ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3, 2012 — 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 vice chairman at the association’s recent Leadership Conference in Atlanta.
Walker is president of Hartland Insurance Agency in Hartland, Mich.
“David brings 30 years of experience in the insurance industry to the table,” says Robert Rusbuldt, Big “I” president & CEO. “The Big ‘I’ is proud to a have him serve on the executive committee as vice 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. He is also a founding member of the Hartland Rotary.
Founded in 1896, the Big “I” is the nation’s oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers, representing a network approximately a quarter of a million 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, health, employee benefit plans and retirement products. Web address: www.independentagent.com. ###