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Smart Choice® Agents Program, North Carolina Named to Safeco Insurance’s H.K. Dent Society

Safeco®/Montgomery Insurance recently announced that the Smart Choice Agents Program North Carolina division was named to its H.K. Dent Society – the company’s elite agency recognition program.
The H.K. Dent Society, named for the company’s founder, was designed to recognize and reward agents for their partnership, performance and loyalty to Safeco. The society seeks to reward independent agents for their excellence – “defined as and identified by superior underwriting (profit), effective business acumen (growth), and unstinting loyalty (size and tenure).” This special group represents Safeco’s very best agents and partners. In 2010, fewer than 8 percent of Safeco insurance agencies qualified for this distinct honor.

Smart Choice has been a business partner of Safeco Insurance for over 8 years, and is committed to making the relationship a mutually profitable and successful one. “Safeco has always been a preferred business partner due to their willingness to work with our agency’s business model – this is how a partnership should work,” said Smart Choice President and CFO Stephen Bostian.

The Smart Choice® Agents Program is a network of over 3,000 independent agencies in 33 states. With this H.K. Dent award, Smart Choice is pleased to be honored among Safeco Insurance’s top agencies. “This is a great honor and something I’m proud to be a part of,” said WIN Chief Executive Officer Douglas S. Witcher. “Our success is possible because of the commitment and dedication of our many hardworking employees and agency partners in North Carolina.”

Witcher founded Smart Choice in 1994 with 13 North Carolina agencies, and the program has continued to grow. Smart Choice provides independent agencies with access to top-rated insurance products, individualized training and support.
The Smart Choice® Agents Program is a wholly-owned program of Worldwide Insurance Network, Inc. (WIN), headquartered in High Point, North Carolina. There are over 3,000 agents in 33 states in the program. Another division of WIN is the Smart Choice® Franchise Corporation, parent of Smart Choice® Insurance Centers.
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