ICT Honors Lawson Posthumously with Raymond Mauk Award

The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) posthumously honored Ron Lawson, former vice president at the Republic Group in Dallas, with the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award during the group’s 24^th Annual ICT Mid-Year Property and Casualty Symposium in Austin.

Lawson passed last October after a brief illness and his wife, Cheryl, accepted the award on his behalf. Lawson becomes the nineteenth recipient of the prestigious award.

ICT presents the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award each year at its Symposium.The award is ICT’s highest honor and is intended to bestow recognition on an individual whose leadership has made a significant difference in the business of insurance in Texas.

Fellow ICT board member and regional president with the Traveler’s Companies, David Lavergne, presented the award.

Lawson began his insurance career in 1986 with Safeco Insurance in its Stone Mountain, Ga., office. He joined the Republic Group in Texas in 2004. Lawson worked at Republic for 11 years, beginning as the company’s vice president of Personal Lines and later vice president of Industry Relations, before being named vice president of Marketing in 2012.

Lawston was also very active in the insurance industry and served on numerous board and governing bodies. At the time of his death, Lawson served on the board of the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), the Board of Trustees for the ICT Education Foundation, the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT), the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the Texas FAIR Plan Association, the Texas Medical Liability Underwriting Association (Texas JUA), and was a member of the Agency Company relations committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas.

The Raymond Mauk Award honors former Texas Fire Commissioner Raymond Mauk and annually recognizes someone who has made a notable contribution to the Texas property and casualty insurance industry.

Source: Insurance Council of Texas

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