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By Leah Sander
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WARSAW — Community Insurance Partners is a totally female-run insurance agency based in Warsaw.

The Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce had a ribbon-cutting for the company, located at 525 E. Center St., on Friday, Oct. 18.

Gina Cesaretti is the owner and serves as president, with eight women working underneath her.

Cesaretti previously worked for Clevenger Insurance Agency for 17 years, having a share in ownership in it for seven years. She officially purchased the business a few months ago.

“To honor and respect the legacy of Clevenger Insurance Agency (and) to move forward, we wanted to rebrand and execute on a new vision,” she said of the name change.

Community Insurance Partners focuses on “group health insurance, employee benefits and life insurance,” said Insurance Agent Jessica Shilling. “We also do commercial insurance, so it can be anywhere from a small business with just one or two employees (to) a large corporation.”

The company also handles home and auto, watercraft and jewelry policies, she said.

Community Insurance Partners is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to noon Fridays.

People need to set up appointments for consultations, which they may do by stopping in during the above hours or calling or texting (574) 267-2181. People may also book appointments on the company’s website cinspartners.com.

Cesaretti noted the appointments “allow us to offer clients a much more enhanced claim experience, one on one.”

She said the company is focused on helping the community. Community Insurance Partners presented $1,500 to an area nonprofit, who wished to remain anonymous, during its ribbon-cutting and grand reopening event on Friday.

“Our community is not just our clients. It’s the businesses we work with, the clients we work with. It’s layered all over and we feel like part of our mission is to give back to the community that we live, work and play in,” said Cesaretti.