African American Owned Insurance Celebrates 100 years - Atlanta Life Insurance Company, the Oldest Stock-own Black Insurance Celebrates a Century of Service
The oldest stock-owned, African American owned insurance company in the USA, Atlanta LIfe Financial Group, will celebrate 100 year of service. Kick off event on June 15; 100 days of celebratin.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 9, 2005 - Atlanta Life Financial Group, Inc. (ALFG)
kicks off its Centennial Celebration with a one-hundred-day countdown and a
summer-long series of special events setting the stage for the 100th Anniversary
of the founding the company, Atlanta Life Insurance Company. This year, Atlanta
Life marks 100 years of service to the Atlanta community, the African-American
community, and to its consumers and corporate partners at home, in the southern
region, and around the country. [A press conference announcing the Celebration
will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Herndon Plaza, 100
Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
The kick-off celebration will draw
participation from the Atlanta community and will include performances by many
well-known personalities and entertainers throughout the city. Commemorating the
event will be the unveiling of a 22 x 14 foot Centennial banner which will hang
from the ceiling in the atrium of the Atlanta Life Building.
Ronald D.
Brown, president and chief executive officer of Atlanta Life Financial Group,
will host the press conference and outline an assortment of festivities planned
in celebration of this milestone anniversary, which will culminate with a gala
affair in late September. “It is a privilege to be a part of this company during
this historical time,” states Brown. “For a century now, the Atlanta Life
organization has been in the business of improving the quality of life for its
stakeholders and the community it serves with unwavering commitment. I am proud
and humbled to lead Atlanta Life during this watershed moment in its history,
and look forward to carrying on its tradition of service and excellence into the
next era.”
Some of the events planned during the summer-long celebration
include “Creatively Speaking,” a collaboration with the National Black Arts
Festival; Founder’s Natal Day Parade; The Auburn Avenue African Research Library
Exhibit; The Three Inspirational Tenors; 100 Minute of Jazz; a reunion of
Atlanta Life employees; and the unveiling of the Centennial painting (see media
advisory -- calendar of events - for a full listing of activities).
“This
is a very exciting time for us right now,” exclaims Henrietta Antoinin, vice
president of public relations. “This Centennial Celebration will be more than a
commemoration of 100 years of doing business. It will be a celebration of
Atlanta, a celebration of our ancestors, a celebration of art, and a celebration
of achievement.”
In 2001, the Board of Directors at
Atlanta Life Insurance Company announced a comprehensive corporate
restructuring, and the company began doing business under the umbrella of the
Atlanta Life Financial Group. This evolution took Atlanta Life into the
twenty-first century and reinforced the organization’s commitment to provide the
highest quality financial services and products available to its customers.
“We have a great history and an even more promising future,” says Bill
Clement, chairman of the board of directors. “We are eager to build on our
storied legacy of promoting and preserving black achievement, black
entrepreneurship, and community stewardship. Investing back into the community
we serve while providing excellent products and services to our consumers has
been our key to success. We will continue to operate and expand under this model
into the next 100 years.”
About ALFG
Atlanta Life Financial
Group is a privately owned financial services company that helps consumers,
businesses and communities build and protect wealth. It consists of two
operating units: Atlanta Life Insurance Company and Atlanta Life Investment
Advisors. These companies provide a range of financial solutions to help
individual and institutional customers manage their insurance and investment
needs. More specifically, Atlanta Life Insurance Company provides group life
products to Fortune 500 companies and funding products to help consumers preplan
and prearrange their funerals. Atlanta Life Investment Advisors portfolio
products help institutions and high net worth individuals build and protect
wealth.
Photos, bios and the Atlanta Life logo are available for
visuals. Contact First Class, Inc.; Bunnie Jackson-Ransom at e-mail protected
from spam bots or Nyreen Lamb at e-mail protected from spam bots for
transmission of jpeg photos.
Contact:
Bunnie
Jackson-Ransom
404-505-8188 (404-226-8000 cell)
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