The Charles A. Will Award
This award, instituted in 1993, is named in honor of a Charles A. Will who was instrumental in developing a formalized program for the professional home office underwriter. He also authored the “Does It Make Sense,” a text that encapsulated the process of decision making for underwriters. The winner of the award is the new FALU with the highest score on all of the ALU exams. The Charles A. Will Award winner receives a larger version of the crystal globe that all new FALUs receive, a copy of Ross Morton’s “Again, Does It Make Sense,” and payment of his/her expenses (airfare, hotel and registration fee) for the annual AHOU conference so that he/she can attend the conference to be honored.
The Winners of the Charles A. Will Award
1993--John Custer, Metropolitan
1994--Paula Mendonça, Financial Life of Canada
1995--Elizabeth Watson, Crown Life
1996--Lori Lown, Century Life of America
1997--Kathy Richter, Minnesota Mutual Life
1998--William Camm, M.D., AUL
1999--Dennis Dickman, State Farm Life Insurance Company
2000--Hsu (Jasmin)Huei Huang, Allianz Insurance Mgmt Asia Pacific
2001--David Wright, GE Financial Assurance
2002--Pat Brachmann, Munich American Re
2003--Tom Gross, New York Life
2004--Troy Delancey, Lincoln Benefit
2005--Melissa Meier, Modern Woodmen of America
2006--Keyongone Oh, Samsung Life Insurance Company
2007--Sengdavone Sophasath, Empire Financial
2008--Lisa Kay Claussen, Hartford Life
2009--Yongfu Chen, China Pacific Life Insurance Company
2010--Dong Yuxing, PICC Health Insurance Company
2011--Xiaopeng Shen, Swiss Re
2012--Daniel P. George, MD, Mass Mutual