History
The Piper-McCredie
Agency, Inc., was started in 1919 as a subsidiary
of the Piper Realty Company. In those days, it was common practice
for realtors to place their own coverages and coverages for clients
through their own agencies. By 1946, the
Agency had grown and had enough volume to have two full-time employees
that devoted their time to the insurance department. In 1947,
Mark Piper decided that the insurance agency had to be sold or
obtain someone to run and manage the insurance division. In that
year, Norman McCredie left the life insurance business to run
the property-casualty business on a full-time basis.
In 1957, the Agency was one of the first agencies
to
use direct billing for personal lines in the state.
In 1961, David S. McCredie joined the Agency and by
the mid-1960's the Agency staff had increased to five. Premium
volume, while being concentrated in personal lines, was starting
to shift to include a greater volume of commercial lines.
Meanwhile, the Agency was growing. It was in
this era
of the late 1960’s that the Agency started to gain a
reputation as an efficient producer of apartment
package business. Today, this business is still one of
our strong points.
In 1967, John Nieman joined the Agency as
Personal Lines Manager and took over the position
of Treasurer.
In 1974, Thomas Dawson joined the Agency as
an Underwriter / Sales Associate, and contributed to
the Agency’s overall reputation in the area of
commercial insurance. Tom greatly expanded the
apartment package program and the other commercial
lines, and later became a Vice-President of the Agency.
The mid-1970s saw our commercial lines volume
become an ever-increasing portion of our total business. In addition,
personal lines saw a large growth pattern under the direction
of John Nieman. |
