Southland Conference Partners with Insurance Office of America
FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference is proud to announce Insurance Office of America, a full-service insurance agency founded in 1988 and one of the fastest-growing independent agencies in the United States, is the Preferred Insurance Partner of Southland Conference.
This partnership was negotiated by Van Wagner who manages the Southland Conference’s sponsorship and marketing partners program.
“The Southland Conference welcomes this terrific partnership with Insurance Office of America, and we look forward to the company’s valuable support of our membership and student-athletes,” Southland Commissioner Tom Burnett said.
Insurance Office of America joins the Southland’s
partnership line-up, which includes Hercules Tires, Jostens, Levy Recognition, and Ready Nutrition.
“IOA has rich experience in working with sports organizations and supporting those that understand striving for excellence and best-in-class performance. That’s why we are excited to partner with the Southland Conference,” said IOA Co-founder John Ritenour. “Our missions are in alignment, and it’s an honor to join with this prestigious organization, which is a pillar of Division I athletics.”
ABOUT INSURANCE OFFICE OF AMERICA
Insurance Office of America (IOA) is a full-service insurance agency founded in 1988 by John Ritenour and Valli Ritenour. Today, IOA is led by Chairman and CEO Heath Ritenour, and it is one of the fastest-growing independent agencies in the United States. IOA is ranked 13th on
Insurance Journal’s 2020 Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies report and 25th on
Business Insurance’s 2020 100 Largest Brokers of U.S. Business list. IOA was named a
National Underwriter Agency of the Year in 2018. Headquartered in Longwood, Florida, part of the greater Orlando community, IOA has more than 1,200 associates located in over 60 offices in the U.S. and London. For additional information or details please reference
https://www.ioausa.com/
ABOUT THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
Founded in 1963, the Southland Conference sponsors 19 NCAA Division I sports, including FCS football, and serves more than 4,200 student-athletes at its 13 member institutions in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. The membership of the Southland encompasses nearly 140,000 current students and an alumni base of over 800,000. The collective group of athletic programs serves a local population base of nearly 14 million people, and the league boasts six television markets in the Top 100 of the U.S., including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, New Orleans and Little Rock. The Southland Conference is located in Frisco, Texas, one of America’s fastest-growing cities and recently named by Money Magazine as the No. 1 Place to Live in the U.S. Sports organizations affiliated with the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer are also headquartered in Frisco. Each January, the Southland annually serves as the host conference for the NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.
ABOUT VAN WAGNER
Van Wagner is a wholly owned subsidiary of Van Wagner Group LLC that creates, advises, and sells on behalf of world-class teams, leagues, brands, properties, and colleges. An innovator in the sports and media business, Van Wagner is a global leader in high-impact broadcast visible signage throughout the MLB, NBA, NCAA, and the highest levels of international soccer, sponsorships sales, premium ticketing, college multi-media rights, and in-venue content production at the world’s biggest sporting events.
www.vanwagner.com.
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