Kinney Pike Insurance recognizes 2011 Top Producers

Kinney Pike Insurance, a leading independent insurance agency in Vermont, announced its top producers for 2011, recognized for producing the most new business in both the commercial and personal insurance lines of business. Jody Freeman and Morgan Guillette have been honored as co-winners of the 2011 Barwood Sales Achievement Award for personal lines insurance. Peter Werner has been honored with the 2011 Dorsey Award, awarded to the commercial insurance Account Executive producing the top sales.

Freeman and Guillette work out of Kinney Pike’s White River Junction office. Werner is one of three partners of Kinney Pike, working at the company’s main office in Rutland. With the exceptional efforts of their sales team, Kinney Pike has been successful in attracting new business and maintaining loyal customers for over 100 years.

The Barwood Award’s name sake is Wendell A. Barwood, who owned and operated the Barwood Insurance Agency in the Upper Valley region of Vermont for many years. Kinney Pike Insurance purchased the Barwood Agency in 1989. The Dorsey Award’s name sake is Stephen C. Dorsey, who first established the Kinney Pike Agency in 1904.

Kinney Pike Insurance, founded in 1904, is one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Vermont with six locations: Rutland, White River Junction, Randolph, St. Johnsbury, Poultney and South Burlington. Kinney Pike is a full-service agency specializing in commercial insurance, personal insurance and employee benefits. Kinney Pike holds the distinction of being Vermont's only Assurex Global Partner, a prestigious international consortium of top brokers worldwide.