List of Famous Insurance Brokers
- George Vernon Hansen (September 14, 1930 – August 14, 2014) was a Republican politician from the state of Idaho. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 14 years, representing Idaho's 2nd district from 1965 to 1969 and again from 1975 to 1985.
- Born in Newark, New Jersey, on March 16, 1926, Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, director, and producer whose career spanned over seven decades. His journey into the entertainment industry began at the tender age of five when he performed alongside his parents in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. He discovered his love for comedy early on, and by his mid-teens, had developed a unique comedic persona that would later make him one of the most revered figures in Hollywood. Lewis was best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage, and radio. Breakthrough success came in the 1950s when he teamed up with Dean Martin, forming one of the most successful comedy duos in American history - Martin and Lewis. Their popularity soared through appearances in nightclub acts, television shows, and films such as The Caddy and Artists and Models. Lewis's creative genius extended beyond acting; he was also an accomplished director and innovator. Notably, he pioneered the use of videotape and closed-circuit monitors in filmmaking, a technique now referred to as "video assist." However, Lewis' influence wasn't confined to the realm of entertainment. He was also a devoted humanitarian who served as the national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). For over four decades, he hosted the annual Labor Day telethon to raise funds for the MDA, earning him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 1977. Despite facing numerous health challenges, including prostate cancer and heart disease, Lewis continued to perform into his nineties. His enduring legacy lies not only in the laughter he brought to millions but also in his unwavering commitment to bettering the lives of others. Jerry Lewis passed away on August 20, 2017, leaving behind a remarkable body of work that forever changed the landscape of comedy and film.
- Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is an American domestic terrorist who was convicted of being an accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing. Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, grain elevator manager, real estate salesman and ranch hand. He met his future co-conspirator, Timothy McVeigh, during a brief stint in the U.S. Army, which ended in 1989 when he requested a hardship discharge after less than one year of service. In 1994 and 1995, he conspired with McVeigh in the planning and preparation of the truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995. The bombing claimed the lives of 168 people.After a federal trial in 1997, Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter for killing federal law enforcement personnel. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after the jury deadlocked on the death penalty. He was also tried in Oklahoma on state charges of murder in connection with the bombing. He was convicted in 2004 of 161 counts of first degree murder, including one count of fetal homicide; first-degree arson; and conspiracy. As in the federal trial, the state jury deadlocked on imposing the death penalty. He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, and is incarcerated at ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison near Florence, Colorado. He shares a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bombers Row" with Ramzi Yousef, Eric Rudolph, and Ted Kaczynski.
- Marion Michael Rounds (born October 24, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 31st Governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011, having previously served in the South Dakota Senate from 1991 to 2001. In 2014, he was elected to the United States Senate, succeeding retiring Democrat Tim Johnson.
- Samuel Joseph Odom, known as Sammy Joe Odom (November 13, 1941 – January 18, 2001), was an American football player for the Houston Oilers. He played college football at Northwestern State University.
- Phillip P. Puckett (born August 10, 1947 in Russell County, Virginia) is an American politician. A Democrat, he was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1998 and resigned on June 9, 2014. He represented the 38th district, made up of five counties and parts of four others in the southwestern part of the state.
- Erastus Corning 2nd (October 7, 1909 – May 28, 1983) was an American politician. A Democrat, Corning served as mayor of Albany, New York from 1942 to 1983, when Albany County was controlled by one of the last classic urban political machines in the United States. Corning hailed from a prominent Albany family. His great-grandfather, Erastus Corning, was an industrialist who founded the New York Central Railroad and served in Congress and as Albany's mayor from 1834 to 1837. Another great-grandfather, Amasa J. Parker, was a member of Congress and prominent judge. Corning's father, Edwin Corning, was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1927 to 1928. His uncle, Parker Corning, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. His brother, Edwin Corning Jr. served as a member of the New York State Assembly. Corning was educated at The Albany Academy, Groton School, and Yale University (class of 1932). The Corning family was involved in several Albany-area businesses, and Corning started an insurance agency after his college graduation. While he served as mayor, his agency did not do business with the city of Albany, but did do business with Albany County, which Corning argued presented no conflict of interest, since he was not a county official. Corning's father was one of the leaders of the Democratic Party organization formed by Daniel P. O'Connell, which wrested control of Albany city and county from the Republican organization led by William Barnes Jr. in the early 1920s. The O'Connell machine proved so durable that it still largely controlled Albany County until the early 1980s, one of the last such organizations to remain viable. Corning entered politics at an early age as an affiliate of the O'Connell organization, winning a seat in the New York State Assembly in 1935. After serving in the Assembly during the 1936 legislative session, Corning won election to the New York State Senate, where he served from 1937 to 1941. Corning was elected mayor in 1941. He continued to win election every four years until 1981, and served from 1941 until his death in 1983. Corning was drafted for World War II and served in the United States Army's 2nd Infantry Division during combat in Europe. In 1946, he was the Democratic Party's unsuccessful nominee for lieutenant governor. In the 1970s Corning teamed with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to finance construction of the Empire State Plaza, a large state government office complex near Albany's downtown area. The plaza's tallest building, Erastus Corning Tower, was named in Corning's honor. In the early 1980s, Corning's health began to deteriorate. In January, 1983 he was moved to University Hospital in Boston, where he died on May 28. Corning was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands. At slightly over 41 years, Corning's tenure makes him Albany's longest-serving mayor, as well as the longest-tenured mayor ever of any large city in the United States.
