Appalachian Insurance Agency

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Independent agency

Offices: Beckley · West Virginia

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Appalachian Insurance Agency is an independent insurance agency licensed in Beckley, WV. Lines listed: Auto, Business, Flood, Homeowners/Mobile Home, Life, Boat. Founding or history: 1982. Agency Match assessments based on public information: Business Partnerships medium; Mentorship & Peer Connections low. 27 publicly sourced facts with links.

How we determined the info on this profile

License record: taken from the state license roster.
Offices: based on offices listed on the agency's website. More than one office can count toward the Looking to Buy score.
Lines of business: based on text on the agency's website. They can count toward the Strategic Partnership score.
Leadership: based on text on the agency's website. It can count toward the Mentorship & Peer Connection score.
Carrier partnerships: based on carriers named on the agency's website.
Looking to Buy: not enough public facts for a score.
Open to Selling: not enough public facts for a score.
Mentorship & Peer Connections: scored from public signs of leadership, teaching and association ties.
Business Partnerships: scored from specialties, markets and carriers published on the agency's website.

Research

Detailed profile

Geography

1 documented offices

Ownership events

Ownership

Not confirmed

Agency Match assessments

Agency Match uses public information and a proprietary scoring model to identify possible business opportunities. Ratings indicate potential, not confirmed interest, unless explicitly noted.

Looking to Buy

Insufficient Evidence

Public signs the agency buys or absorbs other agencies: past acquisitions, growth by acquisition, added offices and the depth to integrate a book.

Why: Serves more than one state or a wide region; public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry

Serves more than one state or a wide region · West Virginia and Virginiaappalachianins.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · Founding: Our agency was founded and has been serving all of southern West Virginia since 1982appalachianins.com

What this rating was based on (2 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Serves more than one state or a wide region (supporting)+10 pts
- West Virginia and Virginiaappalachianins.com
Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
- Founding: Our agency was founded and has been serving all of southern West Virginia since 1982appalachianins.com

Total: 15 points → Insufficient Evidence: a rating needs at least two facts including one core factor for this assessment.

Confidence (separate from the rating): not given without a rating · 2 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Whether the agency is buying now and at what size; Financing and integration capacity.

Open to Selling

Acquisition Research Fit

Low · 8

Acquisition Research Fit is low. Formation year 1982 is on a verified record (44 years in operation). The rating stays Low because years in operation and size are a business profile, not a transition. This is not a statement that the agency wants to sell.

Formation year 1982 is on a verified record (44 years in operation). Verified · +8 ptsappalachianins.com

Transition signals

Trade-name history is on file and is not a sale signal.

Confidence: low. Separate from the rating.

Not on file: Owner tenure is not established; No internal succession document; Confirmed sale interest is unknown.

Confirmed sale interest: Unknown

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Low · 25

Public signs of industry standing and willingness to share know-how: association leadership, teaching, memberships, recognition and tenure.

Agency Match score: 25/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry; insurance industry or carrier recognition; public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · Founding: Our agency was founded and has been serving all of southern West Virginia since 1982appalachianins.com
Insurance industry or carrier recognition · Community recognition: earned them ERIE's most prestigious award, The F.W. Hirt Quality Agency Award and got terieinsurance.com
Public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry · Founding: Serving Our Community Since 1982appalachianins.com

What this rating was based on (3 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+10 pts
- Founding: Our agency was founded and has been serving all of southern West Virginia since 1982appalachianins.com
Insurance industry or carrier recognition+10 pts
- Community recognition: earned them ERIE's most prestigious award, The F.W. Hirt Quality Agency Award and got them voted erieinsurance.com
Public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
- Founding: Serving Our Community Since 1982appalachianins.com

Total: 25 points → Agency Match score 25/100, rated Low (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 3 facts from 2 websites.

Not known publicly: Whether the principals want to mentor or be mentored.

Business Partnerships

Medium · 35

Public signs the agency would complement others: niche specialties, referral or partner relationships, broad carrier access, both personal and commercial lines, and regional reach.

Agency Match score: 35/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Three or more carriers named; serves more than one state or a wide region; several documented lines of business

Three or more carriers named · Dairylandappalachianins.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region · West Virginia and Virginiaappalachianins.com
Several documented lines of business · Lines of business: We are a multi-line agency providing life, health, flood, home, automobile, boat, and businappalachianins.com

What this rating was based on (3 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Three or more carriers named+15 pts
- Dairylandappalachianins.com
- Erieappalachianins.com
- Progressiveappalachianins.com
- American Bankers (Flood)appalachianins.com
- Carrier relationship: Erie Insuranceappalachianins.com
- Carrier relationship: Progressive Insuranceappalachianins.com
- Carrier relationship: Dairylandappalachianins.com
- Erie Glass (EIG)appalachianins.com
Serves more than one state or a wide region+10 pts
- West Virginia and Virginiaappalachianins.com
Several documented lines of business (supporting)+10 pts
- Lines of business: We are a multi-line agency providing life, health, flood, home, automobile, boat, and business insuraappalachianins.com
- Auto, Business, Flood, Homeowners/Mobile Home, Life, Boatappalachianins.com
- life, health, flood, home, automobile, boat, and business insuranceappalachianins.com

Total: 35 points → Agency Match score 35/100, rated Medium (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 12 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Which partnerships the agency would welcome; Carrier appointments not published online.

Record & channel

License recordPublicly sourced

West Virginia resident business-entity license #100113213 (NPN 3007398), licensed at Beckley, WV

sbs.naic.org

ChannelPublicly sourced

Independent agency

“Claims: American Bankers (Flood) ... Erie Insurance ... Progressive Insurance ... Dairyland”

Appalachian Insurance Agency

Agency Match assessments

Looking to Buy

Open to Selling

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Business Partnerships

Record & channel

Locations & footprint

Highlights

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Names & entities

Facts from published sources (29 verified)