Columbus Based Insurer Lands National Honor

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Columbus, Miss – Galloway Chandler McKinney has retained its status as part of an elite group of independent insurance agencies around the United States participating in the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) “Best Practices” Study Group.

Each year since 1993, IIABA and Reagan Consulting, an Atlanta-based management consulting firm, join forces to study the country’s leading agencies in six revenue categories. The agencies comprising the study groups are selected every third year through a comprehensive nomination and qualifying process and awarded a “Best Practices Agency” designation. The selected “Best Practices” agencies retain their status during the three-year cycle by submitting extensive financial and operational data for review each year.

“We are proud to have retained the elite “Best Practices” status for the third year. Adhering to sound financial principles allows us to be more focused on our customer base and deliver the products and services they deserve,” says Managing Partner, Jimmy Galloway.

This year concludes the current three-year study cycle in which more than 1,100 independent agencies throughout the U.S. were nominated to participate in the annual study. Only 217 agencies qualified for the honor. To be chosen, the agency had to be among the 35-45 top-performing agencies in one of six revenue categories.

The agency was nominated by either an IIABA affiliated state association or an insurance company and qualified based on its operational excellence

The Best Practices Study was initiated by IIABA in 1993 as the foundation for efforts to improve agency performance. The annual survey and study of leading independent insurance agencies documents the business practices of the “best” agencies and urges others to adopt similar practices.

Galloway Chandler McKinney Insurance has served residents in north Mississippi and west Alabama for more than 25 years. The agency writes commercial and personal insurance and has offices in Columbus, West Point, Starkville, Amory and Aberdeen, Miss.