Award Winners

The IMCA celebrates achievement in insurance marketing and communications by both companies and individuals. Over the years, our awards have changed, but our mission of elevating innovation, creativity, and achievement has remained constant.

To view a complete list of 2021 Showcase Award winners, click here!

The SAMMY Award

The coveted SAMMY Award is all about peer recognition and is given to the entry voted to be the best overall work by our members and conference attendees.

The Icon Award

The IMCA Icon Award honors a leader who has made significant contributions to the insurance marketing and communications industry.

The Rising Star Award

The Rising Star Award celebrates someone with fewer than 5 years' experience in the industry who is already demonstrating leadership, achievement, and innovation.

TaDa! Award - Tabletop At-conference Display Award (Retired)

In the past, SAMMY Award candidates created a display that was shown at the Annual Conference.

Innovation Torchbearer Award (Retired)

The IMCA Innovation Torchbearer Award honored individuals, institutions, or companies that, over time, made significant contributions under the open category of "innovation." The award recognized the efforts on the part of individuals or organizations that demonstrated innovative ideas or initiatives impacting our industry.

SAMMY Award Recipients

2020 - Risk Placement Services
2019 - Gallagher
2018 - Norcal Mutual Insurance Company
2017 - Kansas City Life
2016 - California Earthquake Authority
2015 - CAMICO
2014 - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
2013 - CAMICO
2012 - Liberty Mutual
2011 - American Modern Insurance Group and CNA
2010 - PEMCO
2009 - State Farm
2008 - Liberty Mutual
2007 - Farmers
2006 - Nationwide
2005 - Farmers
2004 - Allstate

IMCA Icon Award Recipients

2021 - Mark Wells (Wells Media Group)
2020 - Emily Hathcoat (Risk Placement Services)
2019 - Michael Z. Stahl (HealthMarkets)

IMCA Rising Star Recipients

2021 - Justin Jacobs (IMA Financial Group, Inc.)
2020 - Jennifer Edwards (Argo Group)
2019 - Megan Bell (Falvey Insurance Group); Ashley Heline (Argo Group); Hailey Willett (Frankenmuth Insurance)

TaDa! Award Recipients

2018 - Nautilus Insurance Group
2017 - American Equity Underwriters

Innovation Torchbearer Award Winners

2018 - USI Insurance Services
2017 - Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA)
2016 - Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
2015 - Insurance Information Institute (III)
2014 - Swiss Re
2013 - esurance, an Allstate company
2012 - USAA

The Innovation Torchbearer Award was previously known as the Golden Torch Award. Past winners include:

2011 - Nanci Evarts, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Aon Services Group and IMCA Past President
2006 - John Bogardus, Jr., former Chairman/CEO, Alexander & Alexander
2005 - Donald Hurzeler, Senior Vice President, Zurich North America Commercial and Past President, Society of CPCU
2004 - Mark Wells, Jr., Publisher, Insurance Journal
2003 - Gay Silberg, Principal, Graham Silberg Sugarman, Inc.
2002 - Kathryn J. McIntyre, former publisher, Business Insurance
2001 - Walter J. Gdowski, President, Rough Notes Company
2000 - Edward F. Bolton, Canadian insurance executive and author, The Business of Insurance
1999 - Jan Lowther, Group Publisher, Canadian Underwriter
1998 - William E. Bailey, Founder and President, National Consumer Education Foundation
1997 - Edwin S. Overman, President Emeritus of the American Institute for CPCU and Insurance Institute of America
1996 - George Nordhaus, Founder/CEO of Insurance Marketing and Management Services
1995 - Alfred Malecki, Founder and Publisher, Business Insurance
1994 - John N. Cosgrove, Retired Editor, National Underwriter
1993 - Nicholas J. Matthews, former Senior Vice President, National Association of Independent Insurance Agents
1992 - James Osborne, retired CEO, Oregon Mutual Insurance Co.
1991 - Lowell Beck, former President, National Association of Independent Insurers

Important Dates

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