PIA National Awards Program
Nominations Now Open:
Submit by Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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- Company Award of Excellence
- Professional Agent of The Year
- Managing General Agency (MGA) of the Year
- Excellence in Technology and Social Media Award
- Customer Service Representative (CSR) of the Year
- Young Insurance Professional (YIP) of the Year
Please see the official nomination forms available for complete details about each award. The forms can be completed electronically and returned via email. For questions or additional information on the awards, contact Suzanne Proctor at awards@pianational.org.
PIA National Company Award of Excellence
Purpose of Award
Judging Criteria
Nominees are judged on their:
- Commitment to the American Agency System
- Pursuit to further the interests of professional, independent insurance agents by creating a better business environment.
- Relationships with agency partners.
Submission Qualification
How to Submit
Save completed form as a PDF file and email to awards@pianational.org. If you are providing supplemental materials to support your nomination, email all supplemental material to awards@pianational.org. Entries and supplemental materials will not be returned.
Download Nomination Form
PIA National Professional Agent of The Year
Purpose of Award
Judging Criteria
Nominees are judged on their:
- Contributions to their agency
- The agent’s professional education and experience
- The agent’s contribution to the American Agency System in general and PIA in particular
- The agent’s involvement in community affairs and their performance as an industry spokesperson.
Submission Qualification
The PIA National Professional Agent of the Year must be nominated by a PIA state/regional affiliate association. In states where PIA National provides PIA services, PIA member agents may submit nominations for this award.
Nominees may not have held any of the following PIA National positions during the three years before the nomination deadline: President, President-Elect, Vice President/Treasurer, Secretary/Assistant Treasurer, Immediate Past President.
How to Submit
Save completed form as a PDF file and email to awards@pianational.org. If you are providing supplemental materials to support your nomination, email all supplemental material to awards@pianational.org. Entries and supplemental materials will not be returned.
Download Nomination Form
PIA National Managing General Agency (MGA) of the Year
Purpose of Award
Judging Criteria
Nominees are judged on:
- Furthering the interests of agents
- Commitment to the agency system
- Successful efforts to create a better business environment for professional insurance agents.
Submission Qualification
Nominees of the MGA of the Year award must be sponsored by a PIA member agent or a PIA state/regional affiliate association.
How to Submit
Save completed form as a PDF file and email to awards@pianational.org. If you are providing supplemental materials to support your nomination, email all supplemental material to awards@pianational.org. Entries and supplemental materials will not be returned.
Download Nomination Form
PIA National Excellence in Technology and Social Media Award
Purpose of Award
Judging Criteria
Nominees must demonstrate effective use of technology and social media to:
- Creatively promote programs
- Build upon an existing brand
- Introduce products and services to an expandable customer base
- Engage as a member of a local community
Submission Qualification
How to Submit
Save completed form as a PDF file and email to awards@pianational.org. If you are providing supplemental materials to support your nomination, email all supplemental material to awards@pianational.org. Entries and supplemental materials will not be returned.
Download Nomination Form
PIA National Customer Service Representative Of The Year
Purpose of Award
Nominees are judged on their:
- Consistently demonstrates leadership qualities in their role
- Abilities and aptitudes
- Dedication to a PIA member agency
- Ability to provide clients with a high level of customer service
- Commitment to betterment through education
- Contribution to his or her community
The 2025 PIA National CSR of the Year must be nominated by a PIA member agency. The nominee must be an employee of a PIA member agency and not be an agency owner or principal.
Save completed form as a PDF file and email to awards@pianational.org. If you are providing supplemental materials to support your nomination, email all supplemental material to awards@pianational.org. Entries and supplemental materials will not be returned.
PIA National Young Insurance Professional of The Year
To honor an employee, owner or principal of a PIA member agency who is under the age of 40 or a member of a PIA affiliate Young Insurance Professionals association.
The recipient will receive $1,000 cash prize sponsored by: The Rough Notes Company, Inc.
Nominees are judged on their:
- Professional experience and education
- Involvement in the insurance industry
- Promotion of PIA
- Involvement in community affairs
- Anything else that demonstrates the candidate is an outstanding Young Insurance Professional (YIP) and an asset to his or her agency and clients.
A PIA member or a PIA state or regional affiliate association must nominate the PIA National Young Insurance Professional (YIP) of the Year. The nominee must be an employee, owner, or principal of a PIA member agency to be eligible.
In states where the PIA affiliate has a Young Insurance Professionals association, there is no age cut-off, however, the nominee must be a member of that association. In states where there is no PIA-affiliated Young Insurance Professionals association, the nominee must be under the age of 40 on the nomination deadline.
Save completed form as a PDF file and email to awards@pianational.org. If you are providing supplemental materials to support your nomination, email all supplemental material to awards@pianational.org. Entries and supplemental materials will not be returned.