NEWS ARTICLE
March 16, 2023
Umialik, Western National Insurance Group Announce 2023 ‘Circle of Excellence’ Agencies and Award Winners
(Anchorage, Alaska) Umialik Insurance Company and Western National Insurance Group today announced their 2023 Circle of Excellence agencies and award winners:
2023 Alaskan Region Circle of Excellence Agencies
- Business Insurance Associates
- Conrad-Houston Insurance
- Hale & Associates
- HUB International Northwest
- Johnson Insurance Group
- Marsh & McLennan Agency
- P-W Insurance
2023 Central Region Circle of Excellence Agencies
- Ansay & Associates
- Arthur J Gallagher (Bloomington, MN)
- Arthur J Gallagher (Decatur, IL)
- Assurance Brokers
- The Brehmer Agency
- Brown & Brown of Mankato
- Choice Insurance
- Christensen Group
- Corporate Four Insurance Agency
- CSDZ
- The Dana Company
- Dimond Bros Insurance
- First International Insurance
- First Western Insurance
- The Horton Group
- Insurance Risk Managers
- Key Insurance
- Kraus-Anderson Insurance
- Kunkel & Associates
- M3 Insurance Solutions
- Marsh & McLennan Agency
- Mel Foster Co. Insurance
- North Risk Partners
- Pine Insurance Agency
- Range Reliable Agency
- Robertson Ryan & Associates
- The Starr Group
- Weizenegger-Engel Insurance
2023 Western Region Circle of Excellence Agencies
- Alliant Insurance Services
- Arthur J Gallagher – Bellevue
- AssuredPartners of Washington
- Bell-Anderson Agency
- Brown & Brown of Oregon
- Brown & Brown of Washington
- Fournier
- HUB International Northwest
- KPD Insurance
- Leavitt Group Northwest
- PayneWest Insurance
- Propel Insurance
- Rice Insurance
2023 Award Recipients
- Fast-Track Agency of the Year (Central Region): Freiburg Insurance Agency
- Fast-Track Agency of the Year (Western Region): Golsan Scruggs
- Commercial Lines Agency of the Year (Alaskan Region): Marsh & McLennan Agency - Alaska
- Commercial Lines Agency of the Year (Central Region): Marsh & McLennan Agency
- Commercial Lines Agency of the Year (Western Region): Hub International Northwest (WA)
- Personal Lines Agency of the Year (Alaskan Region): Malone Insurance Agency
- Personal Lines Agency of the Year (Central Region): Hoffman Agency
The Western National Circle of Excellence recognition is announced annually to spotlight an elite group of partners who have excelled based on performance and growth over the past five years (2018 - 2022). An agency must also demonstrate that they meet high standards of professional excellence and integrity in order to be considered for this recognition.
Umialik Insurance Company, headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, has served the property-and-casualty insurance needs of Alaskans since 1981. Umialik is a member of Western National Insurance Group, a super-regional group of property-and-casualty insurance companies providing personal and commercial coverage in 19 states across the Northern, Midwestern, and Western U.S. as well as in Alaska; and surety bonds in 38 states. Together, the affiliated Group writes over $800 million in personal and commercial direct premium through five active insurance companies—Western National Mutual Insurance Company, Western National Assurance Company, Pioneer Specialty Insurance Company, Umialik Insurance Company, and American Freedom Insurance Company—and through one affiliate, Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company. All of the companies’ products are sold exclusively through professional Independent Insurance Agents.
For further information, please contact:
Steve Norman, CPCU, M.A., AIT
Senior Vice President - Communications & Customer Experience
(952) 921-5680 or (800) 862-6070 (Ext. 7680)
steven.norman@wnins.com
