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BULLETIN BOARD NEWS
Whitaker-Myers Associates Organize GOODWILL fundraiser
At the west stadium entrance from 5:30pm - 7:30 pm Whitaker-Myers staff members and Goodwill Executive Office associates grilled hot dogs and offered a FREE hot dog and bottled water to anyone donating a regular-sized grocery sack of clothing (or a cash donation) for Goodwill. All proceeds benefit Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties, Inc. The event was an initiative of Whitaker-Myers associates and was held in conjuction with the Wooster High School Homecoming Football Game festivities for the first time ever. The game, played against Wooster's nearby rival Ashland Arrows was a Wooster victory, as the Generals out-pointed the Arrows 21-14. Ashland, Ohio is another vibrant county seat community in the county next door (Ashland) in which Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group also has an insurance office (Ingmand Agency).
Below are two pictures of the event. Pictured in the first photo over the grill are Joel Bender, Scott Allen and Chris Vanderzyden. In the 2nd photo are Scott Allen, Joel Bender and Goodwill CEO Judy Delaney.
Professional Achievement RecognizedSelena Pertee, Manager/Client Service Agent Welcome Kristin!! Meet Kristin Archibald! She is a native of Elyria, Ohio and grew up in Nova - a small village in Ashland county, Ohio between our Wooster and Ashland offices. Since May 2007 Kristin joined us as our front desk lobby receptionist in our Wooster office. Kristin graduated with honors in 2004 from Crestview High School near Ashland and attended both Kent State and Bowling Green State Universities, where she maintained a 3.96 GPA. Her prior work experience includes customer service with both Buehlers Fresh Foods and Wayne Savings Community Bank. She is a member of Mohican Church of the Brethern in West Salem, Ohio and her personal interests include writing, reading, crafts, hiking and spending time with family and friends. Once you have a chance to meet or speak with Kristin, we know you will like her instantly. Welcome, Kristin, the new "voice" of Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group in Wooster!! Announcing Promotions!!
A Fitting End For Two Distinguished Careers On June 20th at Westbrook Country Club in Mansfield, family, friends, clients and Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group associates celebrated the long, distinguished careers of Emmett Mennetti and Donald Aten. Don and Emmett retired as of July 1, 2007. Approximately 70 of us gathered to reminisce and express our appreciation and friendship with/for Don and Emmett. Both men shared their thoughts about the rewarding and enjoyable careers spent in the insurance business and, most of all, expressed their gratitude to clients, family and friends for not only their business and confidence over the years, but especially the thoughtful attendance of those present.
Both Don and Emmett worked for Lumberman's Insurance Company, were involved in the "in-house" insurance agency for that company and subsequently began their own independent agency together as business partners by purchasing that agency, taking the name Aten & Mennetti Insurance Agency. Their insurance careers spanned over 40 years, including the past four as consultants and account executives as part of the Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group family, Emmett in the Mansfield office and Don in the group's Ashland office. Both report now that they plan a healthy, busy, active retirement right at home in the Ashland (Don) and Lexington/Mansfield (Emmett) communities. Both men received an engraved Wooster Clock Company wall clock as gifts from the agency group in appreciation of their service and commitment to the industry and the firm. Health, happiness and best of luck to you both, gentlemen. You were (and are) the consumate professionals and represented our industry and our agency group with class. Though we know you are still close by, we'll miss you at the office, Don and Emmett!! Welcome Lesley Woosley Born & Raised in Iowa, the Wooster office lobby receptionist, phone operator and administrative assistant relocated to Wooster in the fall of 2006 from Seattle, WA where she lived the past nine (9) years, to become closer to her family. Lesley Woosley is a graduate (Salutatorian) of Clinton High School in Clinton, Iowa in 1995. Following high school, she worked as an executive administrative assistant for three years with extensive experience in customer service, reception, accounts payable/receivable and collection. Her responsibilities at Whitaker-Myers include reception, telephone switchboard operator, and various administrative duties in support of both client service as well as marketing. Her personal interests include music (she is an aspiring musician), songwriting and playing piano. She also enjoys skydiving and other thrill sports. Lesley resides in Wooster with her cat, Juiet and is engaged to be married in August (2007). Welcome to the Whitaker-Myers family, Lesley!
