Insurance industry veteran and National Association of Professional Lines Offices (NAPSLO) founder A. Mason Blodgett died peacefully on Jan. 14, 2010, at age 94.
Blodgett’s insurance career spanned more than seven decades. It began in Boston in 1932 with “little Aetna” and then, in the late 1930s, moved to Automobile Mutual. During WWII, he served as an officer in the Army Air Corps. After the war, Blodgett was transfered to San Francisco where he opened the western region for Automobile Mutual.
In 1956, he formed A Mason Blodgett & Associates which, for many years, was a leading retail agency in San Francisco.
In 1966, Blodgett opened Cambridge General Agency, a managing general agent and surplus lines broker. Cambridge was Scottsdale Insurance Co.’s first agent in California and pioneered a number of progams with the London market. He retired in 2007.
Blodgett is survived by his wife Sandi, sons James and William, and daughters Judy, Katie and Sarah. Remembrances may be sent to the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) Foundation at 150 South Warner Road, Suite 156, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
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