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title: Rathbun Insurance Blog Posts from 2017
description: Blog posts published by Rathbun Insurance in 2017
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# ARTICLES FROM 2017

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[**May Quotes for a Cause - Arts Council of Greater Lansing** — We are excited to run a monthly Quotes for a Cause campaign. Each month, our agency will be donating $5 per new business quote to a nonprofit or charitable organization, regardless of whether or not the policy is actually purchased! — For the month of May, we partnered with the Arts Council of… — Jun 8, 2017](/blog/2017/may-quotes-for-a-cause-arts-council-of-greater-lansing)

[**Congrats Cheryl!** — Commercial Customer Service Representative Cheryl Grimes was Acuity Insurance Mercantile Writer of the Month back in April! Congratulations and thank you for all you do, Cheryl! — Jun 8, 2017](/blog/2017/independent-agents-on-the-hill)

[**Building Tomorrow's Leaders** — Third and final time this year we've had to be hoisted up by the Business and Risk Management students from the Capital Area Career Center. We are thankful to Monique Colizzi for their partnership and presenting agent Ben Rathbun with a Students' Inspiration Award at their graduation ceremony at… — May 25, 2017](/blog/2017/building-tomorrows-leaders)

[**Independent Agents Take on Reform** — Agents Ben Rathbun and David Finkbeiner headed downtown to the Capitol in Lansing to lobby on behalf of independent agents for no-fault auto insurance reform. — Pictured: Agent Ben Rathbun, Representative Andy Schor, Agent Dave Finkbeiner — Pictured: Agent David Finkbeiner, Senator Rick Jones,… — May 17, 2017](/blog/2017/independent-agents-take-on-reform)

[**Throwback to 1924!** — Time for a #ThrowbackThursday! Customer Service Representative Mary LeZotte did some homework on the history of our building with the help of the Capital Area District Libraries. Our building was built in 1924 by Charles E. Claflin, who worked for Consumers Power. After building at 529 W. Saginaw,… — May 11, 2017](/blog/2017/throwback-to-1924)

[**April Quotes for a Cause - Allen Neighborhood Center** — We are excited to run a monthly Quotes for a Cause campaign. Each month, our agency will be donating $5 per new business quote to a nonprofit or charitable organization, regardless of whether or not the policy is actually purchased! — For the month of April, we partnered with Allen Neighborhood… — May 10, 2017](/blog/2017/april-quotes-for-a-cause-allen-neighborhood-center)

[**Michigan Independent Agents take on The Hill** — We hit The Hill in Washington D.C. last month to advocate on behalf of independent insurance agents at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Legislative Conference. This year's lobbying efforts focused on a reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program as well as… — May 8, 2017](/blog/2017/michigan-independent-agents-take-on-the-hill)

[**Thanks Iron on the Move!** — A big thank you to Iron on the Move for making us a scrap version of our logo to hang in our conference room! If anyone is interested in having their logo "scrapified," we would highly recommend Bob Welton. Check him out at irononthemove.com! — — Pictured: Artist Bob Welton, Agents Ben Rathbun,… — Apr 20, 2017](/blog/2017/thanks-iron-on-the-move)

[**Introducing HabiKids!** — The Capital Region Habitat Young Professionals launched HabiKids over the weekend, a monthly program for elementary-aged kids to get involved through educational opportunities and hands-on building. — — Apr 17, 2017](/blog/2017/introducing-habikids)

[**March Quotes for a Cause - Lansing Promise** — We are excited to run a monthly Quotes for a Cause campaign. Each month, our agency will be donating $5 per new business quote to a nonprofit or charitable organization, regardless of whether or not the policy is actually purchased! — For the month of March, we partnered with Lansing Promise for… — Apr 10, 2017](/blog/2017/march-quotes-for-a-cause-lansing-promise)

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