Anselm Insurance Solutions of Columbia Wins Top Honors

A Columbia, MO insurance agency has earned the highest award from insurance carrier MutualAid eXchange (“MAX”).

Anselm Insurance Solutions has been designated a Premier Agency for its commitment to MAX’s fair, faithful and socially responsible values and business practices.

“MAX was built on faith, strong values and service to others,” said David Wine, President and CEO of MAX.  “Anselm is a great example of the kind of trusted, community minded agency we want to associate with.  We’re proud to call them a partner.”

Dick Anselm heads the agency.  “We believe in treating the customer the way we would want to be treated and making sure that the client has the right coverages for their needs,” he said.

When not running his insurance agency, Anselm serves on the Board of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

To earn the award from MAX, Anselm met several criteria including:

  • Commitment to the MAX values of:
    • Treating others as you would like to be treated
    • Faith in a higher power, and
    • Doing good in the world.
  • Support for MAX’s Mutual Aid Ministries program that provides emergency grants to communities, families and individuals facing unexpected challenges.
  • Ambitious sales and retention targets.

Anselm Insurance Solutions is located at 106A North Garth, Columbia, MO  65203.  Phone 573-474-8732.  Website:  www.AnselmInsurance.com.  Email:  daisolutions2010@gmail.com.

MAX is headquartered at 4400 College Boulevard, Suite 250, Overland Park, KS 66211.  Website:  www.MAXInsurance.com.

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MAX Mindfulness: What Am I Thinking Now?

by Dave Wine, President & CEO

There is one thing – and one thing ONLY – that we have the ability to control and that is our mind, our thoughts.  That is why I believe practicing mindfulness is so important and can help us in every aspect of our lives.  One of the easiest things to do is simply to put a note on our desks, computer screen, a string around our finger, – something to remind us to take time often throughout each day simply to ask:

What Am I Thinking Now?

As you notice what you are thinking, you can then decide whether you want to change that thought(s).  I am simply amazed (a positive way to think about this) to find that so many of my thoughts are judging, analyzing, fretting, anxious, etc.  But most of the time I am holding those thoughts subconsciously and not paying attention to them. Then I wonder why I’m not joyous and free and happy!  When I pause often throughout the day to note, What Am I Thinking Now?, I can recognize my thoughts and then choose different thoughts.  I can express thanks, gratitude, look around and see all that is right and good, commune with God/Spirit, feel the sense of the wonderful team I get to work with at MAX, etc.  And my attitude, demeanor, and spirit changes, too!  Really mindfulness is simply paying attention to creating the thoughts and communion we most want to have in our lives – the one thing we can control in an uncontrollable world.

The easiest and the hardest thing to do!!

Dave WineDavid Wine

David is the President and CEO of the MAX enterprise, having served in that capacity since its formation in 2001.   He has forty plus years of  leadership experience in the business and faith-based worlds, being an ordained minister, having been elected to the highest position in his denomination,  and receiving numerous awards and recognition for his leadership in the insurance industry. He currently serves on numerous boards in the church and insurance sectors.  His hobbies include hiking, biking, skiing and snowshoeing as well as being an avid reader.  David and his wife, Sharon, have three daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.

Cook Insurance Wins Top Honors

A Centerville, IA Insurance agency has earned the highest award from insurance carrier MutualAid eXchange (“MAX”).

Cook Insurance, has been designated a Premier Agency for its commitment to MAX’s fair, faithful and socially responsible values and business practices.

“MAX was built on faith, strong values and service to others,” said David Wine, President and CEO of MAX.  “Cook Insurance is a great example of the kind of trusted, community minded agency we want to associate with.  We’re proud to call them a partner.”

Dan Sales heads the agency.  “Our slogan is “Security with Service,” Sales said.  We put our insureds and companies first.  We are also committed to community involvement.  MAX has been an awesome fit for our communities and their coverage has been outstanding for our insureds.”

Sales and his agency are very active in the community.  They donate their time and talents to many causes including the Lions Club, Centerville Chamber of Commerce events, and YMCA youth programs.

To earn the award from MAX, the agency met several criteria including:

  • Commitment to the MAX values of:
    • Treating others as you would like to be treated
    • Faith in a higher power, and
    • Doing good in the world.
  • Support for MAX’s Mutual Aid Ministries program that provides emergency grants to communities, families and individuals facing unexpected challenges.
  • Ambitious sales and retention targets.

