In February 2026 I nominated my friend, David O.Creighton Sr., to be posthumously inducted into the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame (IIHOF). I just found out that he will be inducted this year on October 6, 2026 at the Meadows Event Center in Altoona, IA..
The submission to the IIHOF included letters of recommendation from several people. I was honored to able to send the following letter of recommendation the IIHOF Board of Directors.
To the Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors of the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame,
I met David in 1993 when Preferred Risk Mutual (now GuideOne Insurance)
acquired the Bryton Companies. David was president of the Bryton Companies. We worked together to successfully combine the
Bryton Companies with Preferred Risk’s wholesale brokerage called CGA Insurance
Services. During those years I found David to be a visionary on identifying and
then implementing best practices in agency automation and optimizing workflows
to the benefit of both policyholders and employees.
David met annually with Iowa’s legislators in Washinton D.C. to provide input on issues that affected the insurance industry at the carrier, agency, and policyholder level. I was present with David at one such meeting with Congressman Jim Leach. This was just prior to the passage of the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act. The sponsors had locked down the bill as they had enough votes in both houses and agreement from the Clinton administration. The problem was this version had an inherent flaw in the privacy provisions that would have made underwriting difficult or even impossible. Industry leaders and even Representative Leach’s staff knew the bill was flawed but the votes were secured and Representative Leach would not entertain any discussion of the matter.