Eric Blore
Precise in speech and manner in every way, but possessed of a smarmy nature that lent a tone of acidic irony to every line he uttered, Eric Blore was a character actor well-loved by movie fans for his comic turns in such popular features as "The Gay Divorcée" (1934), "The Lady Eve" (1941) and "The Road to Zanzibar" (1941), among numerous other films. Blore was best used as a valet or managerial type whose professionalism and poise masked a genuine contempt for those around him, borne out by an extraordinarily inflated ego; in this capacity, he lent memorable support to stars like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in five films, beginning in 1933 with "Flying Down to Rio" (1933), as well as Laurel and Hardy in "Swiss Miss" (1938) and the Marx Brothers in "Love Happy" (1950). After voicing Mr. Toad in the Disney feature "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1948), Blore's career was reduced to roles in B-pictures before his death in 1959, but his flawless comic timing made him an instantly recognizable favorite for generations of classic movie fans.- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker (August 12, 1906 – January 21, 1999) was a United States Senator and Representative from Nevada.
- Gregory Michael "Greg" Davids (born August 28, 1958) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 28B, which includes portions of Fillmore and Houston counties in the southeastern part of the state. He is also a retirement financial adviser, an insurance agency owner and a former school teacher.
- Thomas Burton "Tom" Adams Jr. (March 11, 1917 – May 22, 2006) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, he served in the Florida Senate (1956–1960), as Secretary of State of Florida (1961–1971), and as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Florida (1971–1975).
- Roger A. Laufenburger (September 5, 1921 – September 20, 2001) was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented the old District 2 and, after the 1972 redistricting, District 34, which included portions of Olmsted, Wabash and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Democrat, he was elected to the Senate in 1962, and was re-elected in 1966, 1970, 1972, and 1976.
Dick Hogan
Dick Hogan was an actor.Mickey Michaux
Henry McKinley "Mickey" Michaux Jr. (born September 4, 1930) is an American civil rights activist and former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly, having represented the state's thirty-first House district from 1983 to 2019. He previously served from 1973 through 1977. The district includes constituents in Durham County. Upon his retirement, Michaux was the longest-serving member of the North Carolina General Assembly. In the 2007-2008 session, Michaux served as senior chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and chairman of the House Select Committee on Street Gang Prevention.George H. Brooke
George Haydock Brooke (July 9, 1874 – November 16, 1938) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a fullback at Swarthmore College from 1889 to 1892 and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1893 to 1895. Brooke served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1897), Swarthmore (1900–1912), and Penn (1913–1915), compiling a career college football coaching record of 89–46–10. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1969.Domingos Leite Pereira
Domingos Leite Pereira (Portuguese: [duˈmĩɡuʃ ˈlɐjt(ɨ) pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; September 19, 1882–October 27, 1956) was a Portuguese politician of the Portuguese First Republic. He had degrees in theology and literature of the University of Coimbra. He helped to improve the relationships between the republic and the Catholic Church during his government. During his life he served in many political posts: President of the Municipal Chamber of Braga; Deputy in the constituent assembly, for the Democratic Party; President of the Chamber of Deputies; Minister of Public Instruction in the government of José Relvas in 1919; Prime Minister (President of the Ministry) for three times: from March 30 to June 29, 1919; from January 21 to March 8, 1920; and from August 1 to December 17, 1925; Minister of Foreign Affairs in various governments: in those of Álvaro de Castro (from November 20 to 30, 1920), Liberato Pinto (from November 30, 1920 to March 2, 1921); Bernardino Machado (March 2 to May 23, 1921); António Maria da Silva (November 30, 1922 to November 15, 1923); and, again, Álvaro de Castro (December 18, 1923 to July 6, 1924).After the May 28, 1926 revolution that installed the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) that would be followed by António de Oliveira Salazar's fascist Estado Novo (New State) regime, he abandoned his political life. Until the end of his life in 1956, he served as President of the insurance company Douro.- William Creed Wampler Jr. (born September 9, 1959) is an American politician. A Republican, he was a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1988 to 2011. He represented the 40th district in the southwest corner of the state, which included Dickenson, Lee, Scott and Wise Counties and parts of Washington County, along with the cities of Bristol and Norton.
