Michigan’s Accident Fund Names Miles & Finch 2006 Agency of the Year

February 2, 2006

Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, a national workers
compensation carrier that does business with over 700 independent insurance agents, announces Miles &Finch Insurance Agency as its Agency of the Year.

“Accident Fund’s business model, which focuses on agency partnerships in ten core states, is vital to our successful growth,” said Elizabeth Haar, president and CEO. “In 2000, we began our national expansion, selecting the top agencies in each state where we have a physical presence. I am excited to extend my congratulations to Miles & Finch, our first Agency of the Year outside Michigan.”

Miles & Finch Insurance Agency, with offices in Kokomo and Carmel, Indiana, has worked with Accident Fund since 2002. In the past four years, they have written more than $5 million in insurance premium, including $1.4 million in new business in 2005. They’re loss ratio has remained solid and consistent at 44 percent. The agency was awarded during a presentation at Accident Fund’s Annual Employee Meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, and will again be honored at an agency recognition event in March 2006.

“We knew the Agency of the Year recognition was worth striving for and, in the past, we’ve questioned whether it was something we could reach. We’re very proud to now have achieved this honor,” said Mike
Miles, president of Miles & Finch. “In any business it’s about the people, and at Accident Fund they listen to their customers. When you combine a solid relationship with great technology, I can only think of a whole lot of positives – no negatives. Accident Fund’s online tools surpass all other insurance companies and help us best serve our clients.”

Miles & Finch has been in business since 1910, specializing in insurance products and services to a wide range of businesses and families in central Indiana, as well as throughout the United States. The agency employs more than 40 professionals at their Kokomo and Carmeloffices.

Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, established in 1912 and headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, is a wholly owned and independent operating subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Michigan. Accident Fund, operational in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the company is the 15th largest writer of workers compensation insurance in the United States.

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