Recipients of The Dr. George D. Young Awards
This award was established in 1984 to honor an individual for his or her professional excellence and service to the IRU. It is named in memory of Dr. George D. Young, one of the IRUA’s eight original founding members and a past President of IRUA.
From 1969 until his death in April of 1984, Dr. Young was Senior Vice President in charge of reinsurance for National Indemnity Company and other affiliates of the Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group. He held a Master’s Degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
2021
Andrew Downing
Tysers
2018
Arlene Kern
Munich Reinsurance America
2017
Michael C. Sowa
Aspen Re
2016
Jeremy R. Wallis
Wallis Consulting & Arbitration/IRUA Executive Director
2015
James A. Brost
Holborn Corporation
2013
Paul Walther
Reinsurance Directions, Inc.& Journal of Reinsurance
Editor 1999-2014
2012
Francis V. Bigley, Jr.
Farmers Mutual Hail Ins.Co. of Iowa
2011
Robert A. Calinoff, Esq.
Calinoff & Katz
2009
Anthony Joseph
Lloyd’s America, Inc.
2008
Judith Vogel
Arch Reinsurance Company
2007
Kevin Shea
Signet Star Re
2006
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
Signet Star Reinsurance
EMC Reinsurance Company
2005
John N. Reinman
Guy Carpenter & Company LLC
2004
Dan Burke
John B. Collins Associates
2003
Gordon Olver
Signet Star Re
2002
Robert E. Evans, Jr.
Magna Carta Group
2001
K. Scott Norris
MSI Re Management, Inc.
2000
Robert A. Calinoff, Esq.
Calinoff & Katz
1997
William Rutledge
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
1995
David Gustafson
Tokio Re Corporation
1994
Leo Heifetz
E.W. Blanch Company
1993
Robert Lippincott III
AXA Reinsurance
1992
William Griffiths
New England Re
1991
Charles E. Erickson
Signet Star Reinsurance Company
1990
Richard E. Haskins
EMC Reinsurance Company
1989
Donald L. Cole
WR. Berkley – Signet Star
1988
Robert L. Sias
Signet Star
1987
Donald D. Bockelman
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
1986
Robert F. VanSant
Northeastern Re Insurance of Hartford
1985
A. Edward Gschwind
American Royal Re Company
