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Platinum Level
IIABSC Agency
/ Westport Insurance Corp./ Swiss Re
Johnson & Johnson Mgrs., CMGA
Travelers

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Companion Property & Casualty Group
Frontline Homeowners Insurance
General Casualty
Safeco

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Bankers Insurance Group
Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group, LLC
Main Street America Group
Montgomery Insurance
Progressive Insurance

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  /United Heartland
AmTrust North America
BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Builders Insurance Group
Central Insurance Companies
Deep South Insurance
Grange Insurance
Penn National Insurance
Selective Insurance
St. Johns Insurance Company
State Auto Insurance Co.
The Hartford
Universal North America
Zurich Small Business
  /Farmers/ Foremost

General Sponsors
AFCO/ Prime Rate Premium Finance
American Institute for CPCU
  /Insurance Institute of America
Auto-Owners Insurance
Builders Mututal Insurance Co.
GMAC Insurance
Jackson, Sumner & Associates
Johnson & Johnson Preferred Finance (JJPF)
Summit
Universal Insurance Co.
  /The Seibels Bruce Group
 

2009 Annual Convention Report       

IIABSC National Director John R. Braddy, CIC, AAI delivered the oath of office to the incoming Board of Directors during their installation Monday night of the 111th Annual Convention held October 4 – 6 in Asheville, NC.

Kathy D. McKay, CIC, CPIW of McKay Stelling & Associates in Mt. Pleasant has been elected Chairman of the Board of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina by the general membership during the annual meeting. Starting Jan. 1, 2010, she will be the first female Chairman in the association's more than 100-year history.

W. Ashley Brady, CIC, of First Charter Insurance in Marion was elected Chairman-elect and Treasurer of the Board of Directors. Kenneth A. Finch, CPCU, CIC, CRM, AAI of Countybanc Insurance in Greenwood was elected as the Board's Secretary. Both were elected to two-year terms.

Julius (Jules) J. Anderson, Jr., AAI of Anderson Insurance Associates, LLC with offices in Charleston and Pawleys Island moved into the position of Immediate Past Chairman.

Three new directors were also elected to three-year terms on the Board of Directors beginning Jan. 1, 2010: Thomas M. Bates, Jr., of Herlong Bates Burnett Insurance in Greenville; David A. Cyphers, CIC, AAI, of Sifford-Stine Insurance in Clover; and Edward S. Spivey, CIC, AAI, of the Howard B. Smith Agency in Mullins.

Retiring directors Jack D. Puckett, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AAI of Capstone Insurance Services in Greenville and W. Paul Eaddy, Jr. of Adams, Eaddy & Associates in Columbia were recognized for their service and dedication to the association over the past three years.

Agent of the Year

James E. "Ed" Elliott, CIC of Correll Insurance in Gaffney has been named the 2009 Hayne P. Glover, Jr. Agent of the Year in recognition for rendering outstanding community service and contributing to the betterment of the insurance industry.

Elliott joined the Correll Insurance Group in 1990. He earned his Certified Insurance Counselor designation 5 years later and was recently recognized for 10 years of educational commitment as a CIC.

Elliott has been a Rotarian for 29 years and is currently president of his local chapter. He currently serves as treasurer of Providence Baptist Church and the Grassy Pond Water Company. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Cherokee County United Way and is a past Chairman of the Upstate Carolina Medical Center Advisory Board. Over his career, Elliot has served on the Board of Directors for several other important community organizations including the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, American Cancer Society Board and the  Boys & Girls Club.

The Agent of the Year Award is named for Hayne P. Glover, Jr., to honor his many years of dedicated service to the IIABSC state and national associations. Glover was from Greenville and is the only South Carolinian to serve as the national association president. Glover was an outstanding example of service to his community as well as the industry, which are the criteria used to evaluate nominees for the award.

The award was sponsored by Prime Rate Premium Finance in Florence.

Young Agent of the Year

Columbia-area insurance executive and retiring Board member, W. Paul Eaddy, Jr., has been named the 2009 Young Agent of the Year.

Part of the family business with his father and brother, Eaddy was named a State Auto Pacesetter Agent early in his career and is a graduate of the Appalachan State University Insurance Executives program. He also represented our industry on the Workers Compensation Insurance Task Force for the South Carolina Hospitality Association.
 
Like any good agent, our recipient is active in his community, coaching both Girls' and Boys' teams in a variety of sports. He has served on the PTO Board and several committees of his children's school, as well as a Sunday School teacher and Jr. high Youth Advisor for his church, Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC.

Eaddy has been of great service to our association as well, serving a term on our Board of Directors and as Co-Chairman of both the Trusted Choice and the Young Agents committees. 

