ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 10, 2013 — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) has announced that David Allen Walker, AAI, CIC, LIC was installed as the association’s chairman-elect at the recent Big “I” Leadership Conference in San Antonio. 

 

Walker is president of Hartland Insurance Agency in Hartland, Mich.

 

“Dave brings more than 30 years of industry experience to the table,” says Robert Rusbuldt, Big “I” president & CEO. “As an active member of the business community in Michigan, and a respected nationally recognized educator and advocate of the IA system, he is well prepared for national leadership. The Big ‘I’ is proud to a have him serve on the executive committee as chairman elect and next in line to be chairman.”

 

Walker began his insurance career in 1979 as an agent with Guarantee Mutual Life Insurance Co. In 1981, he joined Hartland Insurance Agency as a producer, rose through the ranks and currently is a principal and serves as president of the agency.

 

Throughout his career, Walker has been an active association leader at the state and national levels. He served on the Michigan Young Agents Council, the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) Education Committee (including three years as chairman), MAIA Legislative Affairs Committee and MAIA Agency-Company Relations Committee. Additionally, he has served on the board of directors and as president of the Genesee County Independent Agents and the MAIA.

 

At the national level, Walker served on the Big “I” national Board of Directors. He also serves on the Consumer Agent Portal, LLC’s board of managers, the Big “I” Finance and Planning Committees, the Big “I” Advantage Board of Directors and as Executive Committee liaison to the Council for Best Practices. He has also served on the Big “I” Professional Liability Committee, the National Young Agents Committee and the Big “I” Advantage Board of Directors. 

 

Walker has received numerous MAIA awards including the Young Charger Award in 1986, the Aschom Education Award in 1997 and 2000, the Forsetlund Award (Agent of the Year) in 2000 and 2003 and the W.O. Hilderbrand Award in 2006 for his lifetime service and achievement in the insurance industry and MAIA.

 

Walker is also active in his community having served on the board of directors for the Hartland Area Chamber of Commerce and the Fenton Area Public Schools as trustee and president. Currently, he serves as Tyrone Township Trustee and on the board of the Michigan Basic Property Association. Walker is also a founding member of the Hartland Rotary. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Fenton, Mich. and have two grown children and two grandchildren.

 

 

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