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March 23, 2011
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BEAUCHAMP MCSPADDEN was honored as “New Agency of the Year” by West Bend Mutual Insurance Company. Pictured are (from left): Kelly Tighe, West Bend Mutual sales director; Michael Beauchamp, Beauchamp McSpadden president; Larry McSpadden, Beauchamp McSpadden senior vice president; David George, Beauchamp McSpadden vice president; Kurt Kramer, Beauchamp McSpadden vice president; and Kevin Steiner, West Bend Mutual president. (photo provided) and provides specialty coverage through 800 insurance agencies nationwide. The agency is recognized as Beauchamp McSpadden in Wabash and Warsaw, and as Morrison Galliher in Muncie. “Ease of doing business was critical to our success with West Bend,” said David George, vice president. “The underwriters, systems to quote business, and the relationships that have developed with West Bend’s staff certainly made for an easy transition, which correlated into business on the books.” Mike Shippen, West Bend’s director of sales in Indiana, said, “The agency has embraced West Bend and is aggres-
B e a u c h a m p McSpadden was recently honored by West Bend Mutual Insurance Company as the “New Agency of the Year”. The award was presented to Michael Beauchamp, agency president, by Kevin Steiner, West Bend president and chief operating officer. While Beauchamp McSpadden was appointed by West Bend in late 2009, its roots go back to the Civil War’s Reconstruction Era. The agency was founded by James Ross in 1872, then purchased by Ward Beauchamp in 1927. In the 1930s it merged with another agency operated by Tom McSpadden. Today, Beauchamp McSpadden is licensed in 49 states
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