Stahly Named Young Agent Of The Year

(Right)Jon Stahly is presented with the Young Agent of the Year Award for Doug Clift (left) who is the president of the Missuri Association of Insurance Agents

Jon Stahly, AIP, was named the 2013 "Young Agent of the Year" by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents. The award was presented at MAIA's annuly leadership banquet at Tan Tar A Resort at Lake of the Ozarks.

The annual award recoginizes an independent insurance agent under the age of 40 who has demonstrated dedication through involvement in state or local associations activities, through personal efforts to advance as an insurance professional, and through involvement in community activities.

"His passion for work is obvious to everyone who meets him," said Tricia Jackson, the 2012-2013 chairman of the Young Agents Committee, at the awards ceremony.

Stahly is a commercial lines broker with W.E. Walker-Lakenan, LLC, in Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in mass communications and a minor in sales before joining the agency in 2004. He is past chair of the MAIA Young Agents Committee and a member of the Leadership Conference Committee.

Founded in 1899, the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents is the oldest and largest association of independent agents in Missouri, representing some 4,000 independent agents, brokers and their employees. Its members are businesses that offer customers a choice of policies from a variety of insurance companies. Independent insurance agents and brokers offer all lines of insurance property, casualty, life, health, emplyee benefit plans and retirement products. web address www.missouriagent.org