INSURANCE MATTERS Looking back, looking forward By Gary Buckner General Manager, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance
s we at Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance look to a new year with new goals, I want to take a moment to share some exciting accomplishments of 2018. As the largest domestic insurance company in Oklahoma, we continue to add to our membership with a 2018 projected net operating gain of $9 million, leading us to end our fiscal year with surplus of $120 million. We had a fairly quiet storm year, although wildfires and a late storm in November did bring some costly claims. Operationally, I’m excited to add new capabilities and technologies to better serve our members and attract new members. We continue to make improvements to our website, and I anticipate the next time I report to you, we will have the ability to provide you with a quote for auto insurance with just a few clicks of the mouse or a few taps on your smart phone. We hope to add these capabilities as smoothly as possible, and we do appreciate your patience. Lastly, every year at our home office, we partner with the Salvation Army of Central Oklahoma Area Command to adopt
and buy gifts for their annual Angel Tree program. This year our home office employees adopted 38 angels. I’m continually blown away by the generosity of my colleagues and once again reminded how proud I am to work for this company and organization. During this holiday season, we had our secondannual Christmas tree decorating contest. Each department at our home office had the opportunity to decorate a tree with a unique style of their choosing. All in the spirit of fun and games, it is still fun to see the neat — Gary Buckner ways each department brought a little Christmas joy to our offices. I look forward to reporting more exciting initiatives at Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance. I wish each of you a wonderful year to come. To see pictures of our Angel Tree and all the Christmas trees at our home office, check out Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance on Facebook.
I’m excited to add new capabilities and technologies to better serve our members and attract new members.
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