. Beck - USA

• 1987

Victor Dover - United Kingdom

Jorge Bande - Chile

• 1986

Robert E. Dineen - USA

Jean-Baptiste Colbert - France

• 1985

S. Bruce Black - USA

• 1984

B. K. Shah - India

Benjamin Rush - USA

• 1983

Ikunoshin Kadono - Japan

• 1982

Haruo Murase - Japan

• 1981

Antigono Donati - Italy

• 1980

Joseph B. Maclean - USA

Andre Besson - France

• 1979

Herbert W. Heinrich - USA

Henry S. Beers - USA

• 1978

Taizo Abe - Japan

• 1976

Otto Von Bismarck - Germany

Edwin W. Patterson - USA

Gen Hirose - Japan

• 1975

Cornelius V. Starr - USA

Murray D. Lincoln - USA

J. Roger Hull - USA

Jacques Basyn - Belgium

• 1974

Richard Price - United Kingdom

Cecil Edward Golding - United Kingdom

Harald Cramer - Sweden

Eugenio Artom - Italy

• 1973

Maurice Picard - France

Albert Henry Mowbray - USA

• 1972

David McCahan - USA

Walter Arnold Dinsdale - United Kingdom

• 1971

John F. Dryden - USA

Paul F. Clark - USA

Alios Alzheimer - Germany

• 1970

Tsuneta Yano - Japan

James Scott Kemper, Sr. - USA

Kenkichi Kagami - Japan

Hendon Chubb - USA

John Julius Angerstein - United Kingdom

• 1969

Charles J. Zimmerman - USA

Harry J. Loman - USA

Max E. Eisenring - Switzerland

• 1968

Arthur Hunter - USA

Joseph Arnould - India

Zachariah Allen - USA

• 1967

William David Winter - USA

Georges Tattevin - France

Edmond Halley - United Kingdom

Alfred N. Guertin - USAR

Leighton Foster - Canada

• 1966

Alfred Manes - Germany

Holgar J. Johnson - USA

Cuthbert Eden Heath - United Kingdom

• 1965

Ernst Froelich - Switzerland

Haley Fiske - USA

James Dodson - United Kingdom

Johan DeWitt - Netherlands

James G. Batterson - USA

Nicholas Barbon - United Kingdom

• 1964

William Leslie, Sr. - USA

• 1963

Julian S. Myrick - USA

Sheppard Homans - USA

• 1962

John Marshall Holcombe, Jr. - USA

Alfred M. Best - USA

• 1961

Clarence Arthur Kulp - USA

Louis I. Dublin - USA

• 1960

M. Albert Linton - USA

John A. Diemand, Sr. - USA

• 1959

Frederick N. Ecker, Sr. - USA

Albert F. Dean - USA

• 1958

Charles Evans Hughes - USA

Ralph H. Blanchard - USA

• 1957

Elizur Wright - USA

Solomon S. Huebner - USA

Benjamin Franklin - USA

External links

• Official website