President
The Iroquois Group
Appearing for the third time on IBA’s Elite Women list, Laurie Branch is president of The Iroquois Group, one of the nation’s oldest and largest networks of independent P&C insurance agencies. After spending four years working in brand management for Procter & Gamble, Branch joined The Iroquois Group in 1984. Since that time, the network has grown tremendously, increasing from 50 member agencies in two states to 2,449 member agencies in 41 states as of May 2017.
Aside from managing Iroquois, Branch is very active in local education. For the past decade, she has been a member of the Olean School Board of Education and a trustee on the board at St. Bonaventure University, where she is also an adjunct professor in the School of Business and finance department. In 2009, Governor David Paterson named her New York State’s Woman of Excellence in Business. In 2011, the National Federation for Just Communities honored her with its Community Leader Award.
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