Recognizing the 170th Anniversary of Talladega Insurance Company

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Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 170th anniversary of Talladega Insurance Agency in Talladega, Alabama. Talladega Insurance is currently under the leadership of Boyd McGehee.

Talladega Insurance Company was incorporated in 1856 making it the oldest insurance agency in the State of Alabama and the second oldest in the United States.

The company attributes its longevity to its superior staffing. The Talladega Insurance Agency is built on family, as it is a family-owned and operated business and has had four generations leading the way. In the 1920s, Turner Joel Jones acquired the Talladega Insurance Company renaming it Talladega Insurance Agency and his brother, George, soon joined him in the business.

In 1950, William Boyd McGehee, Jr. (Billy) left his family's pharmacy in Montgomery, Alabama, seeking new directions. He and his wife moved to Talladega to join her father in the insurance business.

In 1974, Billy's son, William Boyd McGehee, III (Bill), returned with his wife, Evelyn, to Talladega to work at Talladega Insurance after leaving Atlanta, where he worked for the Great American Insurance Company. In 2004, Bill's son, Boyd, joined the agency.

Today, Boyd runs the agency. He is an alumnus of The University of Alabama and The National Alliance's Producer School. In 2008, he was named Alabama's Young Agent of the Year by the Alabama Independent Insurance Agent Association. Boyd has carried on the family tradition and has made Talladega Insurance Agency not only successful in business, but a community partner as he continues to invest in the City of Talladega.

Mr. Speaker, please join me in wishing my friend, Boyd, and his team at Talladega Insurance Agency a happy 170th anniversary.

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