The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame has announced its inaugural class of inductees. The eight inductees will be honored at the inaugural ceremony at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2015 in the Farris Center on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas.
The inaugural Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame (AIHF) inductees are listed below:
Lenita Blasingame
Arkansas Department of Insurance (retired)
El Paso, Arkansas
Jay Bradford
First Arkansas Insurance (retired)
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
George Frazier
Anderson & Frazier Insurance Agency (posthumous)
Hope, Arkansas
Robert Carl “Bob” Hickman
Hickman Insurance Agency (posthumous)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Tad Krug
BancorpSouth Insurance Services
Little Rock, Arkansas
Allan E. Meadors
Meadors, Adams & Lee Insurance
Little Rock, Arkansas
Walter “Jiggs” Ramsey
The ASA Group
Little Rock, Arkansas
Steve Strange Sr.
American Management Corporation
Conway, Arkansas
Arkansas insurance industry leaders, led by Steve Russell, president of Risk Services of Arkansas, established AIHF, which is housed in UCA’s College of Business.
The purpose of the AIHF is to identify and honor individuals with strong ties to the state of Arkansas who have made significant contributions to advance the role of insurance in society. Individuals will be chosen from all segments of the property/casualty insurance, life insurance, health insurance, risk management, and financial services industries, including agents, company employees, insurance regulators, and entrepreneurs who created companies and agencies.
UCA, the only university in Arkansas with an undergraduate degree program in insurance and risk management, was chosen as the host and beneficiary of the AIHF.
For questions about the AIHF, contact Dr. John Bratton at jbratton@uca.edu or 501-852-2360.
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