The 1752 Club has a rich heritage. The year 1752 was taken from the date March 26, 1752. This was the founding date of the oldest property carrier in North America. The Honorable Ben Franklin, along with a local group, organized "The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses From Loss By Fire" - a long name for a Mutual Company. The company still survives.

Eligibility for membership is simple. Our membership is comprised of field representatives and/or inside company marketing managers and others who engage in appointing independent agents. This would include General Agents, Surplus Line Brokers, P & C Adjusters, etc. Also eligible are marketing reps for service industries such as defense attorneys, premium finance organizations, and computer related companies. In other words, if your organization services the American Agency system, you, too, can be a member!

Our mission is to promote the insurance industry by offering educational opportunities, promoting friendly social relations among our members, providing a venue for networking among companies, agents, and agents associations and to generally raise the status of the entire insurance industry with positive public relations.

The 1752 Club plays an important role in the Professional Insurance Agents organization. Through the efforts of the 1752 Club membership, the message of PIA is taken to agents throughout our territory. We are proud to have contributed to the revitalization of PIA in the late 70.s and early 80.s and to continue our efforts today. Each spring we sponsor a Spring Clinic with top-notch speakers on timely topics for Continuing Education credits. This also brings agents together to socialize and enjoy fellowship.

Our membership roster includes the names of those who were instrumental in the very beginning of this Chapter mingled with the newest generation to whom the responsibility of leadership shall be given. To all the former members we say .thank you. for the legacy and continuity you established. In their stead we see the new generation of leaders continually emerge. We are confident their fresh approach will help sustain our chapter and our relationship with PIA.

Would you support a PIA Public Relations Campaign to help educate consumers about the options available by independent insurance agents?

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