Insurance Person of the Year Award

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Henry A. Franz
insurance Person of the Year

This award was established by the IIA of Passaic County in memory of Henry A Franz, past Big I NJ President.

The Insurance Person of the Year award is presented to an individual who has made the most outstanding contribution to the health and advancement of the insurance industry.

Nominations open each summer and winners are announced during the Insurance Awards Ceremony at the NJ Agents Conference in fall.

Past Award Recipients

1962 John S. Sheiry
1963 George H. Martin
1964 Ira F. Weisbart, CPCU, CLU
1965 H. Earl Munz, CPCU
1966 Samuel W. Madara, CPCU
1968 Jerome S. Leib, CPCU, CLU
1969 William H. Stevens
1970 Frank Rudden
1971 Robert Clifford
1972 Armondo M. Castellini
1973 H. James Griffith
1974 Samuel L. Hager
1975 Myles Adelman
1977 Robert Heckman
1978 Edward A. Gray

1979 Timothy R. Coakley
1980 James A. Byrne, CPCU
1980 W. Richard Wilson, CPCU
1981 F. Chandler Coddington, Jr.
1982 Norm DeNeef
1983 Frank P. Campion, CPCU, CIC
1984 Richard C. Hardenbergh
1985 Jeanne M. Heisler, CPCU, CLU, CIC, CPIW
1986 Robert J. Sullivan, Esq.
1987 James L. Ryan
1988 Donna A. Abrams, AAI
1989 James R. Klagholz, CPCU
1990 Warren B. Cook, Sr.
1990 Robert W. Muller

1991 Joseph C. Parisi, Sr.
1992 Thomas B. Ahart, CPCU, AAI
1993 Charles S. Stults, CPCU, III
1994 William J. Doyle
1996 Bruce Blum
1998 Jack Blair, Jr., CPCU, CIC, AAI
1999 Joseph Di Martino
2004 John D. Walsh, CPCU
2008 Howard A. Kucher, CPCU
2009 Don Bryan
2015 Edward Drag
2017 Terry Ryan
2019 Jacki Frank
2025 Timothy Byrne, Sr.