Hampton Roads based TowneBank (NASDAQ: TOWN) announced that Southern Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Southern”), will affiliate with Towne Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of TowneBank. This continues Towne Insurance’s expansion into North Carolina.
Southern, headquartered in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina is a full service independent insurance agency founded in 1890. Southern will continue operating under its present name, leadership, and locations that serve Kitty Hawk, Corolla, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Wilmington, Columbia, and Graham, North Carolina. With this affiliation, Towne Insurance’s team will grow to more than 200 professionals, with 18 offices providing service throughout Virginia and North Carolina. Since 2001, Towne Insurance has completed 15 insurance agency acquisitions.
“Towne is a clear market leader,” says Robert E. Wells, CIC, President of Southern Insurance Agency, Inc. “We are excited to become a part of the Towne family, and our clients will continue to receive the excellent service they know and trust. Towne shares our passion for client satisfaction and community support.”
“Individuals, families, businesses, and insurance carriers have partnered with Southern Insurance because they enjoy working with insurance professionals who provide great service and meet a wide variety of needs,” says F. Dudley Fulton, President and CEO of Towne Insurance. “We are very happy to welcome Robert and his talented team to Towne. We are also pleased that we are able to expand the Towne Insurance footprint with such a well-respected agency.”
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