“Response is Everything™” is the philosophy of the A+ rated Selective Insurance Company of America. It is that philosophy together with the Avery Hall Insurance Group’s Tradition of Reliability that has made Selective Insurance and Avery Hall a winning team for many years.
As President of this seven member group of insurance agencies, Tom Wisniewski attributes the explosive success and growth of the Avery Hall Insurance Group to attitude and dedication. “We have over 70 full-time employees, most of which have over 15 years of excellence in the insurance industry”, Tom explains, “some of the employees have been with the agency for more than 30 years - with that level of dedication by agency employees and partnerships with top carriers like Selective Insurance companies of America, the Avery Hall insurance group looks to expand even more in the years to come.”
Currently, the Avery Hall Insurance Group consists of four agencies that specialize in Property and Casualty insurance for individuals, families and businesses in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. Another of the group’s agencies with locations in Salisbury and Easton, MD focuses on individual and group health insurance in addition to their Employee Benefits products and services. Rounding out the mix are two more members of the group are an agency specializing in construction and contractor bonds and an agency handling estate planning, life insurance and long term care insurance solutions.
The Selective group of insurance companies aids Avery Hall by offering products in the property, casualty and bond sectors of the group while Selective HR Solutions assists with their group of products in the employee benefits sector.
Heading up three members of the Avery Hall group in Delaware is Joe Gast. He expanded the group to Delaware in 1999 and now has offices in Seaford, Bridgeville and Millsboro. When asked what Joe attributes his success in Delaware to, he simply stated, “With our wide array of products, dedicated employees and many strategically placed locations throughout Delmarva, the Avery Hall Group is in a position to handle almost any insurance related need that our clients bring to us and that’s exactly what our clients want from us.”
Together with its affiliates, the Avery Hall Insurance Group makes up one of the largest Trusted Choice Independent Insurance agencies on Delmarva. The current members are:
Avery W. Hall Insurance Agency, Inc. in Salisbury, MD; AWH, Inc in Salisbury, MD; Avery Hall Benefit Solutions, Inc in Salisbury & Easton, MD; Avery Hall Planning Inc in Salisbury, MD; Farnell & Gast, LLC in Seaford, DE; RFJL Insurance Bridgeville, DE and Brittingham & Williams, LLC in Millsboro DE.
Avery Hall Insurance Group
308 East Main Street
Salisbury, MD 21801
410.742.5111
Pictured: Bottom left: Kevin Hayes, Cam Jackson. Second row: Tom Wisniewski, Mary Mengason, Alyssa Minton, Allison Cherry. Third row: Joe Gast, Sallie Loughlin, Susan Brown, Kathy Bennett. Top row: Cathy Helmick, Don Henderson, Mike DeFiore, Tim Wisniewski, Pat Boccia.
Photography: David Mark Hall
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