Hugh Alexander Bryson
Hugh Alexander Bryson (August 21, 1912 – October 13, 1987) was a Canadian politician, farmer and insurance agent. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1953 election as a Member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to represent the riding of Humboldt—Melfort. He was re-elected in the 1957 election then defeated in the elections of 1958 and for the riding of Humboldt—Melfort—Tisdale in 1962.Dave Cox
David E. Cox (February 20, 1938 – July 13, 2010) was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma. A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as a California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his Senate tenure, including three years as Assembly Republican Leader. His district included all or portions of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Placer, Plumas, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Sacramento and Sierra Counties. He served on the following Senate committees: Local Government (Chair) Appropriations (Vice Chair) Banking, Finance and Insurance Energy, Utilities and Communications HealthPreviously, Cox was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 5th District from December 1998 to December 2004, and serving as the Assembly Republican Leader from March 2000 through January 2004. Before this, he served on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors for six years. Cox also served on the KVIE board as well as the Sacramento Municipal Utility District board. Cox made an unsuccessful run for the then-6th Senate district in 1994 against veteran State Senator Leroy F. Greene. Cox was named as the "Outstanding Senator for 2007" by the California State Sheriffs' Association. Cox earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of San Diego in 1961 and a master's degree from Golden Gate University in 1983. He was married with three children, and lived in Fair Oaks. Cox was re-elected to his second and last Senate term in 2008 with over 60% of the vote. Cox died on July 13, 2010, following a thirteen-year-long battle with prostate cancer.Robert T. Monagan
Robert Timothy Monagan, Jr. (July 5, 1920 – January 7, 2009) was a California politician and a member of the Republican Party, who was Speaker of the California State Assembly from 1969–1970. He served in the California State Assembly, representing the 12th district from 1961 until 1973. Born in Ogden, Utah, Monagan grew up in Vallejo, California and earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1942 from the College of the Pacific (later the University of the Pacific), where he played basketball and was student body president. From 1943–1946, including during World War II, he served as a United States Coast Guard officer, seeing duty in the Aleutian Islands.After the war, he returned to California to become the graduate manager of athletics for the University of the Pacific.Monagan moved to Tracy, California in 1950 to be secretary-manager of the Tracy Chamber of Commerce.In 1952, he became chief of staff for Congressman Leroy Johnson in Washington, D.C. Monagan returned to Tracy in 1954 to begin working in insurance and real estate, eventually founding Monagan-Miller-McInerney Insurance, which eventually became the largest insurance agency in the region surrounding Tracy.He was elected to the Tracy City Council in 1958 and became mayor in 1960. That same year, he was elected for the California State Assembly to represent 12th District. Monagan was re-elected five more times. He became Assembly Republican Leader in 1965 and held that post until becoming Speaker of the Assembly in 1969. After the 1970 elections, Monagan again became Assembly Republican Leader and held that post until becoming United States Assistant Secretary of Transportation in 1973. In 1974, Monagan returned to California to become vice president (and later president) of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association. In 1984, he left the CMTA to become president of the California Economic Development Corporation, serving until 1994. A portion of the I-205 which runs through Tracy which is named after him.Monagan served on the Board of Regents of the University of the Pacific from 1991–April 2007, including nine years as Chairman, and the University's Monagan Hall is named for him and his wife. Monagan Hall is a student housing complex consisting of four-bedroom suites available only to juniors and seniors.With his wife, Ione, he had one son, Michael and one daughter, Marilee.- Jackie Biskupski (born January 11, 1966) is an American Democratic politician, and the current Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. Upon taking office, Biskupski became Salt Lake City's 35th mayor, the city's first openly gay mayor, and the second female mayor (after Deedee Corradini). She is a former member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 30th District in Salt Lake County from 1999 to 2011.
John Ward
John Ward may refer to:- Jesse Kendrick Hollis, Jr., known as Ken Hollis (March 13, 1942 – September 10, 2010), was a Republican Party member of the Louisiana State Senate from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans suburbs. He served from 1982, when he won a special election to fill an unexpired term, until he was term-limited, effective January 14, 2008. In 2003, Hollis launched an exploratory campaign for governor but never filed his papers even though he claimed that his early polling was encouraging. He instead endorsed intraparty rival Hunt Downer of Houma, the seat of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana. Downer finished in sixth place in the jungle primary, and the office ultimately went to the Democrat Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette. Because he did not run for governor, Hollis was able to secure his sixth full term in the state Senate District 9. As his Senate successor, Hollis endorsed Republican State Representative Steve Scalise, a conservative who won the seat in the primary held on October 20, 2007, but soon resigned to become a U.S. representative.
Jack Kingston
John Heddens Kingston (born April 24, 1955) is the former U.S. representative for Georgia's 1st congressional district in southeast Georgia, serving from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the House leadership (2002–06) when he served as vice-chair of the Republican Conference. In 2014, he ran for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by retiring senator Saxby Chambliss and advanced beyond the May 20 primary to the July 22 runoff, where he was defeated by David Perdue. He currently works as a public policy principal at the firm of Squire Patton Boggs in Washington. Since August 2015, he has been chairman of the Georgia Republican Party Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Georgia GOP. In 2016, he endorsed Ted Cruz for president, but later he served as senior advisor and spokesperson for the Donald Trump campaign. In 2017, he became a CNN political commentator. He was dropped from the network in February 2019.- Anders Frisk (born 18 February 1963) is a Swedish insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk chose to go into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family. He is fluent in several languages including his native Swedish, English and German.
