This prestigious award, the association's greatest honor, recognizes exceptional individual contributions to the Independent Agency System, the Texas insurance industry, and local community. The award is named for Drex Foreman, who served as executive director of IIAT for 30 years. The award is presented at INSURCON each year.
Eligibility
Candidates must be an owner, partner, manager, employee or associate of an IIAT-member agency (but not a current officer or director of IIAT), or be an employee or former employee of IIAT.
Award nominations are collected March - May. We are currently no longer accepting nominations for this award. Thank you.
2024 Drex Foreman Award Winner
Patrick Watkins
CEO and shareholder of Watkins Insurance Group, Austin
Past Winners
| Year | Past Winner | City |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Patrick Watkins | Austin |
| 2023 | Don Whitaker | San Antonio |
| 2022 | Pete Hamel | Houston |
| 2021 | Ed Schreiber | Houston |
| 2020 | No recipient | |
| 2019 | Frank Swingle, Jr | Dallas |
| 2018 | Cindy Quy | Austin |
| 2016 | Bob Shepard | Harlingen |
| 2015 | Garry Kaufman | Galveston |
| 2014 | David Surles | Austin |
| 2013 | Bill Henry | Dallas |
| 2012 | Lloyd Neal | Corpus Christi |
| 2011 | Tim Brady | Houston |
| 2010 | Wallace C. Goodman, CPCU, CIC | Corpus Christi |
| 2009 | Don Medlin | Plano |
| 2008 | Don Morriss, AAI, CPCU | Texarkana |
| 2007 | * James Elbert, CIC | Lake Jackson |
| 2006 | Douglas Sanford, CIC | Lubbock |
| 2005 | Marietta McCain, CIC | San Antonio |
| 2004 | Donald Bowles, CPCU, CIC, CLU | Dallas |
| 2003 | Matt Berry | Austin |
| 2002 | Ernest N. Stromberger, AAI, CAE | Austin |
| 2001 | Will Watt, CIC | Texas City |
| 2000 | * Lloyd Grove Jr. | Corpus Christi |
| 1999 | * Richard E. Marks, CIC | Houston |
| 1998 | * Cruger S. Ragland, CPCU, CIC | Dallas |
| 1997 | * John F. Brimberry | Victoria |
| 1996 | * Richard Roach | Dallas |
| 1995 | Al Purifoy | Temple |
| 1994 | DeValse Cox | Wichita Falls |
| 1993 | Josh R. Morriss Jr., CPCU | Texarkana |
| 1992 | * T. Champe Fitzhugh Jr., CPCU, CIC, ARM, AAI, CLU, ChFC, AIC | Waco |
| 1991 | * Cam Fannin | Lubbock |
| 1990 | * A. W. "Bill" Bailey Jr., CIC | Waco |
| 1989 | Thomas J. Baker Jr., CIC | Houston |
| 1988 | W. E. Peavy Jr., CPCU, CLU | Garland |
| 1987 | L. B. Stover Jr. | Madisonville |
| 1986 | Robert D. Bergman, CPCU | Weatherford |
| 1985 | * Wade Spilman | Austin |
| 1984 | Grant Jones, CPCU | Abilene |
| 1983 | * David B. Noel, CPCU | Dallas |
| 1982 | * Durward L. Anderson | Houston |
| 1981 | * Ben R. Binford | San Antonio |
| 1980 | * Fred E. Bosworth | Tyler |
| 1979 | * Josh R. Morriss Sr. | Texarkana |
| 1978 | * J. P. Houstoun Jr. | Houston |
| 1977 | * Dwight W. Sleeper Jr. | Dallas |
| 1976 | * Marion Sanford | Lubbock |
| 1975 | * Mary Doug Stephens | Beaumont |
| 1974 | * Forest S. Pearson | Austin |
| 1973 | * Drex G. Foreman | Fort Worth |
| 1972 | * Porter Ellis, CPCU | Dallas |
| 1971 | * Marley Styner | Crockett |
| 1970 | * T. Champe Fitzhugh Sr. | Waco |
| 1969 | * Arthur Randol | San Antonio |
| 1968 | * Joe E. Vincent, CPCU | Houston |
*Deceased
