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Benjamin Franklin Public Policy Award©

Benjamin Franklin Public Policy Award

NAMIC created the Benjamin Franklin Public Policy Awardİ in honor of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and his commitment to public service. In 1752, Dr. Franklin, with other leading citizens of Philadelphia, founded America's first successful mutual insurance company, The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire. This public policy award was established in 2003, and was first presented to the 107th Congress to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Contributionship.

"NAMIC is honored to present this award to members from the 109th Congress who demonstrated their unwavering support and leadership on behalf of NAMIC members, insurance consumers, and the property/casualty insurance industry," said Carl Parks, NAMIC's senior vice president of government affairs.

"The awardees' understanding and support of the insurance industry has helped to successfully protect the free and open market environment that has existed since Mr. Franklin started that first successful mutual insurance company," said Parks.

Each year, NAMIC members travel to Washington, D.C. for a day on Capitol Hill. Known as the Congressional Contact Program (CCP), this annual event has established itself as the foundation of NAMIC's effective grassroots advocacy and is conducted in partnership with property/casualty insurance company state associations. Now in existence for more than 20 years, CCP has become one of the premier annual lobbying events on Capitol Hill. It is in combination with this program that the award is presented.

For more information on these programs please contact NAMIC's Federal Affairs Communications Director Georgiann Howell at ghowell@namic.org.

2007 Recipients

Alabama

  • Rep. Spencer Bachus

Arizona

  • Sen. Jon Kyl
  • Sen. John McCain
  • Rep. Rick Renzi

Arkansas

  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln
  • Rep. Mike Ross

California

  • Rep. Wally Herger

Colorado

  • Sen. Wayne Allard

Connecticut

  • Sen. Christopher Dodd

Delaware

  • Sen. Thomas Carper

Florida

  • Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite

Georgia

  • Sen. Saxby Chambliss
  • Rep. David Scott

Idaho

  • Sen. Larry Craig
  • Sen. Mike Crapo

Illinois

  • Rep. Judy Biggert
  • Rep. Jerry Weller

Indiana

  • Sen. Richard Lugar
  • Rep. Mike Pence

Iowa

  • Sen. Charles Grassley
  • Rep. Tom Latham

Kansas

  • Rep. Dennis Moore

Kentucky

  • Sen. Jim Bunning
  • Sen. Mitch McConnell
  • Rep. Geoff Davis
  • Rep. Ron Lewis

Louisiana

  • Rep. Richard Baker
  • Rep. Jim McCrery

Maryland

  • Sen. Ben Cardin
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer

Massachusetts

  • Rep. Mike Capuano
  • Rep. Barney Frank

Michigan

  • Rep. David Lee Camp
  • Rep. Joe Knollenberg
  • Rep. Mike Rogers

Minnesota

  • Sen. Norm Coleman
  • Rep. Collin Peterson
  • Rep. Jim Ramstad

Mississippi

  • Sen. Thad Cochran

Missouri

  • Rep. Roy Blunt
  • Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond
  • Rep. Jo Ann Emerson

Montana

  • Sen. Max Baucus
  • Rep. Denny Rehberg

Nebraska

  • Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • Sen. Ben Nelson

New Jersey

  • Rep. Scott Garrett

New Mexico

  • Rep. Heather Wilson

New York

  • Rep. Vito Fossella
  • Rep. Steve Israel

North Carolina

  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole
  • Rep. Howard Coble
  • Rep. Patrick McHenry

North Dakota

  • Rep. Early Pomeroy

Ohio

  • Rep. John Boehner
  • Rep. Steve LaTourette
  • Rep. Deborah Pryce
  • Rep. Pat Tiberi

Oklahoma

  • Sen. Tom Coburn
  • Sen. James Inhofe
  • Rep. Tom Cole

Oregon

  • Rep. Darlene Hooley

Pennsylvania

  • Rep. Paul Kanjorski

South Carolina

  • Sen. Jim DeMint
  • Sen. Lindsay Graham

Tennessee

  • Rep. John Tanner

Texas

  • Sen. John Cornyn
  • Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson
  • Rep. Jeb Hensarling
  • Rep. Pete Sessions

Utah

  • Rep. Chris Cannon
  • Rep. Jim Matheson

Virginia

  • Rep. Eric Cantor

Washington

  • Rep. Rick Larsen
  • Rep. Dave Reichert

West Virginia

  • Rep. Shelly Moore Capito

Wisconsin

  • Sen. Russ Feingold
  • Sen. Herb Kohl
  • Rep. Paul Ryan

Wyoming

  • Sen. Michael Enzi

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Benjamin Franklin Public Policy Award

Every two years, NAMIC presents their coveted Benjamin Franklin Public Policy Award© to lawmakers who have supported a stronger insurance market at least 75 percent of the time. This is demonstrated based on their support of NAMIC's position on certain roll call votes taken, or being a principal player/sponsor on legislation affected the property/casualty insurance industry, during the previous Congress.