Membership Awards
The 2008 Manager's Membership Award; Connecting You to the Recognition You Deserve!
NAIFA’s Manager’s Membership Award recognizes organizations that support a strong financial services industry by investing in NAIFA and its efforts. Life, health and multiline agencies and financial groups are encouraged to receive this award by ensuring that a certain percentage of their agents, based on the organization’s size, are NAIFA members.
Agencies are encouraged to apply online.
NAIFA recognizes that many organizations have experienced consolidation into one large organization that could be miles away or even in the next state while still maintaining local presence and management. We want to encourage any of these local offices, who may be a part of a bigger organization, to apply for the Manager’s Membership Award. These local offices may apply with a minimum of 5 agents.
To recognize all deserving organizations, NAIFA uses a tiered matrix to determine which organizations have achieved Award status. The tiers are as follows:
| Achievement Matrix | |
| Number of Agents in Organization | Percent of Membership Required** |
| 5 agents (minimum) | 100% |
| 6–9 agents | 95% |
| 10–50 agents | 90% |
| 51 agents or more | 85% |
**(Rounded to the next whole number. For example, if you get a figure of 9.1, it will be rounded down to 9. If you get a figure of 9.5, it will be rounded up to 10.)
Qualifications
The organization manager must be an active member of NAIFA and GAMA International. Individual agency managers are responsible for contacting their agents to determine member IDs and Membership Status.
NAIFA ID numbers are required for processing. This can be found on agents’ Advisor Today mailing label. For privacy purposes, only individual members may contact the NAIFA Member Service Center to request their ID number. Social Security numbers will not be accepted. We are unable to provide lists of NAIFA members to agencies.
In accordance with the matrix shown, the appropriate percentage of the organization's employees must be members in good standing of their local NAIFA association. The organization's employees must be actively soliciting & producing life, health, multi-line insurance or other related financial services.
Application Deadline—June 30, 2008
Applications will be sent to former applicants, members of GAMA, financial services companies and NAIFA state associations for appropriate distribution.
Applicants will receive confirmation within two weeks of receipt.
For questions relating to the award or to order paper copies of the application and flyer, please contact the Member Service Center at 877- TO NAIFA (877-866-2432) or membersupport@naifa.org.
Recognition
Organizations will be recognized in numerous ways for their achievement including recognition in NAIFA publications, on the NAIFA website, and at the NAIFA Annual Convention and Career Conference. Additionally, winners will receive recognition at LAMP—GAMA International’s Annual Meeting and in the GAMA International Journal.
Manager’s Membership Award recipients also receive a professional certificate to display, a congratulatory letter from the national presidents of NAIFA and GAMA International, a commemorative lapel pin and a gift from the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) to honor this special achievement.
Local NAIFA associations will be encouraged to provide special recognition for the management and members of the Award recipient's organization.
GAMA International further recognizes Manager’s Membership Award recipients with a “plus” designation for each of their GAMA International Awards provided that they meet all other requirements. To learn more about GAMA International’s Award Program, visit their website at www.gamaweb.com or call 1-888-275-0091.
For NAIFA membership information, please visit the NAIFA website at www.naifa.org or call NAIFA toll-free at 1-877-TO-NAIFA (866-2432).
For GAMA membership information, please visit the GAMA website at www.gamaweb.com or call GAMA toll-free at 1-888-275-0091.
Past Achievers