Ted Winter
Theodore J. "Ted" Winter (born November 26, 1949) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from southwestern Minnesota. First elected in 1986 in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's "firestorm" that swept through the region, giving Democrats unprecedented control of southwestern Minnesota for the next several election cycles, Winter served eight terms. He was re-elected in 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000. He represented the old District 28A and, later, District 22A, which included all or portions of Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and Redwood counties, changing somewhat through redistricting in 1992.- Harold Dennis Freeman, known as Dennis Freeman, was the mayor of Logansport, a town adjacent to the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1984 until his death. His contributions were particularly significant considering the otherwise limited role of a small-town mayor. For some sixteen years, he worked patiently with highway officials in Louisiana and Texas to construct a new border bridge over the Sabine River, a project nearing fruition. Freeman also fought to keep the pending Interstate 69 route in western Louisiana closer to Logansport. He helped to establish the first fire and ambulance districts in DeSoto Parish. Steve Stephens of Logansport said that his friend "did a magnificent job and will be sorely missed. Dennis understood problems and knew how to get things done in government. His death is a loss for this community and this area." Near the end of his life as he fought cancer, Freeman was also attempting to mitigate the closure of a Georgia Pacific plywood plant, the largest employer in Logansport. He worked with state and local agencies to help displaced workers and to procure solutions to the economic gap created from the loss of the plant.
Frank Schulz
Frank SchulzJohn Cunningham
John Cunningham is founder and president of Direct Dental Administrators.- Alfred James Lawson Jr. (born September 23, 1948), is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 5th congressional district, serving since 2017. The district stretches across most of the border with Georgia, including most of the majority-black areas between Tallahassee and Jacksonville. A Democrat, Lawson served in the Florida Legislature for 28 years, rising to the rank of "Dean of the Senate" prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. From 2000 to 2010, Lawson served Florida Senate, representing the 6th District, where he was elected to serve as the Democratic Leader. From 1982 to 2000, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives.
- Robert James Ball (January 15, 1857 – February 26, 1928) was a Canadian politician, accountant, life insurance agent and teacher. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1911 as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Grey South after being defeated in 1908. He was re-elected in 1917 to Grey Southeast and joined the Unionist Party coalition on March 18, 1918. He was defeated in 1921 by Agnes MacPhail who thus became the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons. Ball was born in Allan Park, Canada West. Prior to his federal political career, he was a town councillor in Hanover, Ontario for three years and reeve for two years.
- Paula Dockery is an independent politician from the U.S. state of Florida. She served as a member of the Florida Senate for ten years, representing parts of Central Florida from 2002 to 2012 as a Republican. Previously, she served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing a Lakeland-based district from 1996 until her election to the Senate. In January 2017, she left the Republican Party and became an independent.
Dave Brown
David M. "Dave" Brown (born June 26, 1961) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 15, which included portions of Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne and Wright counties in the central part of the state. The district also included the trust lands of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and Grand Casino Mille Lacs.David Tomassoni
David Joseph "Dave" Tomassoni (born December 5, 1952) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 6, which includes portions of Itasca and St. Louis counties in the northeastern part of the state. He chaired the Senate Economic Development Committee from 2007-2010. He currently chairs the Environment, Economic Development and Agriculture Finance Division. He is also Co-Chair of the LCCMR and has chaired the IRRRB four different times. He is also vice chair of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission.- Andrew James Scheer (born 20 May 1979) is a Canadian politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. He is Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Official Opposition since 2017. Elected to the riding of Regina—Qu'Appelle at the age of 25, Scheer was re-elected in 2006, 2008, and 2011 before becoming the Speaker of the House of Commons at age 32, making him the youngest Speaker in the chamber's history. He held the speaker role for the entirety of the 41st Canadian Parliament. On 28 September 2016, Scheer announced his bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party, running under the slogan "Real conservative. Real leader."Scheer has described himself as focused on economic development, fiscal restraint, and reducing inefficiencies in government. A staunch opponent of the federal carbon tax, he has stated that he would balance the federal budget within two years of forming a government and open up the airline industry to foreign competition. Scheer has been likened to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. On 27 May 2017, he was elected Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Billy Chandler
Billy Ray Chandler (born October 17, 1937), is a retired businessman from Dry Prong in Grant Parish, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Prior to redistricting, Chandler's District 22 encompassed seventy-two precincts from Grant, La Salle, and parts of Winn and northern Rapides parishes in the north central portion of the state. Chandler initially won his seat as a Democrat in a special election for state representative held on April 29, 2006.Judd Holdren
Judd Clifton Holdren (October 16, 1915 – March 11, 1974) was an American film actor best known for his starring roles in the serials Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951), Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), The Lost Planet (1953), and the semi-serial Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953). He committed suicide in 1974.Paul Gazelka
Paul E. Gazelka (born October 1959) is a Minnesota politician and the majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican, Gazelka represents District 9, which includes communities in Cass, Morrison, Todd and Wadena counties in the north central part of the state. He previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.Mike Hayden
John Michael Hayden (born March 16, 1944) is a retired American politician and veteran who served as the 41st Governor of Kansas. He subsequently served as the Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.Ernest Bai Koroma
Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as the 4th President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018. Born and raised in Makeni in northern Sierra Leone, Koroma spent more than 24 years working in the private insurance industry before entering politics in 2002. From 1988 to 2002, he was the managing director of the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation (Ritcorp). Koroma earned a bachelor's degree from Fourah Bay College in 1976; and is an insurance agent by profession. Koroma was elected as leader of the All People's Congress (APC), Sierra Leone's main opposition party, on 24 March 2002, after defeating then incumbent APC leader Edward Turay. Koroma stood as the APC candidate in the 2002 presidential election but was defeated in a free and fair election by incumbent President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who won 70.3% of the vote, to Koroma's 22.35%. Koroma conceded defeat. Koroma was later elected to Parliament, representing his home District of Bombali from 2002 to 2007. In 2005, he was elected the minority leader of Parliament and remained in that position until his election to the presidency in 2007. In the 2007 presidential election run-off, Koroma received 54.6% of the vote and defeated incumbent Vice-President Solomon Berewa of the ruling SLPP. Berewa conceded defeat, and Koroma was sworn in as President on 17 September 2007, at the State House in the capital Freetown. International and local observers declared the election free and fair. Koroma succeeded President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who was constitutionally ineligible to run for the presidency again after serving the maximum two five-year term limit. In the November 2012 presidential election, Koroma was re-elected as President for a second term, receiving 58.7%, against his main opponent, SLPP candidate Julius Maada Bio, who received 37.4%. International observers deemed the election to be free and fair. Koroma was succeeded by Julius Maada Bio following his victory in run-off elections held on 31 March 2018.William Gardner Hewes
William Gardner Hewes III (born October 27, 1961) is a Republican politician. He is the mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi and the former President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate. He was born in New Iberia, Louisiana.Paula Hitler
Paula Hitler (also known as Paula Wolff; 21 January 1896 – 1 June 1960) was the younger sister of Adolf Hitler and the last child of Alois Hitler Sr. and his third wife, Klara Pölzl.Jean Robert Beaulé
Jean Robert Beaulé (June 17, 1927 – January 9, 2005) was a Canadian politician, electrician, insurance broker and railway employee. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 federal election as a Member of the Social Credit Party to represent the riding of Quebec East. He was re-elected in the 1963 election and resigned from the party with other Quebec Social credit MPs to form the Ralliement Créditiste. He was defeated in the 1965 election. He died in 2005 in Quebec City.Donald C. White
Donald C. "Don" White (born August 5, 1950) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 41st District from 2001 to 2019. He was chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance and was the Vice Chairman of the Transportation Committee. He was a member of four other Senate committees: Community, Economic and Recreational Development, Environmental Resources and Energy, Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, and Labor and Industry. He is also a member of the PENNVEST Board of Directors. He worked as an independent insurance broker from 1977 to 2000 and served in the U.S. Army from 1972 to 1975.Merrill Edwin Barrington
Merrill Edwin Barrington (February 25, 1920 – December 18, 1965) was a Canadian politician, accountant and insurance broker. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1958 as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party for the riding of Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie. He was defeated in the elections of 1953, 1957 and 1962.George J. Mecherle
George Jacob "G.J." Mecherle (pronounced "Ma-herl") (June 7, 1877 - March 10, 1951) was the founder of State Farm Insurance, headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois. Mecherle, a farmer who became an insurance agent also, founded State Farm after becoming dissatisfied with the insurance rates charged to farmers, as those rates included the risks of city drivers as well. Mecherle was known as a very progressive and scientific farmer. However, in 1919 he quit farming and moved to Florida to improve his wife's health — she had rheumatoid arthritis. The warm climate did not improve her health so they moved back to Central Illinois in 1921. After returning to Illinois he had sold tractors for a while and discovered that he had a real knack for selling to farmers. Believing that city insurance companies were "rooking" farmers with high premiums based upon city driving accident rates, he became obsessed with the idea of starting his own insurance company — "an honest insurance company" was the phrase Mecherle used. In the spring of 1921, Tazewell County Farm Bureau organized a township mutual insurance company — which was the idea Mecherle had been considering — a mutual insurance company which is owned by those who are insured through a membership. The Tazewell company was set up to insure property, including automobiles. Mecherle then attended a meeting of the Federation of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies in the summer of 1921 in St. Louis. He spoke with Tazewell County Farm Bureau president and those discussions helped to crystallize Mecherle's idea of starting "an honest insurance company." Eventually, Mecherle's idea began taking shape and he opened his first office late in 1921 in The Illinois House in downtown Bloomington. In January 1922, he developed a prospectus and presented it to the Illinois State Association of Mutual Insurance Companies meeting in Streator. The plan called for his company to sell automobile insurance to: members of Farm Bureau, members of farm mutuals, their immediate families, or those eligible for membership in such organizations. The association enthusiastically endorsed the plan, and Mecherle proceeded to get the state license he needed to operate. On June 8, 1922, — the day after George Mecherle's 45th birthday — State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company was in business. Mecherle attempted to adopt programs that gave financial strength to his growing company while providing unique benefits to policyholders beyond what was offered at the time. For example, he adopted a strict no-drinking and driving provision to reduce accidents, and he also instituted the first installment payment program for premiums. This was to allow farmers premiums to become due when they expected to receive their crop payments. Eventually, his company became the largest property and casualty insurer in the United States and one of the 20 largest corporations on the Fortune 500.- Randy Laverty is a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate, representing the 2nd District since 2002. Previously he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1995 through 2001.
