Crazy Cinna-Craisin Oatmeal Cookies These yummy cookies are an easy way to get some healthiness into your usual oatmeal cookie. With the tartness of the cranberries, a pop of cinnamon, and the heartiness of oats they are a snack the whole family can feel good about. Adapted from a recipe in a 2013 Saveur, these forgo [...]
This time of year, florists, jewelers, and for-hire driving services are in demand. These businesses face risks that are unique, and JSA has access to markets that can help cover them. Here are just a few of the ways Jackson Sumner & Associates can help provide coverage for these business' unique risks. Florists: There [...]
TBT - Kevin's Groundhog Day Childhood Memories JSA Transportation Underwriter, Kevin Hutlemyer, shares some of his fondest childhood Groundhog Day memories with us with this short video. Yes. I said Groundhog Day. Recorded on January 25th, 2019
#TBT ~ JSA invents the NCRF online quoter Today's Throw Back Thursday goes back to 2005 when we first introduced our capability to provide North Carolina Reinsurance Facility (NCRF) Commercial Auto Liability quotes online. We were the first company EVER to introduce a program where agents can instantly quote Commercial Facility business on the web. "This program is [...]
TBT ~ Danielle's First Day Today's Throw Back Thursday goes back to 2006 and Danielle's first day on the job. She had always been around the office growing up, but this was a big day,...making JSA a true family business. "I never hire anyone I can't fire," Wayne told her. We are all really glad [...]
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 [...]