December 2016 | Business View Magazine

52 53 COLONIAL LIFE: A BRAND PROMISE For more than 75 years, Colonial Life & Accident Insur- ance Company has had one mission: to help America’s workers preserve and protect the vitally important things they work so hard to build. Headquartered in South Carolina, Colonial Life offers a wide range of financial protection options, such as whole/ univer- sal life, short-term disability, accident, cancer and hospital indemnity insurance sales, that help more than 3.5 million people in 85,000 companies across the country. With more than 10,000 sales representatives and more than 1,000 home office professionals, we’re here to help during life’s most challenging times. In order to better understand what options best fit the employee’s needs, most of our benefit enrollments occur during a face-to- face meeting between the employee and a professional benefits counselor. In addition to personal benefits counseling expertise, we’re a pioneer of payroll deduction and innovator of enrollment technology. Our end-to-end capabilities and commitment to going above and beyond enable us to provide unmatched customer service. Thousands of businesses have chosen us for simple, quality insurance to protect their employees. We honor that trust by leveraging our experience and dedication to provide America’s workers with the benefits they need to protect their lifestyles and their families. COLONIALLIFE.COM large employer is one of the nation’s larg- est violin manufacturers, called the Howard Core Company. There’s also an auto parts manufacturer there -International Automo- tive Components; Alabama Gas Company is out there; and there’s a sporting goods company—Creedmoor Sports—that moved here from California to the old Fort McClel- lan a few years ago. And there are plenty of other, smaller businesses out there, too.” Davis says that residential development has also been successful. “In the process of redeveloping Fort McClellan, nearly 200 buildings have been taken down, but most of the old residen- tial areas were preserved and the private sector came in and renovated those housing areas and they’re fully occupied,” he reports. “It’s a beautiful area. Some of the old homes date back more than 60 years. It’s in the foothills of the south- ern Appalachian Mountains and they’ve done a good job of attracting residents, there.” Other parts of the base have been designated for industry. “They’ve recently completed work on a new industrial park,” Davis says. “They have a few residents already and they have parcels anywhere from about 10 acres up to about 100 acres that are available, pretty much shovel-ready for development, with infrastructure and utilities in place.” In addition, a big por- tion of the base has been taken over by the Alabama National Guard for a training center, and some 9,000 acres were trans- ferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge. The repurposing of yet another aspect of the area’s infrastructure has become an additional “great gift” to the city, according to Davis, and, indeed, has helped transform Anniston into what he now calls a “bike mecca.” “Back in the 1900s, there was an abandoned rail line; it was an old passenger rail line that ran between Anniston, Ala- bama and Atlanta, Georgia,” he begins. “And the right-of-way became available. It was the old Silver Comet passenger line. Here in Alabama, it’s called the Chief Ladiga Trail. There was a joint effort between Georgia and Alabama, in cooperation at a glanCe anniSton, al WHAT: A city of 23,000 WHERE: East central Alabama, between Birmingham and Atlanta, GA oNLINE: www.annistonal.gov ANNISTON, ALABAMA We continue to keep that promise. Just ask the 85,000 businesses and organizations we help every day through: n End-to-end service Need enrollment assistance?Want to reduce administrative burden? We can help every step of the way. n Money-saving strategies We’re constantly thinking about ways to save youmoney. Sound familiar? n Personalized benefits counseling Wemeet 1-to-1 to help everybody get the benefits that are best for them. Which is also best for you. n Education and communication We helpmake sure everybody knows how tomake themost of their benefits. That’s a benefit in itself. n Fast and easy claims process When people need us most, we’re at our best. Isn’t that what benefits are really all about? n Good hard work We believe in the benefits of good hard work. Just like you. ©2016ColonialLife&Accident InsuranceCompany,Columbia,SC | ColonialLife insuranceproductsareunderwritten byColonialLife&Accident InsuranceCompany,forwhichColonialLife isthemarketingbrand. 4-16 | NS-15102 An ongoing promise More than 75 years ago, wemade a promise to America’sworkers—to help preserve and protect the vitally important things theywork so hard to build. ColonialLife.com DISABILITY n ACCIDENT n LIFE n DENTAL CRITICAL ILLNESS n HOSPITAL INDEMNITY