Warren A. Carter, ASA, second vice president, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), will receive LOMA’s highest honor, the Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) Insurance Education Award.

The award, which will be granted September 23 in a ceremony at LOMA’s Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., recognizes Carter’s accomplishments in promoting life and health insurance industry education.

William H. Rabel, Ph.D., FLMI, CLU, senior vice president, Education Division, LOMA, said, "Warren has made an incredible contribution to the industry and to several generations of FLMI students. Much of his work has been behind the scenes and done as a labor of love. He does it because he believes in education as a way to improve the world.

"The impact of his efforts will be felt for decades. Everyone who benefits from an improved insurance industry owes a debt to Warren Carter."

For about four decades, Carter has helped his TIAA-CREF co-workers prepare for LOMA’s FLMI math exams. Since 1967, LOMA has asked him to review texts and workbooks for the FLMI Program’s math, pension planning and introductory courses.

In addition, from 1976 to 1979, Carter served on LOMA’s Curriculum Committee, which plans, guides and establishes FLMI Program Curriculum, and from 1979 to 1982, he served on the Life Management Institute Council, which sets FLMI policy. During his tenure on the Council, he chaired a strategic planning task force that produced several landmark enhancements to the FLMI Program and its administration.

Carter has also been instrumental in ensuring FLMI exams use appropriate psychometric techniques. He was chairman of the Examinations Committee from 1979 to 1983, and a member since 1970.

Carter said, "The FLMI Program has provided tens of thousands of students the opportunity for self-improvement. The extensive curriculum enables the students to be knowledgeable in a wide range of areas, thus becoming more valuable to their company, in particular, and the industry, in general.

"In today’s service-oriented climate, the better informed and the more professional the employees, the better able they are to service our clientele. The importance of good service to our policyholders cannot be over-emphasized. Hence the value and importance of LOMA’s commitment and sponsorship of this university-level program."

Carter, who has been employed by TIAA-CREF since 1951, will be the eighth recipient of the FLMI Insurance Education Award. The award, which was first granted in 1979, has been given to individuals whose contributions and service to the FLMI Program have increased its potential to raise the caliber of professionalism in the insurance industry.

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