AUSTIN, Texas – (PRNewswire) Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA) congratulates Mark Bridges, producer of Edmond, Deaton & Stephens of Amarillo, Texas, on being named the Andre P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) at its 112th Annual Conference & Trade Show. Edmond, Deaton & Stephens Agency is owned by CAA member agency Duncan, Fraser & Bridges (Pampa, TX).

 

"In my 27 year membership with IIAT, I do not remember a 'Young Agent of the Year' more active in our industry than Mark," said Roger Luttrell, CAA member and president of Benton-Luttrell-Brown Company. "Most impressively, it's been my privilege to watch Mark dream, design and implement a young producer program for CAA. Creating a program that is supported by forty-one independent business owners requires imagination, courage and outstanding communication skills. Mark exhibits the qualities that make CAA so unique and successful."

 

Mark has been a co-developer of CAA's producer program that works to invest in young producers through an on-going lecture series and mentoring program. Mark also currently serves as the president of the Panhandle Independent Insurance Agents Association for 2009/2010. Mark is on track to complete the CIC designation this year.

 

Mark received a master's degree in Business Administration from Texas Christian University and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a major in Insurance from Baylor University.

 

"We at CAA are thrilled that Mark Bridges has been selected as the IIAT's 'Young Agent of the Year'. From watching Mark co-steer our producers' program from inception, we've known at CAA that he'd make us proud as an industry leader," said Kevin Semtner, vice-president of CAA member agency Walthall, Sachse & Pipes, Inc. (San Antonio, TX).