What an amazing year 2010 was!
We started with an uncertain economy and it ended with a great recovery amidst the concerns with health care reform, high unemployment, and a stumbling real estate market. When it is all said and done, it is the consumer that drives the market and I believe that the American consumer has more confidence than it did a year ago.
As I indicated in the Executive Corner – Close Out of 2009, we added our Property and Casualty Division. Valley Financial Corporation is proud to announce that we helped over 250 clients lower their auto, homeowners, and business insurance rates. In a time when every penny counts, we are excited to help alleviate some of the monthly expenses for our clients. We are looking to help even more Americans in this coming year. Life insurance and guaranteed retirement income products have also remained strong. The high unemployment rates have forced a lot of people to re-examine their insurance and retirement needs and to not solely rely on their job for what is essentially a privilege, not a right.
At the time of this Executive Summary, Valley Financial Corporation has also opened its third and fourth office in the US. We are excited to enter into the Atlanta, GA and New Orleans, LA markets. We have strong leadership in place to ensure the success of these two offices and we are looking for outstanding individuals to join our team. Our systems have been re-vamped for our agents to allow them to focus on what is important – our clients. With web-based platforms, our agents have 24 hour access to up to date client information so they can respond in a timely manner to any requests that may arise.
All in all, I am excited with what we have accomplished in 2010 and I am even more excited with what we have in store for 2011.
To our success,
Jeff Junior
President
Valley Financial Corporation