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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Honoree

Kathy Owen, CIO and SVP of Global Services, Unum, and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Honoree

JoAnn Martin, President and CEO, Ameritas Holding Co., and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Honoree

Tricia Mackechnie, SVP and CIO Consumer Markets & Enterprise Operations Technology, The Hartford, and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Honoree

Judith Davis, EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, BlueCross BlueShield of SC, and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Honoree

Janice Abraham, President and CEO, United Educators Insurance, a Reciprocal Risk Retention Group, and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Notable Achiever

Belen Tokarski, AVP Technology and Agency Solutions, CNA, and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Notable Achiever

Cyndy Smith, VP, Director of Technology, Haylor, Freyer & Coon, and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Notable Achiever

Yvette Gonzales, CIO, VP of Information Services, Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

WIL Notable Achiever

Denise Blankinship, VP, Information & Data Support Church Pension Group, and Carrie Burns, INN Editor
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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

The Women in Insurance Leadership Awards

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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

Past WIL Notable Achiever Kelli Irwin, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, chats with Janice Abraham, United Educator's Insurance, one of this year's Women in Insurance award winners.

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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

Attendees network before the awards ceremony.

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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

Cathy Ellwood, Ellwood Enterprises, discusses leadership efforts with Diana Stein, Nationwide.

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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

Mary Ellen Freyermuth, (L) Catholic Mutual Group, and Pat Speer, Insurance Networking News, discuss the Women in Insurance Leadership Insight survey results.

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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

Jean Sullivan, (L) Pitney Bowes Business Insight, chats with Judy Davis, BlueCross BlueShield of SC, and her husband before the awards ceremony.

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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

Rose Cahill, Acxiom, talks with Christi Daughenbaugh, Borden Hamman Agency, about the day's Women in Insurance Leadership Forum sessions. In the background, Darby O'Neill, Princeton Insurance Co., chats with Mary Ellen Freyermuth, Catholic Mutual Group.

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The Women in Insurance Leadership Forum at the National Harbor in Maryland on September 18th, 2011.

2011 Women in Insurance Leadership Winners

Honorees, top row, left to right: Judith Davis, EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, BlueCross BlueShield of SC; Kathy Owen, CIO and SVP of Global Services, Unum; Janice Abraham, President and CEO, United Educators Insurance, a Reciprocal Risk Retention Group; Tricia Mackechnie, SVP and CIO Consumer Markets & Enterprise Operations Technology, The Hartford; JoAnn Martin, President and CEO, Ameritas Holding Co.Notable Achievers, bottom row, left to right: Cyndy Smith, VP, Director of Technology, Haylor, Freyer & Coon; Belen Tokarski, AVP Technology and Agency Solutions, CNA; Denise Blankinship, VP, Information & Data Support, Church Pension Group; Yvette Gonzales, CIO, VP of Information Services, Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.Not Pictured: Shohreh Abedi, SVP and CIO, Farmers Insurance Group