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Piper-McCredie 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
.
In August of 1976, we
saw the passing of Norman McCredie.
In January of 1986, the
Agency went on-line with Insurnet, an insurance computer system providing
efficient billing, claims processing, and fast, accurate, complete
customer information.
During the summer of
1991, we consolidated our offices into one, located in the downtown Flint
area. This consolidation
allowed us to bring all our strengths to focus.
In September 1992, Todd
McCredie joined the Agency. Todd
graduated from Albion College in May of 1992.
In addition to other duties, Todd is active in the Aviation
Insurance line and serves as the Agency’s Sales Manager.
The Agency made another
large step in early 1997. The
Agency moved out of downtown Flint and moved to the Gateway Centre in
Flint.
In 1999, the Agency
changed to the AMS Computer System. This
dramatically increased the Agency’s technology, allowing us to be more
competitive into the new millennium.
The Agency is committed
to growth within the community and annually pays millions of dollars in
claims, creating jobs, preventing catastrophes and allowing local
businesses to prosper. Its
growth can be attributed to service beyond reproach and professional
staffing of all positions.
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