Malone Insurance Agency Named a Commercial Lines ‘Circle of Excellence Agency’ and Personal Lines ‘Platinum Agency’ by Umialik Insurance Company and Western National Insurance Group

(Anchorage, Alaska) Umialik Insurance Company today announced that Bethel, Alaska-based Malone Insurance Agency has been named one of the Group’s Commercial Lines Circle of Excellence Agencies and one of their Personal Lines Platinum Agencies for 2025.

The Commercial Lines Circle of Excellence Award annually recognizes agencies that have had superior performance in commercial lines and demonstrate a strong partnership with the Group. Based on long-term profitability and growth, and the most recent year’s performance, including new business production, the 40 agencies on this list come from thirteen states across our footprint and represent the top 10% for commercial lines’ performance for our Group. The Personal Lines Platinum Agency recognition is announced annually to spotlight an elite group of partners who have excelled based on performance and growth over the past year. An agency must also demonstrate that they meet high standards of professional excellence and integrity to be considered for this recognition. 

Malone Insurance Agency’s place among these lists is a testament to the overall quality of the agency’s insurance professionals and their commitment to meeting the needs of their insurance clients. 

Umialik Insurance Company, headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, has served the property-and-casualty insurance needs of Alaskans since 1981. Umialik is a member of Western National Insurance Group, a super-regional group of property-and-casualty insurance companies providing personal and commercial coverage in 20 states across the Midwestern, Northern, and Western U.S. as well as in Alaska; and surety bonds in 43 states. Together, the affiliated Group writes over $1 billion in personal and commercial direct premium through five active insurance companies—Western National Mutual Insurance Company, Western National Assurance Company, Pioneer Specialty Insurance Company, Umialik Insurance Company, and American Freedom Insurance Company—and through one affiliate, Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company. All of the companies’ products are sold exclusively through professional Independent Insurance Agents.