Continue to read for more contest information:
Stanberry Insurance customer referral contest will run through September 30th 2011.

All you have to do to get your name entered into the random drawing is recommend everyone you know or meet to go to stanberry-ins.com/refer, and enter your name in as the person they were referred by. If the information we receive is a qualified referral, you will get THREE entries into the drawing that will take place on Monday, October 11th, 2011.

Q: The people that I want to refer do not have internet access, how can I refer them?
→A: Write to us to at Stanberry Insurance Referral Contest c/o Ken Peck 715 E Main St Sylva, NC 28779. We will send you three postage paid postcards that your referrals can fill out and mail back.

Stanberry Insurance customer referral contest started April 7th 2011 and will run through September 30th 2011.

The prize up for grabs will be determined by you and will be announced 6/1/11!

All you have to do to get your name entered into the random drawing is recommend everyone you know or meet to go to stanberry-ins.com/refer, and enter your name in as the person they were referred by. If the information we receive is a qualified referral, you will get THREE entries into the drawing that will take place on Monday, October 11th, 2011.

How does a referral become a qualified referral?:

• The person you refer fills out the form and electronically authorizes Stanberry Insurance to contact them
• Stanberry Insurance is able to contact the referral and complete a quote
• The referral has not had a personal insurance policy with Stanberry Insurance within the prior 365 days

Here are some frequently asked questions (updated 1/3/11):

• Q: Do I have to have a personal policy with Stanberry Insurance to refer someone to you to get a quote? →A: No.
• Q: Can I refer myself and use this as an entry? →A: Three part answer:

1. If you are a business owner and have a commercial policy and refer yourself for personal, life, or health insurance
2. If you have your personal insurance with us and you refer your business, life, or health insurance
3. If the above do not apply then you cannot refer yourself

• Q: Does the person I refer to you have to buy the policy you quote for them? →A: No.
• Q: How many times will you attempt to contact the person I refer to you? →A: We will attempt to contact the referral three times; if we do not receive a response we will not attempt again unless prompted by the referral.
• Q: Can members of your staff win this prize? →A: No, staff members nor members of their household are eligible for this contest. They have their own contests to worry about
• Q: Do I have to purchase anything to win? →A: No
• Q: Where can I find out more about the prize(s) you are giving away? →A: When the votes are in we will place a link here to view more information about the prize
• Q: The people that I want to refer do not have internet access, how can I refer them →A: Write to us to at Stanberry Insurance Referral Contest c/o Ken Peck 715 E Main St Sylva, NC 28779. We will send you three postage paid postcards that your referrals can fill out and mail back.

Photo by: Mark Haskett

Providing insurance may be the Stanberry family’s specialty, but the company’s owners have yet other forté — serving their community.
“We want to make it a better place in our own little way,” said Scott Stanberry, who co-owns the business with his brother Kevin.
The Stanberrys have found multiple avenues to staying involved in Jackson County, from coaching Little League baseball to collecting cans for food drives to consistently being a lead donor in local walks to end cancer.
Kevin and Scott say they are just eager to give back to the community they’ve called home for decades.
“We’re from here so we definitely stay involved and try to help out,” said Kevin.
The Stanberrys’ commitment to the community is evident to anyone who drives past their Sylva office. Instead of using the marquis outside for promotional purposes, the company opts instead to display community-focused messages.
Recently, the marquis invited passersby to drop off teddy bears for children in need. This free advertising helped build up a pile of teddy bears in a big cardboard box inside the Sylva office.
Every year, Stanberry Insurance employees take part in a charitable Christmas project, with the latest one involving collecting food to give away in backpacks to hungry children.
Stanberry Insurance also regularly contributes to local nonprofits and sponsors local sports teams. Athletes in elementary school all the way to those at Western Carolina University receive financial support from the company.
Having a commitment to the community while simultaneously operating a successful business is a skill Kevin and Scott learned while growing up. Their father would wake up each day at 5 a.m. to get work done and still have time to coach Little League baseball and make it to Kevin and Scott’s baseball and basketball games.
Kevin and Scott have learned well from their parents, expanding the business to two new locations in Waynesville and Highlands since taking over. When their father and mother opened Stanberry Insurance in 1980, they only had one other employee. Now, the number of employees has swollen to 30.
Though everybody at work isn’t a Stanberry, a family atmosphere still persists at the office.
“We have people who worked for our parents that still work for us,” said Kevin.
But it’s not just the employees that want to stick around.
“This is home,” said Kevin. “I don’t think of ever living anywhere else.”

Published in Our Town 2010 • Vol. 5

Distributed by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce