Boone, NC - Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) Board of Directors recently announced Danielle Wade was elected as President & Chief Executive Officer, with Wayne Sumner to move to Chairman of the Board of Directors. Wade, who served JSA most recently as Chief Operating Officer, has been with the company since 2006. She is a [...]
Every year for the Superbowl, JSA holds a "Souper Bowl" Chili Contest. This was last year's winning recipe, which is a hearty, thick consistency full of healthy veggies. What we find unusual, is that the spices are added to the vegetables during initial cooking instead of to the tomatoes, which leads to a nice mix of [...]
There are 5 major trends that we at Jackson Sumner & Associates are expecting for 2019. It doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict them,...the industry has talked a LOT about them in 2018,...but it will be in 2019 where the industry will really start to feel their full force. Rest assured, Jackson Sumner [...]
There are no more children from the 20th century. Sure, there are grown people that were born in the 1900's,...but they are all over 18 years old now,...they are no longer children. (I'll give you a moment while you let that sink in.) It seemed a fitting time to crack open the archives and take a look [...]
Jackson Sumner & Associates is a company that is full of activity, despite being located in a quiet mountain town. Full of youthful exuberance by our close proximity to Appalachian State University, we also get tremendous energy from being an MGA in the constantly-changing E&S insurance market and the tenacity of the family-run leadership [...]
Today's #TBT is a look back at Christmas Past, with our CEO and Founder Wayne Sumner and our Chief Operating Officer, Danielle Wade along with wife Karen, oldest daughter Jessica, and sheepdog Lord Benjamin of Downing. Wayne loves his Andy Griffith Show; always has, always will.
Our NCAA basketball tournament contest is so popular, we've expanded into college football! Yes, this year, JSA will have our first ever College Football Bowl Contest to occupy you over the holidays. Enter your picks before Thursday Dec 20th at 5pm. The one with the most correct picks will win $500! CLICK BELOW FOR RULES AND TO ENTER [...]
Boone, North Carolina, where Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) is headquartered, is a small - but rapidly growing - town of 19,000 residents located in the northwest corner of the state in Watauga County. It is home to Appalachian State University and other industries, but the county also has a lot of rural pockets with [...]
The average American spends 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime (source), so let's hope you can enjoy where you spend that time. Jackson Sumner is a growing company, and through the years we've inhabited several offices. We thought it would be fun to take a stroll down memory lane and revisit our past office buildings. [...]