AFLAC, a Fortune 500 company providing financial protection to more than 50 million people worldwide, announced it will relocate its existing West Chester office to a 2,850 square-foot Class A space at 9078 Union Centre Boulevard in Schumacher Dugan’s Union Centre Office Park (downtown).  AFLAC pays cash benefits fairly, promptly and directly to its insured.  For nearly six decades, AFLAC’s voluntary insurance policies have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress.  www.aflac.com    

Email mbecknell@allstate.com for additional information.

Edward Jones, providing financial services for individual investors in the United States and Canada, opened a 1,270 square-foot office at 9393 Cincinnati-Columbus Road/SR42.  Every aspect of the firm’s business is designed to cater to individual investors in the communities in which they live and work.  Financial Advisor, Phil Gatch, visits West Chester/Pisgah community members personally via his Segway.  Edward Jones serves nearly 7 million investors through more than 12,000 financial advisors in the United States and Canada.  www.edwardjones.com

Rob Auriana, Financial Advisor

rob.auriana@edwardjones.com

gage.hemmelgarn@edwardjones.com

Farmers Insurance, one of the country’s largest insurers of vehicles, homes and small businesses, relocated its existing West Chester operations to a 2,800 square-foot office at 7334 Tylers Corner Drive off Tylersville Road (Uptown). Farmers Insurance provides a wide range of insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 19 million individual policies across all 50 states.  www.farmers.com  

Gary Howard, CPA/Money Concepts, a licensed Investor Advisor Representative (IAR), financial planner, and Certified Public Accountant, opened a 1,491 square-foot office at 8240 Beckett Park Drive (Beckett).  www.moneyconcepts.com/ghoward

Insurance Associates Agency Inc. is an Ohio licensed insurance agency specializing in most lines of personal and business insurance.  The agency is licensed in Michigan and Ohio and Terry McCarthy is licensed in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.  Visit www.insursmart.com for more information or contact Terry McCarthy at tamccarthy@insursmart.com or 513-779-7920.

With a history that dates back over 100 years, the Transamerica companies are recognized as leading providers of life insurance, savings and retirement and investment solutions, serving millions of customers throughout the United States and Canada.

Transamerica works to Transform Tomorrow® for those who entrust its dedicated professionals with their financial needs, helping them take the necessary steps to achieve their long-term goals and aspirations. Transamerica’s 10,000 employees serve nearly every customer segment, providing a broad range of quality life insurance and savings products, individual and group pension plans, as well as asset management services. In 2013, Transamerica fulfilled its promises to customers, paying over $6.5 billion in benefit claims, including return of premiums paid.

Transamerica’s corporate headquarters are based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Baltimore, Maryland. Transamerica is a member of the Aegon group of companies. Aegon is one of the world’s largest life insurance, pension and asset management groups, operating in over 25 markets worldwide with some 26,000 employees. For the full year 2013, Aegon managed €475 billion in revenue generating investments.

The reference to Transamerica and Aegon relates to affiliated operating companies.

9135 Cox Road

7390 Tylersville Road

7797 Tylers Place Blvd.

VanWeelden Financial Group, an independent financial services firm, relocated and expanded its existing West Chester operations to a 2,113 square-foot building at 8905 Cincinnati-Dayton Road in Olde West Chester. VanWeelden Financial Group focuses on delivering truly comprehensive planning and wealth management for individual and families at or nearing retirement.  www.vanweeldenwealth.com