LexisNexis is sponsoring an award for the Insurance Persons of the Year for 2008. Here are the categories:

Policyholder Attorney of the Year – the attorney who did the most in 2008 to effectively advance policyholder positions and improve insurance law from the perspective of policyholders.

Insurer Attorney of the Year — the attorney who did the most in 2008 to effectively advance insurer positions and improve insurance law from the perspective of insurers.

Insurance Regulator of the Year – the international, federal, state, or local regulator who had most impact during 2008.

Insurance Jurist of the Year — the judge or justice whose rulings had the largest impact on insurance law during 2008.

We are nominating Kevin McCarty as the Regulator of the Year.

I cannot imagine who would want to win the Insurer Attorney of the Year. Such an award would publicly label you as “The Grinch.”

Nominations have to be in by this Friday. They should be sent to karen.yotis@lexisnexis.com.