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Oklahoma Agent Elected to Big "I" Executive Committee

Bob Bramlett from Ardmore, Okla. New Executive Committee Member

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9, 2007—Bob Bramlett has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”). He was sworn in at the Big “I” Leadership Conference in San Diego.

“It is a great pleasure to announce the election of our newest national Executive Committee member,” said Big “I” president and CEO Robert A. Rusbuldt. “Bob is exceptionally committed and dedicated to the Big “I” and independent agents and brokers. We appreciate everything Bob Bramlett has done for this association, and look forward to seeing his leadership and hard work continue on the Executive Committee.”

Bramlett is president and CEO of the Bramlett Agency in Ardmore, Okla. He has been very active in the Big “I” at the national and state 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, and chairman of the state’s Insurpac committee. He currently is IIAO’s director on the Big “I” national board. At the national level, he has been chairman of the Trusted Choice® Big “I” Junior Classic, the Agents Advocacy Fund and the State Government Affairs Committee. He has also sat 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. Bramlett was born and raised in Ardmore, and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He and his wife Nanette are proud parents of son, Jake and daughter-in-law, Jennifer.

Founded in 1896, IIABA (the Big “I”) is the nation’s oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers, representing a network of more than 300,000 agents, brokers and their employees nationally. Its members are businesses that offer customers a choice of policies from a variety of insurance companies. Independent agents and brokers offer all lines of insurance—property, casualty, life, and health—as well as employee benefit plans and retirement products. Web address: www.independentagent.com.

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