The Young Agent of the Year Award is given to an independent agent, age 40 or under, who has rendered outstanding service to his or her community outside the field of insurance and who has contributed to the betterment of the insurance industry. It is sponsored by Prime Rate Premium Finance in Florence.

Industry Person of the Year

Robert C. Johnson, of Johnson & Johnson in Charleston has been named the IIABSC 2009 Industry Person of the Year.

The award recognizes insurance industry representatives – other than independent agents – who have contributed greatly to the insurance industry in South Carolina.

Johnson entered the family business more than 25 years ago at Johnson & Johnson. He was instrumental in developing the brokerage side of the company, which services many agencies in the state of South Carolina. Although the company has expanded to include additional states; the loyalty  was strongly cemented to  South Carolina and its agency force. Johnson was one of the first to introduce technology to assistant agents in rating/marketing surplus lines business. In addition, when the agency force expressed interest in direct-bill policies through brokers, he came through. He also responded to our needs by offering strong markets to both coastal and inland agents, allowing principals to do their job without concern for investigating companies for fiscal inadequacies.

Robbie lost a battle to cancer earlier this year. He was a great friend who will be missed by the insurance industry in South Carolina and by all of us who were fortunate enough to know him and work with him. Robbie’s brothers, Francis and Harry Johnson accepted the award on his behalf.

AAMGA Achievement Award
IIABSC Outstanding Committee Chairperson

Irmo insurance executive R. Scott Moseley has been recognized for his outstanding service to the IIABSC.

Moseley, president of The Irmo Agency as well as an IIABSC board member and chairman of the state-level InsurPAC Committee, was named Committee Chairperson of the Year and recipient of the AAMGA Achievement Award sponsored by the American Association of Managing General Agents.

It would be virtually impossible to separate InsurPac from IIABA's lobbying strategy. InsurPac is not a goal unto itself; it's a means to the end of furthering agent's issues on the Hill.

InsurPac raises funds by asking for voluntary personal contributions from independent agents and brokers throughout the country. By pooling these monies together, InsurPac helps elect candidates and re-elect members of the U.S. Congress who share IIABA's business philosophy. While contributions do not buy solutions to legislative debates, they do allow members of IIABA's government affairs team significant face time with elected officials. Through InsurPac, IIABA is allowed the opportunity to educate these members and develop working relationships with them.

Lobbying and a well-funded PAC go hand in hand, and thanks to Scott's leadership and the hard work of his committee, SC is a strong national example for PAC leadership.

Henry G. Turner Memorial Golf Tournament

Winners: Curtis Bull, The Turner Agency; William Boswell, Capstone Insurance Services; Karen Epermanis, PhD, Appalachian State University; Todd Hiott, American Modern Insurance Group; John Mulvey, Summit Consulting; Charles Stephenson, Progressive Insurance.

Door Prizes:

At the banquet, Tracy Beerman, CISC, CPSR of Capstone Insurance Services in Greenville won the big Agent Drawing cash prize of $1,000. Nancy Elliott in Gaffney won the $300 Spouse/Guest drawing.

Lee Ellis of Ellis Realty & Insurance Agency in Hampton won the Tuesday-morning second-chance drawing of $500. Brian White of Capstone Insurance in Greenville won a drawing for a free registration to next year’s event for him and a guest by completing an onsite event evaluation form.

Linda Harnage of the Turner Agency in Greenville won drawing for a two-night stay at The Grove Park Inn by making a personal contribution to InsurPAC. John Schlatter, Associated Insurors; Dan Cooper, Capstone Insurance; Linda Ferrante, Encompass Insurance; Rhett Sansbury, Associated Insurors; and Larry Joyner, CWS Insurance all won drawings for a five-bottle wine basket by making personal contributions to InsurPAC.

Other door prize winners included: Tim Baxley, Statewide Insurance; Rita Ballington, First South Insurance Agency; William Boswell, Capstone Insurance Services; Larry Dodson, Jesse T. Reese; Charlie Dorton, Russell, Massey; Ken Dunnett, Peoples First; Ed Elliott, Correll Insurance; Ben Galloway, Peoples First; Frank Gibson, Lowcountry Insurance Services; Victor Jowers, Upchurch & Jowers; Bob Keiger, Rosenfeld Einstein; Fred Kornahrens, Eckert Agency; Theodore Mappus, Mappus Insurance Agency; Tracy Mau, USI Ins Solutions; Bob Moseley, Irmo Ins Agency; Tonya Thomason, David A Crotts; Joe Upchurch, Upchurch & Jowers.