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		<title>Team Members Who Serve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Witcher • Piedmont School (Chair) • Family Service of the Piedmont &#8211; High Point Foundation (Past Chair) • Hospice Board • High Point Regional Health System Foundation Jef Morgan • Rotary Club of Furnitureland (Past President) • Family Service of the Piedmont &#8211; High Point Foundation (Past Chair) Leslie Hall • Ferndale Middle School [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=542&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIG NEWS for the independent insurance industry and all Smart Choice® agents!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart Choice® is excited to announce that Chris McLeod will join the organization as President of the Smart Choice® Agents Program on November 16. As former Vice President of Professional Development for the Independent Insurance Agents Association of North Carolina (IIANC), Chris brings over 40 years of hands-on industry experience to her new role. She [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=502&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tour to Tanglewood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Smart Choice® Controller and Vice President, Kathy Phillips, Smart Choice® recently sponsored team jerseys for the “Tour to Tanglewood,” a bike race to raise money for MS research. The race was held on September 17th and 18th at Tanglewood park in Clemmons, NC with over 1700 participants.  More than $600,000 was raised [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=497&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Choice® Agents Program, North Carolina Named to Safeco Insurance’s H.K. Dent Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safeco®/Montgomery Insurance recently announced that the Smart Choice Agents Program North Carolina division was named to its H.K. Dent Society – the company’s elite agency recognition program. The H.K. Dent Society, named for the company’s founder, was designed to recognize and reward agents for their partnership, performance and loyalty to Safeco. The society seeks to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=473&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois team member takes time to donate to a good cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart Choice® Manager of Agency Development, Stephanie Askew is following in the Smart Choice spirit of giving by donating her time to two local charities – The Good Samaritan, a homeless shelter for women and children, and 4 Love of Kids, a mentoring program for foster children. The Good Samaritan Stephanie first became involved with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=405&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fulcrum Insurance Center Grants A Wish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through a contest sponsored by Safeco Insurance, Fulcrum Insurance Agency in California won $10,000 to be donated to the charity of their choice. Agency owner Harvey Kong said “Through Safeco Insurance, we chose to donate the grand prize and our winnings of $10,875 to the Make a Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles for two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=421&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Sponsorships</title>
		<link>http://smartchoicenews.co/2011/10/17/2012-sponsorships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Presenting Sponsor of the Community and Schools Dancing with the Stars Event 2012 Presenting Sponsor of Family Services Oyster Roast 2012 High Point Criterium 2012 Presenting Sponsor at the Annual Meeting for High Point Chamber of Commerce<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=415&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Choice Sponsors High Point Signature Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart Choice® was the presenting sponsor of the recent High Point “Sun and Stars Signature Event” for High Point Regional Health System. On September 26, community supporters of the hospital gathered for a day of golf and lunch at Willow Creek Golf Course with world class golfers, featuring:  two-time Masters winner Bernhard Langer, eleven-time PGA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=390&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Choice Honored in Business Journal&#8217;s Fast 50 of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Smart Choice&#174; Agents Program placed 34 in the list of the Triad Business Journal&#8217;s annual Fast 50.This is the company&#8217;s sixth time appearing in the Fast 50, with their highest rank being at number nine. &#8220;We have been blessed to continue to see steady growth year after year,&#8221; said CEO Doug Witcher. &#8220;It&#8217;s always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=387&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Choice Grows by 215 Agencies in First Two Quarters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Smart Choice Agents Program signed 215 new partner agencies in the first two quarters of 2011. Smart Choice has seen steady growth since 2010, and we&#8217;re excited to be able to continue serving and growing our partner agency base,&#8221; said CEO Doug Witcher. SIAA members wrote more than $310 million in new business premiums [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartchoicenews.co&amp;blog=9381383&amp;post=383&amp;subd=smartchoicewin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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