Full Text of HR1509 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Kim M. Brunner, | 4 | | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary for | 5 | | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, on his | 6 | | retirement; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Brunner works for State Farm Insurance in | 8 | | Bloomington and oversees legal matters and public affairs, in | 9 | | addition to acting as corporate secretary; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He joined State Farm Insurance in 1987 as counsel | 11 | | at corporate headquarters; he was promoted to associate general | 12 | | counsel in 1991, vice president and counsel in 1993, and vice | 13 | | president-regulatory general counsel in 1997; he was named | 14 | | senior vice president and general counsel in 1998, executive | 15 | | vice president and general counsel in 2001, and executive vice | 16 | | president and general counsel and secretary in 2004; he assumed | 17 | | his current position in 2008; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Before joining State Farm, he served as counsel | 19 | | for the Illinois Department of Insurance and as government | 20 | | relations officer for the Nationwide Insurance companies; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He received his Bachelor's degree in political |
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| 1 | | science from Augustana College and his juris doctor degree from | 2 | | the University of Arizona-College of Law in Tucson; he also | 3 | | earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation | 4 | | in 1983; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He currently serves on the Board of Overseers of | 6 | | the Institute for Civil Justice, co-chairs the Civil Justice | 7 | | Reform Group, and co-chairs the General Counsel Committee of | 8 | | the National Center for State Courts; he is Chairman of the | 9 | | Board at Augustana College; he is also a member of the | 10 | | Foundation Board of Trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church, | 11 | | the McLean County Protect Our Nation's Youth Board, as well as | 12 | | a member of the McLean County, State of Illinois, and American | 13 | | Bar Associations; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Brunner is married to Donna, and they have 2 | 15 | | adult sons; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | congratulate Kim Brunner on his retirement and wish him the | 19 | | best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Kim Brunner as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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