Associated Agencies, Inc.

Associated Agencies, Inc. was originally formed in 1890 by three brokerage firms merging together to form one agency. We have grown from what was a rather small independent agency to what has become a large independent all lines insurance agency. Associated writes property and casualty insurance for commercial accounts as well as employee benefits which represents a large part of our business.

We are extremely proud of our relationships with the insurance companies that we represent, of the very loyal customer base that we service and especially with our outstanding staff that we have built. Our employees are knowledgeable, dedicated and committed to excellent and prompt service. Our customers enjoy the staff's expertise and their commitment to servicing their business.

Our management team has been together for most of their adult life.

Skip Schrayer, our President, has been with Associated since 1974. Skip is a producer of large accounts and handles the largest book of business in the office and serves as the chairman of the board of directors.

Karen Vacko began her insurance career working for Liberty Mutual and moved to Associated in 1969. She is our Executive Vice Presidents and services large commercial accounts for property and casualty business and employee benefits. Karen serves on the board of Associated as well.

Carol Ulasy joined Associated in 1980 and has become the Chief Financial Officer and a Senior Vice President. Carol oversees all of the Agencies financial issues with the insurance industry and the banking industry. In addition, she serves as a member of our board of directors.

This management team has been with Associated for over 100 years or an average of 34 years. Obviously we pride ourselves in loyalty and reliability. One of our most important and significant assets is the quality, knowledge and commitment to excellence of our staff. 65% of our entire staff has been with us for 5 years or more, an exceptionally high percentage