[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 105 (Thursday, July 15, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S5959]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DAVID DANIEL

 Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, today I congratulate Mr. J. David 
Daniel, a resident of my home State, as he nears the end of his term as 
the 105th chairman of the Nation's largest insurance association, the 
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, IIABA. Mr. Daniel 
was elected to the IIABA's executive committee in 2004 and was 
installed as the association's chairman last September.
  Founded in 1896, IIABA, or the Big ``I'' as it is better known, is 
the Nation's oldest and largest association of independent insurance 
agents and brokers, representing a network of more than 300,000 agents, 
brokers, and their employees. During his term as chairman of the Big 
``I,'' David Daniel has been a leader on a number of issues for the 
association including health care overhaul legislation and financial 
services regulatory reform. In a time of tectonic shifts in the 
financial services industry landscape, Mr. Daniel has proven to be a 
strong leader and a steady hand for the association and the insurance 
industry as a whole.
  David Daniel is president of Daniel and Eustis Insurance in Baton 
Rouge, LA. Prior to his election to the IIABA Executive Committee in 
2004, he served on the board of directors of the Independent Insurance 
Agents & Brokers of Louisiana, IIABL, for eight years before becoming 
president in 1997. Daniel served as Louisiana's national board director 
beginning in 1998 and has acted as the State association's 
representative to the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission. Mr. Daniel 
is also the recipient of IIABL's Lifetime Achievement Award and the 
Outstanding Committee Chairman Award. On the national level, Mr. Daniel 
has served on IIABA's Technical Affairs Committee and was chairman of 
the Governance and Communication Task Force.
  David Daniel has long been praised for his work in Baton Rouge as 
well as the insurance industry. For 28 years he has been a member of 
the Capital City Kiwanis and was once awarded the George R. Hixson 
award for community service. As a pioneering member of the Christmas on 
the River Committee, Daniel worked to revitalize the riverfront area in 
Baton Rouge. He has been a volunteer youth basketball coach for the 
YMCA and is a founding member of the Vision 21 Foundation, an 
organization that collects and distributes grant money to nonprofit 
groups in the Baton Rouge area.
  I would like to sincerely thank David Daniel for his commitment to 
his profession, his community, and the state of Louisiana. His efforts 
are greatly appreciated, and I wish Mr. Daniel, his wife Janet, and 
their family all the best in their future endeavors.

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