The Vermont Agency recently awarded their top 2014 agents at their annual awards banquet which was held at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center in Burlington. James J Handy, CLU was presented with the Blaine W Sprout Award which is presented to the agent who is the top producer of the Agency. The Super Bowl Award was presented to Mark L Elstner, CLU, ChFC for second top producer of the Agency. Daniel J Streeter, CPA, PFS was presented with the David M Boardman Award which is presented to the agent who has displayed a positive work ethic while consistently producing at a high level during the prior year. The Ethan Allen Associate of the Year Award was presented to Sean T Keefe for displaying the greatest professional growth as an agent within their first four years. The Fred S Brynn Award was presented to Jeffrey M Haller as the agent who displayed the greatest professional growth over the previous year. Timothy A O’Halloran, CFP received the CMNB Above & Beyond Award for contributing the greatest to others. One of the staff members, Melissa A Cushing received the CMNB Dramatic Impact Award for her contribution to the Agency and assisting the team in system delivery. Stephen G Daigle received the Steve Kostka Pride Award which is based on the number of life insurance applications submitted for that year. The Agency also received recognition by National Life Group for outstanding sales results in 2014. National Life awarded the Agency with the Sentinel Agency Leader award, the Annuity Agency Leader award and the President’s Trophy Gold award for their 2014 successes.