FREE SHOPPING FOR AUTO AND HOME INSURANCE Our Personal Accounts Department is incredible. This isn't news, we just thought we'd remind you! We represent 10 different insurance companies and offer HOME/AUTO package quotations with all of them. Give us a try or tell a friend to call us, or stop in. Or, send us an inquiry in the "Contact" page of this site. We'll call you back. While insurance carriers do request alot of information and they all automatically run MVRs, CLUE and Credit reports as a part of their underwriting and rating process, we can normally quote ALL of our companies for you within 24-48 hours. Imagine that! An agency that you know and trust who can do your shopping FOR you!! We'll set up the coverage/program, obtain the quotes, review them and point out which is the best value and fit for YOU - and we'll explain why. And then, of course, we're always here for you for ongoing service and claims reporting. Just another reason why at Whitaker-Myers, we're all about "Answers, Results and Peace of Mind."
Term Life Insurance that Returns Your Premiums to your pocket!
Call our office for "Return of Premium" (ROPe) insurance. Term life is great because it's low-cost, but it IS like "renting": if you don't die, your money is gone. What if a term policy could add up all your premiums and mail them back to you if you LIVED? The ROPe policy does just that! The new "ROPe" policies pay you back EVERY PENNY you paid in premiums if you DON'T die during the policy term. If you're willing to pay a bit more to "bet against" the insurance company (and get ALL your money back if you're right), then this new "ROPe" term policy is for YOU!! Call Ellen Bellanco (Ext. 322) to find out more and get a quick, free quote!! -wmiai
Patricia "Trish" Grube bolsters Commercial Staff
Trish Grube recently joined Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group's Wooster office as a Client Service Representative in the Commercial Accounts Department. Her education, past work experiences and community involvement are shown below. Educational Experience: Wooster High School graduate. Licensed as an Ohio Insurance Agent in 1987 and attained the Certifed Insurance Service Representative (CISR) professional designation in 1994 in the CISR inaugural class.
Past Work Experiences include: Entered the insurance business in 1973 upon joining the former Landes & Landes Agency in Wooster, OH. Worked for an Ashland, OH agency more recently and joined Whitaker-Myers in early 2006.
Trish is a life-long Wayne Countian. In her spare time she enjoys reading and quilting. She and her husband, Tom, are the parents of two grown children, Tyler and Andrea. The Grubes reside in West Salem, Ohio near Wooster with their dog, Chrissy. Welcome Trish!
Vanderzyden is latest group "BENEFIT"
Christopher G. Vanderzyden recently joined Whitaker-Myers Benefit Plans, LLC, a Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group affiliate dedicated to employee benefits for employers of all types and sizes. His education, past work experiences and community involvement are shown below. Educational Experience: B.A. in Communication Arts from Ashland University. He received his license in Accident, Health and Life Insurance in 2005.
Past Work Experiences include: Instructor and Director of Operations for Ashland University Radio and Television Department, Executive Director of the United Way of Ashland County, Principal Gifts Officer at Ashland University and most recently National Sales Manager for Chandler Systems, Inc.
Community Activity: Chris is a graduate of Leadership Ashland and has served on the Leadership Ashland Board of Directors. Chris is an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church serving as a council member, the coordinator of audio/lighting for the contemporary praise worship service and, with his wife, facilitates an adult Sunday school class.
Chris and his wife, Michelle, reside near Ashland, Ohio with their three children Joshua (12), Joel (10) and Julia (4). Chris works in both Ashland and Wooster and schedules appointments from both offices. Welcome Chris!
Account Placement and I.T. Needs Invite Newest Agency Group Associate
Fowler holds an Ohio property & casualty insurance agent license. Laura enjoys reading, gardening and spending time with her family and grandchildren. She lives in nearby Doylestown.
Professional Sales Staff gains two!! In February (2005), Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group (Wooster) principals Scott Allen, John McCord and Scott Young welcomed two new faces to the agency group's sales staff as career professsionals, Linda J. Brinkerhoff and J. Ryan Emmons. Brinkerhoff will work primarily in the Wooster office and Emmons primarily in the Ashland (Ingmand Agency) office.
