Created in 2002 by Montgomery businessmen Grant Sullivan and Jerry Wills, The Public Safety Insurance Fund (PSIF) was the first program of its kind in the nation. The two men persuaded various Montgomery businesses to join forces in providing free life and accidental death insurance policies for all active duty officers with the Montgomery Fire Department, the Montgomery Police Department and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department. The fund now covers these groups:
- Montgomery Fire Fighters;
- Montgomery Police;
- Montgomery County Sheriffs;
- Montgomery District Attorneys;
- Montgomery City Jailers;
- Wetumpka Police;
- Elmore County Sheriffs;
- Autauga County Sheriffs';
- Prattville Police;
- Prattville Fire Fighters;
- Alabama State Troopers.
There are currently over 150 sponsors of the PSIF. The one-year insurance policies, which are renewed annually, carry up to $60,000 in benefits ($10,000 life insurance and $50,000 accidental death) for every full-time active duty officer of Montgomery's public safety departments and Alabama's highway patrol officers. The policies are paid for with cash donations, with no cost to Montgomery police officers, firefighters, deputies, highway patrol officers, their families or taxpayers. AIG, Reliance Standard and Palomar Insurance served as the insurance brokers on these policies.
The Montgomery fund also triggered the creation of similar funds in Prattville and Selma paid for by businesses in those communities. In addition to the benefits paid to Deputy Boyd's family, the families of a firefighter from Montgomery and an Autauga County Sheriff's Department employee have been awarded benefits from the funds.
According to Grant Sullivan, "We're encouraged by the support the business community has shown to the Public Safety Insurance Fund and we've been able to grow the program a little each year. This is just a small way for us to show our gratitude to the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect and serve us."
If businesses, companies or organizations would like to join and contribute for the coming year, contact Grant Sullivan at 224-1560, Jerry Wills at 224-2090 or Sullivan & Wills at 396-3333. PSIF Public Safety Insurance Fund
The below sponsors contributed to the purchase of the following for every full-time, active duty firefighter, police officer and sheriff's deputy in Montgomery County as well as full-time, on-the-road Alabama State Troopers: 1. A $10,000 Life Insurance Policy due to death for any reason at any time. 2. A $50,000 Accidental Death Policy due to death in an accident, not in the line of duty.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY INSURANCE FUND
The below sponsors contributed to the purchase of the following:
1. A $10,000 Life Insurance Policy due to death for any reason at any time.
2. A $50,000 Accidental Death Policy due to death in an accident, not in the line of duty.
AFLAC City of Prattville
A M Britton Foundation
Alabama Power Company
Alabama
Sheriffs Association
Alabama
State Troopers
Association
Alliance Insurance Group, LLC
APB Consulting
Aronov New Homes, Inc.
Attorney General Luther Strange
Attorney J. Knox Argo
Attorney Matthew Bruce Alfreds
Attorney Nicholas Cole Hughes
Attorney Troy King
Autauga County
Commissions
Automobile Dealers Association of AL
Barry & Kristen Barr
Beasley Allen Methvin Portis & Miles
Bennett Law Firm
Beth Chapman Sec. of State
Bluewater Broadcasting
Bobby Bright
Brewbaker Motors
Calhoun Enterprises
Capitol Container, Inc.
Cardiology Associates
Central AL Electric Cooperative Prattville
Chappy's Deli
Charles & Nancy Snider
Charles
Jinright City
Council
Charles
Smith City
Council
Chief Celia Dixon Wetumpka Police Department
Chief John McKee, Jr.
Chief John Wilson
Chief Kevin Murphy, Montgomery Police Department
Chief Miford Jordan Montgomery Fire Department
Chief Terry Brown Prattville
Fire Department
Chief Tim Huggins Prattville Police Department
Coach Bobby Bowden
Coach Gene Chizik
Coach Gene Stallings
Coach Pat Dye
Coach Tommy Tuberville
Coach Vince Dooley
Colonel Hugh McCall, Alabama
Dept. of Public Safety
Comala Credit Union
Commercial Properties, Inc.
Construction Materials
Craftsmaster Printers, Inc.
Cumulus Broadcasting
Danny Clements Builder, Inc.
David and Barbara Grimes
Dick Brewbaker Senator
Director Chris Murphy, Alabama Dept. of Public Safety
DISCORP
District Attorney Ellen Brooks
Doug's 2 Salon-Spa
Dr. Marla H. Wohlman
Dr. Melanie Halvorson
Dr. Wynne Crawford
Edwards Plumbing
F&E Sportswear
Farmers Market Café
Residential Mortgage
Filet & Vine
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #11
Gardner
Carpet & Decorating
Giles Management
GKN Westland Aerospace, Inc.
Goodwyn Mills & Cawood, Inc.
Gulf States Distributors, Inc.
Harley Davidson of Montgomery
Haynes Ambulance
Hugh Cole Builder, Inc.
Hyundai Motor Mfg/Alabama
Industrial Development Board
Information Transport Solutions, Inc. Wetumpka
Ingram Construction
Jack Ingram Motors Inc.
Jackson
Hospital
Jim & Sarah Spear
Jim Wilson & Associates
Joe Hubbard House of Representatives
Joe Hudson's Collision
Center
John Ed Mathison
John Stanley
Jon
Dow City
Council
Judge Jimmy B. Pool
Judy Tanner
Kathy Faulk
Kay Ivey Lt. Governor
KeyImpact Sales & Systems, Inc.
Kyser Property Management
Larry Puckett Chevrolet
Lee Helms Associates, LLC
Leigh Anne Nevins, DMD
Lowder New Homes
Marie Smith
Matrix
Mayor Bill Gillespie
City of Prattville
Mayor Jerry Willis, City of Wetumpka
McCrory Distributing
Merrill Lynch
Midstate Advertising
Miller Development Group
Montgomery
Area Association of Realtors
Montgomery
Area Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Biscuits
Montgomery
Denistry
Montgomery
Eye Care Associates
Montgomery
Eye Physicians
Montgomery
Fire/Rescue
Montgomery
Independent
Montgomery
Otolaryngoly
Mount
Scrap Material
P.C.I. Gaming Wetumpka
Palomar Insurance Corp.
Paul Robertson Photography, Inc.
PowerSouth Energy
Prattville
Lion's Club
Prattville
Progress
Prattville
Service League
R&R Supply Company, Inc.
Randy Parker & Family
Rebel Pest Control
Reed
Ingram County
Commissioner
Reid & O'Donahue
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa
Residential Mortgage
Rite-Way Service, Inc.
River Bank & Trust
River Region Facial Plastics
River Region Magazine
Riverside Chevrolet Wetumpka
Rock Springs Land & Timber Co. Inc.
Ron Sparks, Director of AL Rural Dev.
Sabel Steel
ServisFirst Bank
Sheriff Bill Franklin Wetumpka
Sheriff D.T. Marshall OR Sheriff Derrick Cunningham
Sheriff Herbie Johnson
Autauga County
Prattville
Sinclairs/Montgomery Catering
Smith Farms & Forest
Stephen & Jean Schloss
Stonehenge
Sullivan & Wills Real Estate
TCU Consulting, LLC
Tenaska Prattville
The Long Run Press Wetumpka
Todd Strange Mayor Montgomery
Tom & Lyn Cawthon
Turner and Eaves Insurance Agency
Turner Insurance & Bonding
Universal Turbine Parts
W K Upchurch Construction Co., Inc.
WAKA
Warren Averrette CPA's
WCOV
Wetumpka Herald
WNCF
WSFA
Young Boozer, State of AL Treasurer
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