[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO J. MICHAEL MILEY

 Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, today I recognize a fellow Hoosier, 
Mr. J. Michael Miley, as he nears the end of his term as the 106th 
chairman of the Nation's largest insurance association, the Independent 
Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, IIABA. Mike is an executive with 
the Gibson Insurance Group in Plymouth, IN, and was installed as the 
association's chairman last September.
  Mike began his insurance career in 1973 and joined the Gibson 
Insurance Group in 1983. His relationship with the IIABA began in 1978, 
when he became a member of the Marshall-Fulton-Starke Counties 
Independent Insurance Agents Association, ultimately climbing the ranks 
to serve as its president. During his affiliation with the Independent 
Insurance Agents of Indiana, IIAI, Mike served at numerous posts, and 
was elected to the executive committee of IIAI and served as president 
in 1995. He was elected Indiana's State national director to the board 
of IIABA in 1997.
  Over the years, Mike has been the recipient of numerous awards, 
including the 1987 Chairman of the Year Award for his work on the New 
Products and Services Committee, Indiana Agent of the Year Award both 
in 1989 and 2006, Honorary Commissioner of Insurance in 1990, and in 
1991 he was the first recipient of the Harry P. Cooper Public Image 
Award.
  On the national level, he has proven his leadership capabilities by 
serving on the boards of Membership Services, Inc., Agency 
Administrative Services, Inc., and Trusted Choice, Inc. Mike also held 
leadership roles as a board member of Big ``I'' Advantage, as chairman 
of IIAA Agency Administrative Services, Inc., and as a member of the 
Professional Liability Committee.
  Mike has also been very active in his community, including work with 
the United Way of Marshall County. His volunteer efforts with the group 
include fundraising as well as serving as a board member and president 
in 1998 and 1999.
  Mike attended Arizona State University and lives in Plymouth, IN, 
with his wife Cindy and their two children, Margaret and Matthew. I 
would like to commend Mike's commitment to his profession, his 
community, and our State of Indiana, and I wish him and his family all 
the best in their future endeavors.

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