Reliance Partners has expanded its leadership team with the addition of veteran insurance professional Stephen Copeland as senior director of Customer Service.
Copeland has more than 20 years of industry experience, which includes independent agency management as the commercial lines manager of Southern Financial Insurance Group in Tallahassee, Fla., and in the direct writing market space where he worked for Sentry Insurance Company. He also has experience at Rogers, Gunter, Vaughn insurance as producer, personal lines manager, and marketing director and also as an independent agent specializing in farm insurance.
According to Reliance President and COO, Chad Eichelberger, Copeland will support Reliance’s current growth.
Copeland earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from The University of Georgia. He will be based in the company’s Chattanooga, Tenn., location.
Reliance Partners is a commercial insurance agency with locations in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala., with a national client base largely concentrated in the transportation and logistics space.
Topics Mergers & Acquisitions Leadership
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