Mary Lanning Public Service Award
The Mary Lanning Public Service Award recognizes leaders for their work in the public interest consonant with the insurance industry’s desire to further the health and welfare of their communities.
Current Mary Lanning Public Service Award Winner
Hon. Andrew N. Mais
Insurance Commissioner, Connecticut President, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Andrew N. Mais was nominated by Governor Ned Lamont to be Connecticut’s 33rd Insurance Commissioner. Mais is President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2024, and he has served on the NAIC’s Executive Committee since 2021. Mais currently serves on the NAIC’s International Relations, Property & Casualty, and Financial Regulation Standards Committees.
Award Winners
2016 Daniel Nigro
2017 Micheal Mcraith
2018 Mary Lanning
2019 Senator Neil D. Breslin
2021 William H. Frazier
2022 Maurice “Hank” Greenberg
2023 QBE Foundation
For over four decades, Mary Lanning served as a regulatory consultant and compliance advisor in the U.S. commercial insurance and financial sectors, spending more than 25 years as president of ML&G Associates, Inc., a registered lobbying and government relations firm. Known for her unique approach to intervention and advocacy, Mary was a trusted figure in public policy development. Beyond her professional contributions, Mary was dedicated to community service as the founding president of YES!Solutions, Inc., a Harlem-based charity, and a driving force behind Boys Hope Girls Hope New York, helping underprivileged youth transform their lives through education. Her remarkable ability to intertwine corporate life with grassroots service earned her the affection of her business colleagues and countless others as simply “that woman, Mary,” whose kindness touched the forgotten and underserved.
