Poe Financial Group Promotes Jones

August 25, 2004

Florida-based Poe Financial Group announced that Randy Jones will serve as senior vice president of Poe Insurance Managers.

Jones has more than 18 years of experience in the property/casualty business encompassing various underwriting, marketing and sales roles in both home office and field office environments.

Poe Financial Group was formed anew in 1996 and is the latest business venture of its founder, W.F. Poe. Poe’s previous company was Poe & Associates, the publicly traded company which was the largest property and casualty agency in Florida and the 12th largest in the nation when it was merged as Poe & Brown in 1993.

Under the direction of founding businessman and former City of Tampa Mayor William Poe, Sr., Poe Financial Group was established in 1996 as Southern Family Insurance Company. By January 2003, Poe Financial had acquired Atlantic Preferred Insurance and formed Florida Preferred Property Insurance Company. Poe Financial Group also manages its own agency, Poe & Associates, and claims processing divisions, Poe Insurance Managers and Mariah Claims Services.