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          <h2 class="hdr-date-cool" width="100%">Wednesday, 29 November 2006</h2>
                
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		<span class="item_body">Congratulations to Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Company on their A- (Excellent) rating from AM Best Company.  Maple Valley is also in the top 15 insurers of Farmowners in Wisconsin.  What this means to our clients is that Maple Valley is a company you can have confidence in that they are in a good position to survive even severe losses if they should arise and still be around to honor your policy.  </span></p>
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			<td nowrap=true><em>Philip J Schmitz, CIC @ 20:13 PM</em></td>
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        <dd class="profile-data"><strong>Name:</strong> Philip J Schmitz, CIC</dd>
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      <p class="profile-textblock">Philip J Schmitz, CIC is the owner of Schmitz Insurance, LLC.  He represents the third generation of Schmitz in the Insurance business which was started in the 1930's by his grandfather George Schmitz, Sr. and grown significantly by his father A.F. "Bud" Schmitz.  Phil is a graduate of Southern Door High School, The University of Wisconsin Green Bay (Marketing and Finance) and is a Certified Insurance Counselor for over 25 years.

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