With the appointment of Linda Brinkerhoff, the firm acquired both an account executive and marketing specialist in its sales and marketing department. Brinkerhoff came to Whitaker-Myers with more than 20 years of local business experience in recruiting, marketing, advertising, public relations, management, and sales in various industries, including banking, staffing, manufacturing and insurance. She holds a B.S. in Marketing from Bowling Green State University. Linda has been active in both the Orrville and Wooster Area Chambers of Commerce, including continuing work as an Ambassador, for which she recently (2003) received Wooster’s Ambassador of the Year award. An Orrville native, she is a charter member of the Orrville Kiwanis club. An Ohio property/casualty licensed insurance agent, Linda is responsible primarily for account development, as well as account placement and retention, and various aspects of marketing, advertising and promotion.
Brinkerhoff is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Wooster, Trinity United Church of Christ, and two Wooster Chamber of Commerce committees. She lives in Wooster with her husband, Brad, and three children.
 Upon his hiring in February 2005, J. Ryan Emmons was appointed to the professional sales team at Ingmand Insurance Agency (Ashland) as an Account Executive. Emmons holds a B.S. in Industrial Design from The Ohio State University and joins the 136-year old agency group following a year in customer service and sales with DASCO Home Medical of Ashland, Ohio. An Ohio licensed property/casualty insurance agent, Ryan is responsible for account development, as well as account placement and retention. Ryan lives in Ashland with his wife, Julie, and the Emmons' attend Trinity Lutheran Church in Ashland.
Mansfield office relocates to fresh, new home on Trimble Road The Aten & Mennetti office, located in downtown Mansfield for 23 years, has chosen a new home for its insurance agency offices. Now (as of 2004) located in Building C, Unit 2 at 1221 South Trimble Road (just north of Lexington Ave.), clients and visitors will find parking, access/egress and location of the office much easier. The new office provides space for three managers/salespersons and three client service agents and is bright, professional and inviting. Come visit Emmett, Don, Kim or Jill for a review of your insurance program and a look at our new Mansfield agency office. We're proud of it! Now, the Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group is three Ohio offices in one, located in Wooster, Ashland and Mansfield. Check out more of the details below in our posting about "Growing......"
Conceal & Carry Gun Law - Risks To Consider Now that the new Federal Law is on the books, many businesses are taking steps to adopt policies and procedures regarding the public and employees entering the premises with a concealed handgun. Companies are posting signs to this effect, as required by law, stating their position on entering with a firearm. If your company has addressed this issue (hopefully with adequate legal advice), you may also want to consider the implication of this new exposure to your overall risk and your insurance program. Decisions such as these can impact Directors & Officers Liability exposures. Exposure increases immediately regarding allegations against your company for decisions made that affect consitututional rights and civil liberties and which may also affect protection from crime at your workplace. This means that exposure changes regarding Workplace Violence, Kidnap-Ransom-Extortion, Crime, Employment Practices (Discrimination/Wrongful Termination/Harrassment), and even General Liability or Employers Liability coverages are now a concern. If your company doesn't have these coverages or, hasn't considered the impact to them from the new handgun law and your approach to it, email or call us for a review. It's a matter of safety and risk management. Identity Theft - It Could Happen to Anyone! Policies are now beginning to become available to reimburse costs associated with investigation and reclamation of identity as a result of an identity theft incident. Some companies (Cincinnati Insurance is one example) already have a Homeowners endorsement available for Identity Theft. This easy add-on to a CIC Homeowner's policy (Identity Theft Expense Endorsement) can be obtained for as little as $25 annually, with a $250 deductible. Other companies are beginning to offer similar optional protection. Forms like the CIC endorsement cover expenses like:
Call us today to discuss Identity Theft and how coverage might be provided in YOUR insurance program.
DISCLOSURE OF PRIVACY PRACTICESOUR PROMISE
Whether you have applied for, purchased a policy, bond or service from one of our agencies, we believe that information personal to you should be respected and protected with the highest degree of confidentiality. For this reason, we are committed to protecting your personal information and using it only as appropriate to provide you with the best possible opportunities, products and services. This privacy disclosure summarizes our information practices and our policies. It applies to our relationship with you if you are someone who inquires about or obtains products or services from us for any purpose; be it family, personal, organizational or business purposes. Information and the analysis of information is essential to the business of insurance and is critical to our ability to provide to you excellent, cost-effective service and products. We understand that gaining and keeping your trust depends upon the security and integrity of our records concerning you.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect information about you from a variety of sources in order to attempt to provide products or services. These sources may include:
The type of information that we collect depends on the particular product or service requested or recommended, but may include:
INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE TO OTHERS
We do not sell your personal information to anyone. We do not disclose your personal information to third parties (people or organizations that are not affiliated with us) for their own marketing purposes. For this reason, we are not required to ask you whether you wish (or do not wish) to be contacted but such parties. If we share some personal information about you with third parties without your specific authorization, it is in order to provide you with products or services that you request or expect from us, and as otherwise permitted by law.
