Insurance executive Dilman Thomas joins Ted Todd Insurance Agency

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - Jan. 31, 2014 - PRLog -- Ted A. Todd is pleased to announce that long-time insurance executive and community activist Dilman Thomas has joined the Ted Todd Insurance Agency to lead the agency's customer relations. Thomas has over 30 years of banking and insurance industry experience as agency manager and director of client relations with BB&T-Oswald Trippe and as a senior vice president with SunTrust Bank of Southwest Florida.

"Superior customer relations has always been a primary focus for us," said Ted Todd. "I've known Dilman for years and am confident that his broad experience in managing customer relations for professional services firms with multiple locations will be a great benefit to us."

Thomas is also widely known for his extensive involvement in fundraising and community activities, serving in leadership positions of many area nonprofit organizations, including Edison State College Foundation; Lee County HUD Block Grant Committee; The Chamber of Southwest Florida; Quality Life Center; United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades; Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida; Nations Association Charities, Inc.; Lee County Housing Development Corporation; and the Rotary Club of Fort Myers Sunrise.

A native of Clearwater, Florida, Thomas holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Florida, with a major in banking and finance. He has attended executive and leadership development programs at the University of Oklahoma and University of Houston and has graduated from chamber leadership programs in Lee and Pinellas counties. Professional licenses include: Florida 2-20 (Property and Casualty); Florida 2-18 (Life and Health, Variable Annuities); Series 6 (Mutual Funds and Annuities) and Real Estate.

Ted A. Todd formed Ted Todd Insurance Agency 26 years ago. It is now one of the largest Allstate agencies in the country, with seven locations and 50 insurance professionals located in Lee, Sarasota, Brevard and Palm Beach counties. Ted Todd Insurance Agency provides home, auto, retirement, and life insurance products to more than 30,000 customers in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Estero, Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, Naples, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Sarasota, Viera, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne, Satellite Beach, Palm Bay, and Boca Raton. The Ted Todd Insurance Agency was named the 2013 General Business, Small Company of the Year by the Lee County Horizon Council and won the 2013 Business Ethics Award from the Uncommon Friends Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.TedToddInsurance.com or call 866-760-3999.

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