- Ophelia Ford (born July 5, 1950) was a member of the Tennessee Senate. She is the younger sister of former state senator John Ford and former Congressman Harold Ford, Sr., and the aunt of former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. She represented Senate District 29, which covers South Memphis and North Memphis.
John Carlson
John J. Carlson (born April 1953) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 4. A Republican, he is the owner of John Carlson Agency, an insurance service provider. He is also an adjunct professor in the Business Department of Bemidji State University in Bemidji.Carlson was first elected in 2010. He was a member of the Capital Investment, the Environment and Natural Resources, the Higher Education, and the State Government Innovation and Veterans committees. His special legislative concerns included redesigning of government services, jobs and economy, and education reform. Following redistricting in 2012, Carlson was placed in District 5 alongside Democratic Senator Tom Saxhaug. Saxhaug defeated Carlson on November 6, 2012.Carlson graduated from Akeley High School in Akeley, then attended Bemidji State University, receiving his B.S. in Business Administration. He later earned his Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation from the Institute of Management Accountants based in Montvale, New Jersey. He worked for many years as an accountant and later chief financial officer at Northern Medical Imaging in Bemidji before starting his insurance business.Terri Schiavo
Terri Schiavo appeared in the 2007 documentary film Coma.Gary Dahms
Gary H. Dahms (born January 14, 1947) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 16, which includes all or portions of Brown, Lac qui Parle, Lyon, Redwood, Renville, and Yellow Medicine counties in the southwestern part of the state.Rey Fortaleza
Reynaldo "Rey" Fortaleza (born December 26, 1957) is a former Olympic boxer who represented the Philippines in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. In 1990, he immigrated to Canada where he became a community leader and media entrepreneur.Sandra Masin
Sandra A. Masin (born November 8, 1942) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 51A, which includes portions of the city of Eagan in Dakota County, which is in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is also a business woman, working in financial services, real estate sales and insurance.Joseph Hamilton
Joseph Hamilton was an American printer, newspaper editor, and life insurance agent from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who spent two one-year terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly: in 1874 as a member of the short-lived People's Reform Party, also known as the Liberal Reform Party, and in 1877 as a Democrat.Richard Codey
Richard James Codey (born November 27, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New Jersey from 2004 to 2006. He has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1982 and served as the President of the Senate from 2002 to 2010. He represents the 27th Legislative District, which covers the western portions of Essex County and the southeastern portion of Morris County. Codey is the longest-serving state legislator in New Jersey history, having served in the New Jersey Legislature continuously since January 8, 1974.Sal Pacino
Sal Pacino was an actor and insurance agent.Carolyn Hugley
Carolyn F. Hugley (born May 2, 1958) is a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the 136rd district since 1992. She is currently Minority Whip.- Born on August 14, 1945, in Waco, Texas, Steve Martin is a multifaceted talent. His early days were spent working in Disneyland's magic shop, which ignited his passion for performance and led to his first steps into the world of stand-up comedy. Over the years, Martin's unique blend of humor and banjo-playing skills made him a popular figure on the comedy circuit. This success triggered his transition to television, where he became a frequent guest on popular shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Saturday Night Live. Martin's comedic prowess was not confined to the stage or small screen. He ventured into the realm of cinema and achieved significant success as an actor, writer, and producer. Memorable films include The Jerk, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and Father of the Bride. Martin's writing skills shone through in scripts like Roxanne, a modern adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, which earned him a Writers Guild Award. His acting performances have also been recognized, with Martin receiving an Academy Honorary Award for his outstanding contribution to the film industry. Beyond his contributions to comedy and film, Martin is a recognized author and musician. He has penned several books, including his memoir Born Standing Up, which provides an introspective look into his life and career. As a musician, Martin's love for the banjo has seen him release multiple albums and even win Grammy Awards for his bluegrass music. Over the years, Steve Martin has proven himself to be a versatile entertainer, seamlessly transitioning between different forms of expression, leaving a lasting legacy in each domain.