Following are examples of reasons to disclose personal information to others:
We may make such disclosures, depending upon products and services we provide, to certain common sources. The most common sources are, but are not limited to:
We also may disclose personal information about you to companies that perform marketing or billing services for us or for your insurer. If information is disclosed, it will not result in telemarketing or direct mail marketing.
INFORMATION SECURITY AND ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION
Information about you or your firm is kept primarily in secure electronic files. Any important paper documents are filed by date and are generally inaccessible unless your electronic file can be accessed and a file date obtained. Our electronic system is secure and cannot be “hacked” into by outsiders and is only available to our agency associates, each of whom are under a strict obligation to query files only if and when necessary to service your account on your behalf or the behalf of an insurance company request. Our associates are not permitted to discuss your information or your insurance account with others outside the agency for any purpose other than to service your account or to satisfy the query of an insurance company representative. We restrict access to personal information about you to those employees and other affiliates who need to know that information to properly service your account. Certain information we agree in advance in writing to keep restricted to certain persons you identify – will be kept so. As disclosed above, we may also share information about you to certain other affiliated sources from time to time as needed. You may request in writing, and receive, any of your information from your file at any time. Your written request should be directed to the associate(s) responsible for the service of your account or an agency principal (owner). Your request will be honored as quickly as circumstances permit and as often as may be practical.
THE WHITAKER-MYERS INSURANCE GROUP
This privacy disclosure applies to and is provided on behalf of all the companies in The Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group of agencies. These agencies are solely providers of insurance policies, bonds, leases and risk transfer programs. They include:
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In the Wooster, Ohio office our service staff members and agents organized a fundraiser for Goodwill Industries of Wayne and Holmes Counties by holding a Clothing Drive and Cookout during pregame of the September 19th Wooster High School vs. Ashland High School Homecoming football game at Wooster High School Stadium. It was the first time to hold this fundraiser AT THE STADIUM and it was a HUGE success for Goodwill!
and Heather Metro, Client Service Agent (both in our Personal Accounts Department, Wooster office), recently completed the necessary requirements for the Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) professional designation.
Natalie Kolp, our Wooster office lobby receptionist for several years, was promoted earlier this year to our Personal Accounts Department and is now working with our Homeowners/Auto policyholders as a Client Service Representative. Natalie joins a Personal Accounts support staff which now numbers seven, agency-wide. She works in Wooster with Heather Hostetler, Kathy Stutzman and Personal Accounts Manager, Selena Pertee. 
Lesley Townsend (formerly Woosley) originally trained under Natalie Kolp and assumed her duties in late 2006 as the Wooster office receptionist. Lesley was recently promoted from Receptionist to a Commercial Accounts Department Client Service Representative. Lesley will soon be studying to take her property & casualty license exam and is currently assisting the Commercial Accounts Department is a variety of ways, from statistics, to marketing to account support. 
Most recently, long-time employee Ellen Bellanco was promoted to Claims Coordinator. Ellen, who has over 25 years experience in the insurance business, also has responsibility for Medical Malpractice client services, as well as client service and administrative support for the agency's group benefits and Life/Health business. With her added responsibilities, Ellen now assumes added, full-time hours and is expected to expand upon the excellent claim service provided by Kathy Stutzman, our Claims Coordinator for the past seven years.
Kathy Stutzman, formerly Claims Coordinator, has been promoted and assigned to Special Projects and Client Service Representative in our Personal Accounts Department. Kathy will work directly with Selena Pertee and will be spearheading the implementation of a new rating software system. Once this project is implemented, she is expected to assist the department with rating & quoting proposals for both new and renewal accounts and assist with all aspects of client service.