Sales & Associates is located at 304 N. 12th Street, Centerville, IA  52544.  Phone:  641-856-3375.  Email: dlsales@cookins.us. Website:  www.CookInsuranceIowa.com

MAX is headquartered at 4400 College Boulevard, Suite 250, Overland Park, KS 66211.  Website:  www.MAXInsurance.com.

Photo:  Front Row Left to Right: Dan Sales, Mileta Marlow, Ashley Whisler, Back Row Left to Right Truett Pershy, Meggie Blozovich, Ryan Sales.

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ARK and MAX Insurance Contribute to Fire Relief Foundation

Families who have lost their homes and items in a house fire find hope and support from the Fire Relief Foundation in Findlay, OH.  Thanks to a $2,500 grant from ARK Insurance and their partner MutualAid eXchange (“MAX”), the organization can now assist more people in their time of need.

Kathy Coppes heads ARK Insurance.  She reached out to MAX and its Mutual Aid Ministries Community Grant Program to help support the Fire Relief Foundation.  “This great organization stands beside families after their loss and offers household items, monetary assistance, and a shoulder to lean on until the families can get back on their feet,” Coppes said in her application for the grant.  “They function solely through the help of volunteers, many of whom have been fire victims themselves. The organization began in the founder’s garage after losing their own home and contents in a house fire.  Now they not only help our local community, they also send items to other states if there is a crisis that needs their help.”

MAX is a fair, faithful and socially responsible home, auto and property/casualty insurance company that was founded on religious principles.  Today it serves people of all faith backgrounds.  It created the Mutual Aid Ministries Community Grant program as a way to partner with their network of independent agents who identify and want to support worthy projects in their communities.

For more about ARK Insurance contact Kathy Coppes, ARK Insurance Services, 2135 Tiffin Ave., Findlay, OH 45840 Email: kcoppes@arkinsservices.com  Web:  www.arkinsservices.com  Phone: 419-425-4200.

For more about MAX go to:  www.MAXInsurance.com.

Photo:  Linn Tate, volunteer for Fire Relief Foundation; Kathy Coppes, ARK Insurance; Phyllis Tate, volunteer for Fire Relief Foundation; Emily Stevens, founder of Fire Relief Foundation; and Angela Cotton, ARK Insurance.

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Insurance Center of Cuba Wins Top Honors

A Cuba, MO insurance agency has—for the second consecutive time–earned the highest award from insurance carrier MutualAid eXchange (“MAX”).

Insurance Center of Cuba, LLC has been designated a Premier Agency for its commitment to MAX’s fair, faithful and socially responsible values and business practices.

“MAX was built on faith, strong values and service to others,” said David Wine, President and CEO of MAX.  “Insurance Center of Cuba is a great example of the kind of trusted, community minded agency we want to associate with.  We’re proud to call them a partner.”

Ashley Copeland heads the agency.  “Our mission is to extend the highest level of service and knowledge to our customers.  In return, they will gain security, trust and financial freedom.  We are proud to work with MAX in bringing socially responsible products and service to our community.”

Insurance Center of Cuba is active in the community.  In partnership with MAX, they recently helped the local Lion’s Club purchase a food trailer.

To earn the award from MAX, the agency met several criteria including:

  • Commitment to the MAX values of:
    • Treating others as you would like to be treated
    • Faith in a higher power, and
    • Doing good in the world.
  • Support for MAX’s Mutual Aid Ministries program that provides emergency grants to communities, families and individuals facing unexpected challenges.
  • Ambitious sales and retention targets.

Insurance Center of Cuba’s address is 503 W. Washington, Cuba, MO  65453.  Phone:  573-885-7019.  Web:  www.InsuranceCenterofCuba.com.  Email:  Ashley@insurancecenterofcuba.com.

MAX is headquartered at 4400 College Boulevard, Suite 250, Overland Park, KS 66211.  Website:  www.MAXInsurance.com.

Photo:  David VanderWerf, Ashley Copeland and Shannon Bates of Insurance Center of Cuba with Mark Files, Regional Sales Manager of MAX

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