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Tim Sanders
Timothy A. "Tim" Sanders (born 1982) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 37B, which included portions of Anoka County, which is in the northern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.Victor H. Schiro
Victor Hugo "Vic" Schiro (May 6, 1904 – August 29, 1992), was an American politician who served on the New Orleans City Council and as Mayor from 1961 to 1970.John E. Courson
John E. Courson is a former American politician. He served as a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 20th District from 1985 to 2018. He resigned after pleading guilty to a common law misconduct charge in office.Kurt Olson
Kurt E. Olson (born March 24, 1948) is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 30th District from 2005 until 2017. He is currently serving as Chair of the Labor & Commerce Committee, Vice Chair of the Rules Committee, a member of the Resources Committee, and Legislative Budget & Audit Committee. He also serves on the Administration, Natural Resources, and Labor & Workforce Finance Subcommittees, for the 29th Legislature. Representative Olson also served in the United States Air Force from 1967–1971.Eric Myers
Eric Myers was a insurance broker, war veteran and the father of Mike Myers.Michael Polley
Michael Polley is an actor, insurance agent, and father of actor Sarah Polley.John P. Daley
John P. Daley (born December 5, 1946) is the 11th Ward Democratic Committeeman in Chicago, Illinois, a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (11th District), and the Chair of the Cook County Board Audit and Finance Committee. He has previously served in both the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, as well as being employed as a school teacher. He is the son of former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, as well as William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff under President Obama and United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton. Unlike his brothers, he continues to live in the neighborhood the family was raised in. Daley is also an insurance broker who earns several hundred thousand dollars a year in this second job. In 2005, the City of Chicago endured a hired truck corruption scandal involving bribe money. The case involved a federal investigation and criminal charges to Daley associates.Andrew Stephenson
Andrew Stephenson (born 17 February 1981) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire since 2010.Hugh James Maher
Hugh James "Jim" Maher was a real estate and insurance agent and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented The Battlefords from 1950 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, the son of Hugh Maher and Josephine Ann Hayes, and was educated there and in Saskatoon. In 1935, Maher married Florence Andrea Showell. He was a member of the separate school board and of the town council for North Battleford, also serving 18 years as mayor. In 1963, Maher ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate seeking to represent The Battlefords in the Canadian House of Commons.Mike Fair
Michael L. 'Mike' Fair (born June 16, 1946) is an American politician who represented the 6th District in the South Carolina Senate. Fair, a Republican, had been a state senator from 1995 until 2017.Ben Nesselhuf
Benjamin J. 'BJ, Ben' Nesselhuf is a former Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate, BJ formerly represented the 17th district from 2004-2010. Previously he was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004. He unsuccessfully ran for South Dakota Secretary of State in 2010.Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet
Sir Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet is the father of Geraldine Somerville.Cüneyt Çakır
Cüneyt Çakır (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈdʒynejt ˈtʃakɯɾ], born 23 November 1976) is a Turkish football referee. He has been FIFA listed since 2006 and a member of the UEFA Elite since 2010.Jay Costelo
Jay Costelo is an actor who appeared in "This Is Us," "Rutherford Falls," and "Loqueesha."Kris Kelson
Kris Kelson is an insurance agent of State Farm Insurance San Anselmo.Mike Hill
Walter Bryan "Mike" Hill is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District, which includes southern Escambia County and parts of Gulf Breeze in Santa Rosa County, since 2013.Homer George Gere
Homer George Gere is an insurance agent and the father of Richard Gere.Mike Curtis
Mike Curtis is a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District from January 2007 to January 2011. The district includes part of Lauderdale County.Frank Wallace
Frank Wallace was a grocer and an insurance broker.Charles Hughesdon
Charles Hughesdon was a aviator and insurance broker.Greville Collins
Greville Collins is the father of Phil Collins.Woodrow Wilson McGill
Woodrow Wilson McGill is a real estate broker, insurance broker, and the father of Bruce McGill.Jim Boyd
Jim Boyd is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 71st District, which includes eastern Manatee County and eastern Sarasota County, since 2012, previously representing the 68th District from 2010 to 2012.JoAnn D. Osmond
JoAnn D. Osmond (April 6, 1946) is a former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 61st district from 2002 to 2014. She is also the owner of Osmond Insurance Services Ltd. Previously, Osmond served as Chairwoman of the Lake County Republican Central Committee from 1996 to 1998.Laurence F. Ziff
Laurence F. Ziff is a philanthropist and insurance broker.Richard Stark
Richard Stark is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 104th District, which includes southern Broward County, stretching from Pembroke Pines to the Collier County border, since 2012.Vicki Jensen
Vicki Jensen is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represents District 24 in southeastern Minnesota.Harold Arthur Bates
Harold Arthur Bates was an insurance broker and a cellist.Tye Strickland
Bobby Harrell
Robert William Harrell, Jr. (born March 7, 1956) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 114th District, from 1992 to 2014, serving as the Speaker of the House from 2005 to 2014.Edward Applewhaite
Edward Turney Applewhaite (November 23, 1898 in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada – September 12, 1964) was a Canadian politician and life insurance agent. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1949 and re-elected in 1953 as a Member of the Liberal Party representing the riding of Skeena. He was defeated in the elections of 1945 and 1957. He became Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole on December 16, 1953.Gérard Bruchési
Gérard Bruchési (born March 30, 1931) is a Canadian former politician and insurance broker. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party in the 1958 election to represent the riding of Beauharnois—Salaberry. He was defeated in the 1962 election. Bruchési was born in Montreal, Quebec.Gildo Tognazzi
Gildo Tognazzi was an insurance broker, actor and the father of Ugo Tognazzi.Léonel Beaudoin
Léonel Beaudoin (born September 13, 1924) is a Canadian former politician and insurance agent. Born in Cookshire, Quebec, Beaudoin was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 federal election as a Member of the Ralliement Créditiste to represent the riding of Richmond. After that party merged with the Social Credit Party of Canada, he was re-elected as a Social Credit candidate in the 1972 and 1974 federal elections. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1965 election in the riding of Richmond—Wolfe. He was a member of various standing committees.James Gibb
James Gibb was a British Liberal Party politician in the Nonconformist tradition.- Borris L. Miles is a Democratic politician from Texas. He has represented District 13 in the Texas Senate since winning election in November 2016. He is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he represented District 146, which encompasses parts of Harris County, Texas, including Sunnyside, Houston, and Third Ward, Houston.
