Guardian General Agent Lanny D. Levin Honored as 2009 Huebner Scholar
Lanny D. Levin, CLU, ChFC, General Agent of Guardian’s Lanny D. Levin Agency in Highland Park, Illinois, was honored with the 2009 Huebner Scholar Award at the June 16 annual meeting of the Greater Chicago Chapter of The Society of Financial Service Professionals. The award is conferred each year on a member of the chapter who has contributed substantially to the profession of life insurance and/or to the public understanding of the role of life insurance.
In addition to his Guardian Agency responsibilities, Lanny takes an active role in industry education and advocacy initiatives. He is a past president of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and has been a featured speaker for the Chicago Estate Planning Council, Practicing Law Institute, Illinois CPA Society, Chicago Bar Association, Greater North Shore Estate Planning Council, DuPage County Estate Planning Council, the Greater Chicago Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, and both the DuPage and Chicago & Northeastern Illinois Health Underwriters. He has also presented workshops and seminars for many of Chicago’s top law firms and accounting firms.
He is an active member in The Association for Advanced Life Underwriting and a Life member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He has written articles published in The Journal of Financial Service Professionals, Warren, Gorham & Lamont's Tax Ideas and Successful Estate Planning Ideas & Methods, and Life Insurance Selling magazine.
Lanny’s agency helps individuals create legacies, accumulate wealth, and preserve it for future generations. It also helps businesses to plan for enterprise continuity and ownership succession, and develops plans to reward and retain key executives. The company assists accountants, employee specialists, and general insurance brokers in serving the life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance needs of their commercial clients and those of high-net-worth individuals.
Respected by his peers at Guardian and in the industry at large for his integrity and professionalism, Lanny personifies the values that Guardian has stood for since its founding in 1860. "Lanny Levin is truly deserving of this prestigious Huebner Award, which represents many years of devotion, hard work, and significant contributions to the life insurance business," says Lisa Harmon Powell, JD, CLU, ChFC, LLIF, Vice President, Business Resource Center and Advanced Sales. "We at Guardian are honored to be associated with him."