Harry Hoopis to receive John Newton Russell Memorial Award

Harry Hoopis will receive the life insurance industry’s highest award, the John Newton Russell Memorial Award, during the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors’ National Leadership Conference Nov. 13-15 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington. The award recognizes a lifetime of professional excellence, service to the industry and a commitment to ethical conduct.

The announcement was made at Thursday’s NAIFA quarterly State of NAIFA webinar.

Hoopis is the CEO of the Hoopis Performance Network and is a renowned entrepreneur, leader, speaker and industry icon. Over his 40-year career, he built one of the largest financial services firms in Chicago. During his career, Hoopis was awarded the Master Agency Award every year since its inception, received the Robert Templin Award for his many contributions to management development and is the recipient of NAIFA Chicago’s Leadership in Life Award.

He was inducted in the GAMA International Management Hall of Fame. He served on the board of trustees for the GAMA International Foundation and is past president of GAMA International as well as Northwestern Mutual’s General Agent’s Management Association. He is still an active member of two of the industry’s most elite study groups, the LIMRA Research Agencies Group and the General Agents Symposium. Hoopis is also the principal author of The Essentials of Management Development, creator of the Firm Foundations seminar series, and developer of the Fixed Activity Commitment System.

Hoopis is the author of The Road to the Bountiful Life: Achieving Success in Financial Services and donates all proceeds from the book’s sales to the GAMA Foundation. He resides in Lake Forest, Ill., with his wife Bea.

Susan Rupe is editor in chief, magazine, for InsuranceNewsNet. She formerly served as communications director for an insurance agents' association and was an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor. Contact her at [email protected].