For the fifth consecutive year, The Insurance Alliance has been named among the Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies, according to Insurance Journal magazine.

This year’s ranking is #45, up from #47 last year, and maintaining the position of #2 for Pennsylvania-centric P&C agencies.

As part of the Insurance Alliance – Eastern Alliance Client Encounter recently held at the Hershey Country Club, American Insurance Administrators (AIA) took home the first Eastern Alliance Return-To-Work Award.

Suzanne Emmett of Eastern Alliance presented Don Wert of AIA with the plaque that recognizes the agency’s commitment to returning injured workers to full or part-time employment, both as a cost-control method for clients as well as a benefit to the workers, who are not abandoned to the workers’ compensation bureaucracy.

Jeffrey B. Barr, ARM, CPIA of Bethlehem has earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. A graduate of Bloomsburg University, Jeff has over 18 years of experience insuring commercial property and casualty risks and has been associated with Miers Insurance for the past 15 years. He was named a principal of the firm in 2007.

At The Alliance’s Connections event in early November, the winners of the 2009 Accellerations sales contest were announced and prizes awarded. Daryl Frantz, Pennsylvania Territory Manager for Selective Insurance (right) and Greg Harrington, Branch Manager for Ohio Casualty, the two Platinum sponsors of Accellerations, helped present the awards.

Brian Buskirk of Zinn Insurance took home the Next Generation Producer of the Year award.

Commercial Lines Producer of the Year honors were awarded to Ryan Amey of Sterner Insurance.

New to Accellerations this year was a drawing for the $4,000 grand prize. Each of the producers who earned the monthly top producer award were entered in the contest, and Ryan, as the top overall producer, earned three chances. When the drawing was complete and the smoke cleared, John Eltringham of Hampson Mowrer Kreitz was left holding the check.

The Alliance Personal Lines Agency of the Year award for 2009 was shared by co-winners Hutchison Insurance and Miers Insurance.

American Insurance Administrators took home The Alliance Commercial Lines Agency of the Year designation for 2009.

See all the photos of Connections 2009 on our Flickr page.

Alliance member Hampson Mowrer Kreitz recently received the Fabric of the Community award from the Northampton Community College. Part of the honor was a video highlighting some of HMK’s community activities. Find out more about how the HMK staff involve themselves in a wide variety of greater Lehigh Valley area associations.

The April 2008 issue of Independent Agent magazine features a profile of the Paul I. Sheaffer Insurance Agency in their “What Works” segment. The article talks about how the Sheaffer agency markets to the their local customer base by understanding the unique cultural aspects of the Lancaster county area.

The full article is available as a PDF to view online or download. (Reprinted with permission from the April 2008 issue of Independent Agent magazine.) Just click on the article cover to access the PDF.

Because of their strong partnership and performance with Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group, The Insurance Alliance was invited to participate in their recent “Celebrate Santa Barbara” trip. In attendance were John and Kalyn Knoll (Knoll Insurance Associates), Jane and Fred Koppenheffer (The Insurance Alliance) and Bill and Carol Kreitz (Hampson Mowrer Kreitz).

For the second year in a row, The Insurance Alliance has been named among the Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies – 2007, according to Insurance Journal magazine.

The Alliance ranked #37 among privately-held agencies and maintained the position of third largest Pennsylvania-based agency. The overall rank moved nine places from last year due to five first-time agencies entering higher on the list.

The Insurnace Alliance of Central PA was recognized by Chubb with the “Outstanding Agency Performance Award” for 2006.

The award was presented to Alliance President Jane Koppenheffer by Chubb Harrisburg Branch Manager Ann Zaprazny at a luncheon on March 2 in Allentown.

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On January 25, 2007, The PMA Insurance Group presented Hampson Mowrer Kreitz Insurance (HMK) with its Agency of the Year Award for the Harrisburg Branch. Rick Ramell, Vice President of the Harrisburg Branch of The PMA Insurance Group, presented the award to Tom Hartzell.

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