The Wellington Chamber of Commerce Welcomes
Horace Mann Insurance – Educators Premier Insurance
As A New Member
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce recently had a Ribbon Cutting 
Ceremony for Horace Mann Insurance – Educators Premier Insurance located at 12230 W. Forest Hill Boulevard, Suite 103, Wellington Florida. Donna Peterich is the Manager of the office. If you are a person receiving a paycheck from any school system, you will want to speak with Peterich regarding discounts you will receive in your insurance policies through her company.
Peterich was born and raised in Lakeland, Florida and she moved to Wellington in 1998. Her education includes a B.A. in Marketing from Auburn University and she played on the tennis team. After her graduation, Peterich went straight into the insurance business. “My dad was in the insurance business.” she explained with a smile.
Horace Mann Insurance was created for educators’ insurance needs in 1945. The company is based out of Springfield Illinois and currently has 800 agents nationwide with five agents in Palm Beach County. The company is named after Horace Mann who was a big voice and strong advocate of the creation of public schools in the mid 1800’s. He pushed for both school buildings and trained, professional teachers to educate and discipline unruly children in order to turn them into judicious republican citizens. Modernizers and the Whig Party approved this idea at the time.
Horace Mann was a politician and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts State Board of Representatives, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Historians refer to Horace Mann as “Father of the Common School Movement.”
Peterich said that educators are her niche market. Her company provides educators home, auto, and life insurance plus annuities. She is also an independent agent so she writes policies through other companies to non-educators for home and auto insurance as well.
When asked to describe her company, Peterich said, “Number one, I have two gals working for me and we’re a great team. Christine is a wealth of knowledge. We offer great customer service. We go out of our way to explain coverages and to help customers whether they are going to come to us or not.”
“Regarding the homeowner’s market, if we can’t help them, we’ll educate them regarding how to keep their rates down with their current company. We have a lot of expertise behind us.”
” As far as educators go, we have excellent discounts for teachers that no other company can provide. We have a lot of benefits on the school premises as far as theft and vandalism, reducing deductibles, and things like that for educators. We have special life insurance rates for educators as well. That’s still our main focus.”
Peterich added that Horace Mann Insurance – Educators Premier Insurance is busy helping out in the community. “We provide defensive driving course for AARP so those people can get discounts on auto insurance whether they are with us on not. We offer those classes right here at Lake Wellington Professional Centre.” Their staff also volunteers at schools reading to children. Petrich said, “We want to partner with and help the schools.”
For more information about Horace Mann Insurance – Educators Premier Insurance call 561.214.6164. The email is donnapeterich@horacemann.com and you can visit them at www.horacemann.com. For more information about businesses in the Wellington Florida area, call 561.792.6525 or visit the NEW Wellington Chamber of Commerce website at www.WellingtonChamber.com.
Pictured L-R: Denise Carpenter, Barbara Nola, Mark “Boz” Bozicevic, Cristine Clements, Donna Peterich, Jeanie Doriot, Dale Grimm, Carmine Marino.