Smart Choice® Adds 113 Agents in First 60 Days of 2009

The Smart Choice® Agents Program, which currently serves 2,800 independent agencies in 29 states, announces a record-setting beginning to 2009, with 113 new agents appointed in the first 60 days. This is one of Smart Choice’s best first quarters in the program’s 15-year history. In 2004, 118 new agents were added in the first 60 days, when the company began its first major expansion. “Our biggest month ever was in March 2004, after a strong 60 day performance. We’re looking forward to keeping this same strong pace this month,” said executive Vice President Paul Taylor. “This is an exciting time for our company.” According to Smart Choice® founder and CEO Douglas S. Witcher, such rapid and strong growth in the first 60 days of the new year shows a promising future for the state of the company and the industry. “Growth like this benefits the independent agents in the program by giving us more national awareness and recognition within the industry,” said Witcher. “Agency owners recognize that we are a voice for the independent insurance industry. We are 100 percent committed to helping agents succeed in this marketplace, and Smart Choice’s goals have always been set with the independent agent in mind.”

The Smart Choice® Agents Program is a wholly-owned program of Worldwide Insurance Network, Inc. (WIN), headquartered in High Point, North Carolina. There are almost 2,900 agents in 31 states in the program. Other divisions of WIN are the Smart Choice® Franchise Corporation, parent of Smart Choice® Insurance Centers, and the WriteMind Institute for Corporate Contemplation.

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