About IFG Idaho
Our mission is to provide unparalleled support to our agents and brokers and superior customer service to our clients through our agent-centric and client-centric approach to insurance. We have a set of core values that manifest themselves in the manner we conduct business.
We are an agency partner with Innovative Financial Group (teamifg.com) that is based out of North Carolina. We have the resources to provide you with the best coverage in the industry.
Our Team
Agency partners of Innovative Financial Group in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Vance Mitchell, Co-Owner
The Fishing Insurance Agent
Vance has been an entrepreneur and businessowner for the majority of his life. He owned a chemical company after producing a cleaning product known in most businesses and homes. He served in the Air Force which brought him to Idaho in 1993. After graduating from Boise State University in 2003 with his degree in Fire Science he worked as a Paramedic and Fireman in Idaho while teaching various classes in this field at BSU.
Vance has worked in the financial/insurance field for the past 18 years. He worked with Legal Shield for 12 years with many businessowners in the Idaho and Utah area. He then moved into insurance where he works now with Mortgage Protection, Final Expense and is an expert with Retirement and Fixed Index Annuity strategy.
Vance is also an avid Bass Fisherman and competes in many of the local Idaho bass fishing groups. When Vance is not working he can usually be found on Lake Lowell looking for that big catch.
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Tina Smith Slokan, Co-Owner
Tina started in working in an insurance office during her senior year of high school as a requirement of her business major. She continued working in insurance while she attended college and obtained her Property & Casualty license in 1990.
She was Life & Health licensed in 2009 and obtained her CISR Designation shortly thereafter. She also worked as a Commercial Renewal Underwriter for a large surplus broker owned by Brown & Brown. She has commercial clients she continues to work with; yet, she has been more focused on working with Mortgage Protection, Final Expense Life insurance as well as Annuities for the past 7 years. She is also Medicare certified and is dedicated to helping seniors navigate the confusing world of Medicare.
With almost 34 years of experience she is an asset to have on our team as she works alongside Vance, as his partner, to run the company.