NEWS ARTICLE

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March 2, 2017

Western National Insurance Group Announces 2017 ‘Circle of Excellence’ Agencies and Award Winners

(Minneapolis, Minn.) Western National Insurance Group today announced its 2017 Circle of Excellence agencies and 2017 award winners:

2017 Central Region Circle of Excellence Agencies

• Advance Insurance Agency
• Associated Benefits & Risk Consulting
• AssuredPartners of Minnesota
• Bremer Insurance
• Brown & Brown of Minnesota
• Christensen Group
• Cobb Strecker Dunphy & Zimmerman
• Corporate 4 Insurance Agency
• Cottingham & Butler
• Dilley Zimny Insurance
• Dimond Bros Insurance
• Indianhead Insurance Agency
• J.A. Price Agency
• Kraus-Anderson Insurance
• Maguire Agency
• Marsh & McLennan Agency
• North Risk Partners
• Northern Capital Insurance Group
• Otis-Magie Insurance Agency
• Rand-Tec Insurance Agency
• Robertson Ryan & Associates
• The Horton Group
• The Insurance Center
• USI Insurance Services
• Wise Insurance Agency

2017 Western Region Circle of Excellence Agencies

• Alaska USA Insurance Brokers
• Business Insurance Associates
• Central Washington Insurance Agency
• Conrad-Houston Insurance
• Hale & Associates Inc.
• Hanson Insurance Group
• HUB International Northwest
• Insurance Brokers of Alaska
• Johnson Insurance Group
• Malone Insurance Agency
• PayneWest Insurance
• Propel Insurance
• Rural Alaska Insurance
• Shattuck & Grummett Insurance
• Terril Lewis & Wilke Insurance

2017 Agency Award Recipients

• 2017 Commercial Lines Agency of the Year (Central Region): Dilley Zimny Insurance
• 2017 Commercial Lines Agency of the Year (Western Region): Hub International Northwest
• 2017 Fast-Track Agency of the Year: Millhiser Smith Agency
• 2017 Personal Lines Agency of the Year: Advance Insurance Agency
• 2017 President’s Award: Dick McKenny of Advance Insurance 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 six years (2011 - 2016). An agency must also demonstrate that they meet high standards of professional excellence and integrity in order to be considered for this recognition.

Western National Insurance Group, headquartered in Edina, Minn., is a super-regional property-and-casualty insurance group writing over $560 million in Direct Premium in 19 states, plus surety in an additional 7 states. The group consists of eight active insurance companies (Western National Mutual Insurance Company, Western National Assurance Company, Pioneer Specialty Insurance Company, Western Home Insurance Company, Arizona Auto Insurance Company, Umialik Insurance Company, American Freedom Insurance Company, and Nevada General Insurance Company), as well as one affiliate company (Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company), together serving personal and commercial customers in the Midwestern, Northwestern, and Southwestern U.S, and in Alaska. All of the group’s products are sold exclusively through professional Independent Insurance Agents.

For further information, please contact:

Steve Norman, M.A., AIT
Assistant Vice President - Communications
(952) 921-3820 or (800) 862-6070 (Ext. 7680)
steven.norman@wnins.com