she’s not helping her customers or her community,
Ann leads a women’s Bible study, and plays the
organ at church. She likes to travel, too. She
recently took a Charles Stanley cruise to Alaska.
And she’s in Morgantown as often as possible, to
visit a new granddaughter.
don’t like to take ‘no’ for an answer, unless there’s
a good reason.” On this particular day, Farley is
working with customers worlds apart - from North
Carolina and Singapore - researching possible
answers to meet their insurance needs. “Isn’t that
cool?” said Ann.
Gore wants to continue to grow her agency, and
eventually pass it along to Benjy, whom she refers
to as ‘the young brain’. “It will be in even better
hands then than it is now.”
Farley’s personal goals are for he and his family
to continue to grow in their spiritual walk together.
And of course, he, too, wants to see the Gore
Agency continue to grow and help the community.
Benjy has taken Ann’s
place on the board of
directors of the Hinton Area
Foundation, and is excited
about the opportunities to
have an impact in the area.
He also serves on the local
library board, and is active
in his church. Farley also is a member of Summers
County Farm Bureau.
Nine years ago, Ann
hired Benjy Farley.
She seems almost beside
herself with her good
fortune, as she can’t say
enough positive things
about him.
‘‘
I have great people,
and that’s huge,”
Farley, a West Virginia Wesleyan College alum,
had a few stops along the way before he met Ann,
working in management and sales positions, some
of those outside of West Virginia. But a desire to
return to his roots and raise his children near family
brought about a career change.
It’s a decision he clearly is glad he made. Benjy
is obviously happy in his work, both professionally
and personally. “We’re all on the same page.
We think alike. Our ethics are
the same, so you don’t have to
worry about someone saying
something different than what you
would say to a customer.” He,
like Ann, is a people-person, and
loves the interaction.
Aside from spending time with family, Benjy likes
to hunt and fish. And like Ann, he too, loves to
travel and see more of the country.
Shared interests, shared ethics, shared goals all make for a harmonious atmosphere at the Gore
Agency. It’s a place where customers who want to
be treated right can’t go wrong.
Farley is the agency problemsolver, and enjoys the challenge
of taking a negative situation
and turning it into a positive for
his customers. While he admits
it’s not always possible to solve
a dilemma, Farley is particularly
good at the research necessary
to answer his customers’ needs.
“More often than not, we can
point them in the right direction. I
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