FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PENN YAN – Stork Insurance Agency, a member of 3S Agencies, Inc., has been named to the Kemper Inner Circle of Independent Agents, an exclusive group of 262 independent insurance agencies countrywide. Kemper Preferred sells home, auto and Package Plus policies through a select network of independent agents.

Inner Circle membership is awarded to approximately seven percent of all independent agents that represent Kemper in 38 states and the District of Columbia and is based on the amount of business written as well as the quality of the business.

Stork Insurance has been doing business in Penn Yan for more than 100 years and also has offices in Hammondsport and Gorham. The professionals who work for Stork Insurance provide in-person insurance counsel which ensures that customers’ assets are met. It’s this dedication to meet its customers’ needs with custom-fit insurance solutions that helped to earn Stork Insurance a spot in the Kemper Preferred Inner Circle.

“In these more trying economic conditions, it’s important to keep your insurance up-to-date to protect what you’re worked so hard to build,” said Steve Stork, Vice President of Stork Insurance. “We’re honored to be a part of Kemper’s Preferred Inner Circle and will work hard to earn the distinction year after year.”

“It is agencies like Stork Insurance that helped to build the great Kemper Preferred name,” said Andrea James, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Kemper Preferred. “We’re proud to work together with the best independent agents in the country and we look forward to growing together in the future.”

All of Kemper Preferred underwriting companies are rated ‘A’ (excellent) by A.M. Best Company, the insurance industry’s most trusted rating authority. The Kemper Corporation family of companies (NYS:KMPR) is one of the nation’s leading insurance organizations.