| History
of our Years
Serving the Mid South
Cecil V. Smith, Sr. founded the agency in 1966. After
several years of working for insurance companies and
other insurance agencies he felt a strong desire to
create an agency founded on the principles he believed
in. He always believed in personal and dependable
service. He also wanted to create a "family
business." His wife, Corinne Smith worked with
him from day one doing client service work and
bookkeeping. She remained active as a valuable member
of the agency in the position of Secretary/Treasurer
until her retirement in October of 1999.
In
1979 Cecil's son, Brad Smith, joined the agency which
at that time was located in the Clark Tower. Feeling
the need to be more accessible by our customers than a
tower building location provided, the agency moved to
1000 S. Yates Road. This was a one story building that
was easily accessible for our clients and the agency
resided in that location for 18 years.
In
1982 another son, Kenny Smith, joined the agency. He
worked in the agency until 1998 when he went to work
with one of his clients in a computer related
industry.
In
1990 another son, Stan Smith, joined the Agency after
spending 6 years working for the USF&G Insurance
Company as a casualty underwriter. Stan brought
valuable insurance knowledge with him to the agency
that has helped the agency develop all lines of
personal business.
In
1992, Herb Davis, CPCU joined the agency. Herb is also
a family member as a son in law of Cecil Smith. Herb's
background in company underwriting for several
different insurance companies coupled with his
underwriting for a reinsurance company and extensive
insurance education background has proved valuable to
the growth of CSIA.
More
space was eventually needed and in December of 1995
the agency moved to its current location in
Germantown. Our goal was to maintain easy access for
our clients by remaining in a one level street
accessible building.
Cecil,
Brad, Kenny, Stan and Herb have all been active in the
community and in their trade association, the
Independent Insurance Agents Association, having
served on the local and state levels. They have also
been very active in officiating football at the high
school and college levels. Currently Brad is a
Division I official with Conference-USA and Stan works
in the Gulf South Conference.
Brad,
Stan and Herb became owners of the agency in Oct. of
1998 and Cecil Smith retired after 32 years of service
to his clients. Brad Smith now serves as the president
and the agency manager of Cecil Smith Insurance
Agency, Inc. Stan Smith serves as Vice-President and
manages the Personal Lines accounts. Herb Davis, CPCU
is also a Vice-President managing the Commercial Lines
accounts for CSIA.
A
family business with family values serving the Memphis
area.
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