The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) earlier this month awarded the 2008 Sidney O. Smith Award to Bobby Bramlett, president and CEO of the Bramlett Agency in Ardmore, Okla. The award is the association’s highest individual government affairs honor.
“Bobby is politically active in his home state of Oklahoma and has made a difference for independent agents through his enthusiasm and hard work on the issues that matter most to us,” said Spencer Houldin, Big “I” Government Affairs Committee chairman, in announcing the award.
The Sidney O. Smith Award is bestowed annually by the Big “I” and the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia upon an individual agent or broker for outstanding service to his or her peers and the national association in the field of government affairs. It is named in honor of an IIABA past president and Georgia agent who was instrumental in focusing the association and its members on legislative advocacy.
Bramlett has been an active member of the Big “I” at the national and state association levels since starting his career as an independent agent in 1975.
He is past president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, (IIAO) where he also previously served as the chairman of the IIAO Young Agents, chairman of the state’s InsurPac committee and the IIAO’s director on the Big “I” national board.
At the national level, Bramlett has been chairman of the Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic, the Agents Advocacy Fund and the State Government Affairs Committee. He has also served on the InsurPac Board of Trustees and is a member of the Commission to Enhance Agency Value.
Bramlett is also active in his community. He is the director of First National Bank and Trust of Ardmore, chairman of Perry Maxwell Intercollegiate and is a trustee on various boards including St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy and the Glen Foundation.
Source: Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, www.independentagent.com
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