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Oak Street Funding® (www.oakstreetfunding.com), a First Financial Bank company, is pleased to announce the creation of a strategic partnership with Smart Choice®, an insurance network of over 6,300 independent agencies and more than 80 carriers.

Smart Choice® has named Chris Reisdorf, formerly of All Risks, to lead the company’s efforts in North Carolina as State Director.

Growth in 2017 surpassed every annual record set by Smart Choice since the company’s inception in 1994. With the addition of 1160 new agency partners last year, Smart Choice now serves over 6,200 agency partners nationwide.

Smart Choice®, the nation’s fastest-growing agency network, recently named Jason Hamstra, as Vice President of Smart Start Personal Lines.

What are you doing to increase your chances of finding financial growth and success next year? Here’s some advice of effective life habits small business owners should employ:

One of the best ways to increase the size of your book quickly is by tapping into your existing base of customers. There’s almost always more business to be had with your existing clients.

Many independent insurance agents, both new to the industry and established agents, at some point find themselves asking the question: “Should I join an aggregator or agency network?”