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Bal Gosal
Baljit Singh Gosal (Punjabi: ਬਲਜੀਤ ਗੋਸਲ; born May 4, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral district of Bramalea—Gore—Malton from 2011 until 2015. He served as Minister of State (Sport) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Gosal was one of five visible minorities serving in the Harper cabinet. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Ramesh Sangha in the 2015 election.Max Black
Max C. Black is a Republican Idaho State Representative representing District 15 in the B seat since 1993. Black announced his retirement from the legislature in 2012.Angelo Leno
Angelo Leno was the father of Jay Leno.Harry Albert Atkinson
Harry Albert Atkinson was a New Zealand engineer, socialist and insurance agent. He was born in Urenui, Taranaki, New Zealand on 15 October 1867, and was educated at Nelson College.David Farabee
David Lee Farabee (born February 5, 1964) is a Democratic former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 69 (Wichita and Archer counties). His father, Ray Farabee, was an attorney in Austin, Texas, and a Democratic former state senator for the Wichita Falls and West Texas area, having served from 1975 to 1988.Truman Van Dyke
Truman Van Dyke was an insurance broker and actor.Perry Marcus Driver
Perry Marcus Driver was an insurance agent and the father of Phyllis Diller.Michael Peter Higgins
Michael Peter Higgins was the father of actor Michael Higgins.Joyce McMullan
Joyce McMullan is former Gaelic footballer for Donegal. He was a member of the team that won Donegal's first All-Ireland title in 1992, and was selected as an All Star in 1990. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, McMullan played football with his local club Four Masters in Donegal and was a member of the Donegal senior football team from 1983 to 1999.Bill Bratt
William Amos Bratt MBE (born 1945) is the former chairman of Port Vale Football Club, who served the club in this post from 2003 to 2011. After decades working in the insurance industry, Bratt turned his attention to his hometown club Port Vale, after the club were facing dark times. Leading the 'Valiant 2001' supporter's trust, he gained control from the administrators and previous chairman Bill Bell in 2003. He then faced a constant battle to steady the club's finances whilst also advancing through the leagues. Though the team fared poorly on the pitch throughout his reign, falling to the bottom tier of the Football League, he managed to keep the club afloat financially, though still the club continued to lose money. He left the club after fan protests against his chairmanship.Alfred D. Rosner
Alfred D. Rosner is an insurance broker and the father of Rick Rosner.Reg Cleese
Reg Cleese was an insurance salesman and the father of John Cleese.Dolores Thurman
Dolores Thurman is the mother of Noel Thurman.Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Sr.
Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Sr. was an insurance broker and the father of Joe Mantegna.Gordon James Lynn
Gordon James Lynn was the father of actors Gordon James and Ralph Lynn.William Kent
William Kent was a lawyer and an insurance broker.Kent Hamilton
Kent Hamilton is a film crewmember.Lawrence George H. Tolkien
Lawrence George H. Tolkien is an insurance agent.Janéa Holmquist Newbry
Janéa Noel Holmquist Newbry is an American politician of the Republican Party. She is a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 13th Legislative District. She previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 2001-2006. On February 19, 2014, Holmquist Newbry announced that she would be running for Congress in Washington's 4th Congressional District following 10-term Congressman Doc Hastings' announcement that he would not be seeking reelection in 2014.Laura Marie Hughes
Laura Marie Hughes was the mother of David Hyde Pierce and an insurance agent.Howard Tierney
Howard Tierney was an insurance broker.Ashley Davis
Ashley Davis is an insurance broker.
