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Western National Insurance Group has recently announced that St. Paul-based Cox Insurance Agency has been named Western National’s Central Region Personal Lines Agency of the Year for 2022.

The Central Region Personal Lines Agency of the Year award is presented to one agency annually. The award recognizes outstanding and sustained performance and premium growth in personal lines. An agency must have a minimum of four years of partnership with Western National to be considered for this recognition.

Western National Insurance, headquartered in Edina, Minn., is a super-regional group of property-and-casualty insurance companies. The Group writes business through five active insurance companies—Western National Mutual Insurance Company, Western National Assurance Company, Pioneer Specialty Insurance Company, Umialik Insurance Company, and American Freedom Insurance Company — and is affiliated with Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company. Together, the affiliated Group writes over $800 million in personal and commercial direct premium in 19 states across the Northern, Midwestern, and Western U.S. as well as in Alaska; and surety bonds in 41 states. All of the companies’ products are sold exclusively through professional Independent Insurance Agents.

Chubb has bestowed its Cornerstone designation on Cox Insurance. Of the approximately 2,300 personal lines insurance agencies and brokerages that work with Chubb North America Personal Risk Services, fewer than 12 percent have earned the Cornerstone designation.

Chubb is a premier provider of personal insurance and is known for its Masterpiece^® products and services designed for the owners of custom and historic homes, luxury automobiles, yachts, fine arts, antiques, other valuable possessions and excess personal liability.

“We are honored to receive this Cornerstone designation, which shows our dedication to the insurance industry and our commitment to serving our successful clients, who have a unique set of property and liability exposures associated with their lifestyle,” said Taylor Cox, President.

As a Cornerstone agency, Cox Insurance will receive several benefits, enabling it to address clients’ insurance needs faster and more efficiently. The agency’s staff will be able to work with Chubb’s most experienced underwriters and risk consultants. Chubb will assign a claim specialist to the agency. In addition, agency employees will have preferential access to educational Chubb seminars to enhance their client service and agency management skills.