FNBB launches insurance agency

Baton Rouge-based First National Bankers Bankshares Inc. has launched the FNBB Insurance Agency, an in-house insurance arm to offer policies to the financial institutions it serves. FNBB brought senior vice president Delvan Irwin on board two weeks ago to spearhead the agency, which will offer directors and officers liability, financial institution bond, property and casualty, mortgage impairment programs and lenders single interest among others. “FNBB wanted to create and staff an agency that that would match the services already offered to its member banks,” Irwin says. Based in Ridgeland, Miss., the insurance agency will serve all banks within FNBB’s four-state footprint as well as outside financial institutions, Irwin says. “There’s an insurance agency on every street corner,” Irwin says. “What makes this agency special is that none of those agencies can sit down with you and explain the different exposures a bank has that everyone else doesn’t.” Irwin’s goal is to be a leader in providing insurance to financial institutions that may or may not be FNBB member banks. First National Bankers Bankshares Inc. is the parent company for First National Bankers Bank in Baton Rouge, Mississippi National Banker’s Bank in Ridgeland, Miss., First National Bankers Bank, Alabama in Birmingham, Ala., and Arkansas Bankers Bank in Little Rock, Ark.—Emma James