Pollock Appointed to Multi-State Regional Leadership Role

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Dec. 1, 2015 - PRLog -- John Pollock, CIC, BB&T Insurance Services Florida regional insurance president, has been promoted to a multi-state regional leadership position. BB&T Insurance Services is experiencing significant growth and recently acquired Susquehanna Bancshares in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. In his new role, Pollock will oversee the Florida, Pennsylvania and Tennessee regions of BB&T Insurance Services.

Raised in Fort Myers, Fla., Pollock attended Eckerd College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration. After two summer internships at Oswald Trippe and Company (OTC), he joined the agency as a commercial lines processor in 1990. In 1993, he became one of the youngest agents in the U.S. to earn the Certified Insurance Counselor designation. Pollock rose to the position of president of OTC in 2002. He has studied at the Wharton School in Philadelphia and the Disney Institute, and participates regularly in professional development and continuing education programs through The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, Florida Association of Insurance Agents and others. In 2014, The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors recognized Pollock for 20 years of leadership.

Pollock currently oversees 550 employees at more than 18 BB&T Insurance Services locations throughout his new region, which provide comprehensive insurance and risk-management services to families and businesses from the nation’s leading insurance companies.

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About BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company
BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company provides comprehensive insurance and risk-management services to families and businesses throughout Florida. The agency offers the most effective insurance protection, strategies to meet changing business and insurance trends and the highest level of customer service. BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company has offices in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Holmes Beach, Miami, Naples, Ocala and Weston, Fla. To learn more, please call (239) 433-4535.

About BB&T Insurance Services
BB&T Insurance Services, the fifth largest insurance broker in the U.S. and the fifth largest internationally, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T). Founded in 1922, it operates more than 100 insurance agencies in Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and California. Visit Insurance.BBT.com to learn more.