Team Member Level: Partners

More Than a Business

Get a taste of the Integrity life and discover the people who are making it great.

December 21, 2020

Jay Ebert

Jay Ebert is the Founder and President of Best Value Insurance Services and Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. At an early age, Jay secured and personally produced the first-ever Ken Griffey Jr. rookie baseball card set for the Seattle Mariners Organization. He also owned and operated a sports memorabilia shop and international distribution outlet..

November 10, 2020

Shane Van Loon

Shane Van Loon is the President and Owner of American Group Insurance Brokerage Services and a Managing Partner at Integrity. American Group Insurance was founded more than 35 years ago by Shane’s father, Howard Van Loon. After graduating from college, Shane joined the family business to establish their annuity and life insurance division. American Group..

October 28, 2020

Paul Rose

Paul Rose is CEO of Western Asset Protection and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. Paul began in the insurance business as a teenager, alongside his father and twin sister, Mari. Paul now leads Western Asset Protection with a very capable leadership team and incredible staff. Paul says excellence is emphasized in everything they..

Mel Rose

Mel Rose is Chairman of the Board of Western Asset Protection and a Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. After spending over 20 years as an ordained minister, Mel wanted to broaden the context of his service—expanding how he helped and inspired people. In 1998, he purchased what is now known as Western Asset Protection. Western..

October 20, 2020

Wes Fischer

Wes Fischer is the Founder and President of the Health Insurance Store (HIS) and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. With almost 30 years of experience in the health insurance industry, Wes is one of Florida’s leading experts in the field. At the Health Insurance Store, headquartered in Kissimmee, Florida, Wes leads the daily..

October 13, 2020

Sean Ruggiero

Sean Ruggiero is President of Advanced Market Sales and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. Sean’s focus is on helping consumers, agents and agencies with retirement readiness through the use of evolving Fixed Index Annuities. He provides his agents with expansive education, training and software to help them better serve Americans. His expertise includes..

October 6, 2020

Beverly Shackelford

Beverly is a Managing Partner of Integrity Marketing Group and Founder of Leads2Success, The Assurance Group’s affiliated lead generation company. Not long after giving birth to identical twin daughters, Brooke and Brittany, Beverly joined her husband, Ed Shackelford, in supporting the growth and expansion of their newly formed insurance agency. Beverly continues to be actively..

Ed Shackelford

Ed is a Managing Partner of Integrity Marketing Group and Founder of The Assurance Group. After spending seven years working long hours in North Carolina’s textile industry, Ed sought out a better future for his young family and secured his insurance license. Not long after, Ed founded Piedmont Brokerage which subsequently became The Assurance Group,..

September 21, 2020

Doug Price

Doug Price is President and CEO of Insurance Administrative Solutions and a Managing Partner at Integrity. Doug has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of the life and health insurance industry, serving in several capacities including actuarial consulting, administration and insurance company operations. After graduating high school, Doug entered the U.S. Army..

August 17, 2020

Alison Gilliam Harville

Alison is the Director of Marketing for Southern Insurance Group and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. She was born and raised in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. She attended Middle Tennessee State University where she received both Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees. Alison has worked at Southern throughout her career and..

Mark Gilliam

Mark is the President and CEO of Southern Insurance Group and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. He was raised in Centerville, Tennessee. He first entered the insurance industry in 1980 and by 1985 had earned a position as a regional sales director responsible for recruiting agents in multiple states. After building his team..

Emily Gilliam

Emily is CFO of Southern Insurance Group and a Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. She was born and raised in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. After moving to Nashville to work in finance, she met and married Mark Gilliam. They returned to her hometown of Lawrenceburg where they began their insurance business in 1981. During the last 40..