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Greg Ridpath Ins Agcy Radford dist. 7
The Ridpath family has a long history with insurance, Owner, Greg Ridpath’s father, Benny Ridpath, was among the first established agents for Nationwide in Radford and began serving the New River Valley and communities of Radford and Pulaski County in 1961. Greg shared his father’s passion and became an Associate agent under his father in 1989 after graduating from Virginia Tech. Greg took over the agency in 1991, continuing the tradition of integrity and superior customer service that he and his father had worked so hard to build. They are a full-service, independent insurance agency that exists to help their members/clients find the coverage protection they need.
They assist their individual, families, and businesses clients in finding the insurance solutions that best fit their needs and protect their investments. They offer a wide variety of insurance plans from multiple regional and national carriers to ensure they can deliver the best insurance solutions at an affordable price. In addition to serving the Radford and New River Valley they also are licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Iowa, and Tennessee.
Their goals is to be a trusted insurance advisor and feels being associated with the Trusted Choice brand will help support his goals along with providing access to many resources to help him with marketing through greater branding and name recognition as he grows.
John Burnett Ins Agcy Inc Waynesboro dist 6
John, begin his insurance career with Nationwide over 15 years ago and is committed to finding policyholders affordable coverage and available policy discounts, while delivering superior customer service. His agency works hard to prevent gaps in coverage and customer service.
They pride themselves on answering questions about general insurance, policy options, coverage limits and claim issues. His staff tries to personalize every transaction to get the best coverage available for the best rates possible.
His mission is to provide quality help and reassurance in times of need and feels being associated with the Trusted Choice brand and the IIAV will help support his goals. He feels becoming a member can provide him with marketing through greater branding and name recognition, opportunities for networking, education and information resources.
Associates:
RPost Los Angeles, CA
RPost is a leading e-signature and cybersecurity company providing email security, compliance, and e-sign productivity services, used by more than 25 million worldwide over more than a decade.
They have set the global standard for secure and certified electronic communications. With more than 50 patents granted on its core Registered Email™ technologies, it is used everywhere to track and prove email delivery, encrypt email, protect from imposter email, secure large file transfers, and manage e-signature transactions.
RPost is the recipient of the World Mail Awards for Best in Security, Best Innovation in IT Award, and voted Top Choice for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Email Data Privacy Compliance. Their services are in use in nearly every country in the world, and within Global Fortune 500 companies. They are endorsed by the most influential industry associations.
The Kotter Grp Lilburn, GA
The Kotter Group has been serving the independent insurance industry since 1996 with technology solutions designed to enhance an agent’s ability to grow their book of business and is very excited to begin a relationship with IIAV. Their primary focus will be to educate members on technology and provide a “safe space” to ask questions and get education free from commercial sales pitches. Their platform “Bridge, “ is the culmination of years of listening to customers’ needs and dedicated development. Bridge integrates all of the communication systems an agency needs to succeed at a high level into one easy to use software platform. Bridge bundles: phone, fax, texting, e-signature, secure document sharing, email from outlook and gmail and live chat into Integration for management systems such as to AMS360, QQ, & HawkSoft.
By combining this into one platform they provide ease of use, fewer logins and websites to keep up with and a dramatic cost savings for their customers. The level of integrations they can provide brings a heightened level of E&O protection to your agency. They feel being a member of the IIAV can assist in their branding and name recognition as well as allow them to offer a valuable service to our members. They are interested in offering educational (not CE) session pertaining to about pertinent technology trends in the insurance industry and how you can leverage them.
