PIA National Names Scott Harwood, Jr. 2009 National Young Insurance Professional...

PIA National Names Scott Harwood, Jr. 2009 National Young Insurance
Professional of the Year

WASHINGTON, April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scott M. Harwood, Jr., CIC,
CISR, has been named the 2009 PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the
Year. The award was presented April 4, 2009 by the National Association of
Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) and was sponsored by Rough Notes magazine.

Harwood is President of Harwood & Son Insurance, a PIA member agency in
Farmville, Virginia.

The PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the Year Award recognizes
outstanding achievement by a young insurance professional. The award was
presented during a luncheon ceremony on April 4 in Arlington, Virginia.
Harwood was honored for his many activities in support of professional
insurance agents and his efforts to attract more young people into the
insurance industry.

"Scott has given of his time as a volunteer leader of PIA of Virginia & D.C.
serving on its Board of Directors, as a member of its Executive Committee and
as President of his PIA affiliate," said PIA National Vice President-Treasurer
Brian Marino. "Scott has actively participated in PIA's insurance lobbying at
the state and federal levels. He has also presented information about careers
in insurance at Longwood University's School of Business and Economics and
will be writing articles for the Automated Agency Report.

"Scott's community involvement includes participating in his church's medical
mission to Honduras in 2007, and he's going back again in 2010," Marino said.
"He is truly one of PIA's outstanding young insurance professionals."

During Harwood's term as president of PIA of Virginia & DC, a school was
established that is designed to take a young person from any background,
industry or education level and have them finish as licensed agents with the
equivalent of several months of agency experience. And a second school was
established, a producer "boot-camp" in partnership with the National Alliance
designed to get young producers onto the fast-track of sales and building
large books of business.

The PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the Year Award was sponsored
by Rough Notes magazine for the fourth year in a row.

"Encouraging young people to consider a career as a professional insurance
agent must be a top priority for all of us," Marino said. "We are particularly
pleased to partner with the Rough Notes Company in this important effort."

Founded in 1931, PIA is a national trade association that represents member
insurance agents and their employees who sell and service all kinds of
insurance, but specialize in coverage of automobiles, homes and businesses.
PIA members are Local Agents Serving Main Street America(SM). PIA's web
address is www.pianet.com.

This press release online at:
http://www.pianet.com/NewsCenter/PressReleases/4-8-09.htm

SOURCE National Association of Professional Insurance Agents

Ted Besesparis of National Association of Professional Insurance Agents,
+1-703-518-1352