Community and industry affiliations
At Payne Financial Group we strive to work every day with the best employees and the best professionals in the business — and we also work each day to help make our local communities the best places to live, work and play.
As part of maintaining our expertise and professional growth, these are the professional industry groups our advisors are active members of:
- Assurex Global - www.assurexglobal.com
- Independent Insurance Agents - www.iiaa.com
- National Association of Surety Bond Producers - www.nasbp.org
- National Association of Insurance Women - www.naiw.org
- CPCU Society - www.cpcusociety.org
- CIC / CISR Society - www.scic.com
- Montana NAIFA - www.naifa.com
- The Sitkins 100 - www.sitkins.com
- National Association of Women in Construction - www.nawic.org
Being part of a local community means being involved, participating. These are some of the community and civic groups in which our company and our employees are actively involved:
- Billings, MT
- Boise, ID
- Bozeman, MT
- Butte, MT
- Great Falls, MT
- Helena, MT
- Kalispell, MT
- Missoula, MT
- Spokane, WA
In Billings, Montana
- American Cancer Society
- Big "1"
- Billings Food Bank
- Boy Scouts of America
- Boys & Girls Club
- Breakfast Exchange Club
- Chamber Of Commerce
- Chase Hawks Memorial Association
- Elks Lodge
- Home Builders Association
- Insurance Associates of Billings
- Knights of Columbus
- Masonic Lodges
- Montana Council on Economic Education
- Montana Roofers Association
- Optimists
- Rotary
- State University Billings College of Tech Booster Club
- United Blood Services
- United Way
- Women in Construction
In Bozeman, Montana
- Chamber of Commerce
- Gallatin Development Corporation
- TechRanch
In Butte, Montana
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Butte Amateur Hockey Assoc.
- Butte Central
- Butte Family YMCA
- Butte KIDS Committee
- Butte Kids Count Committee
- Butte Local Development Corp
- Butte Ski Club
- Crime Stoppers
- FAB 2001
- Folks Advancing Butte
- Lions Club
- Montana Tech
- Silver Bow Chamber of Commerce
- Southwest Montana Tech Network
- World Museum of Mining
In Great Falls, Montana
- 4 Seasons Sports Foundation
- Bobcat Club
- Easter Seals
- Great Falls Ad Club
- Great Falls Chamber of Commerce
- Great Falls Lions Club
- Ice Breaker Road Race
- Neighborworks
- Russell Art Museum
- United Way
In Helena, Montana
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Carroll College
- Diocese of Helena
- Eagle Mount
- East Helena Wrestling Club
- Florence Crittendon Home
- God's Love
- Helena Chamber of Commerce
- Holter Museum of Art
- Insurance Women of Helena
- Intermountain Children's Home
- Leadership Helena
- Leadership Montana
- Lion's Club
- Montana Business Assistance Connection
- Montana Club
- Rocky Mountain Development Corp.
- Saints Athletic Association
- Small Fry Football
- St. Peter's Hospital Foundation
- Westmont
In Kalispell, Montana
- Flathead Building Association
- Kalispel Chamber of Commerce
- Kalispel Regional Medical Center
In Missoula, Montana
- Big "1" Legislative Committee
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Camp Mak-A-Dream
- Chamber of Commerce
- Insurance Professionals of Missoula
- Kiwanis
- Missoula Area Technology Roundtable
- MONTEC, Montana Technology Enterprise Center
- Rotary, Youth Scholar Committee
- United Way
In Spokane, Washington
- Agros International
- All Saints School
- Associated Builders and Contractors
- Associated General Contractors
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boy Scouts of America
- Camp Reed
- Christian Youth Theater
- Construction Financial Management Assoc.
- Crimson Club - Whitworth College
- Friends of the Centennial Trail
- Gonzaga University Bulldog Club
- Greater Spokane, Inc.
- Hoopfest
- Inland NW Girl Scouts
- Lilac Blind
- Skils'kin
- Small Buisness Assoc.
- Spokane Club
- Spokane Insurance Assoc.
- Spokane Youth Soccer Assoc.
- YMCA
In Boise, Idaho
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boise Bicycle Project
- Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce
- Boise State University
- Boise Young Professionals
- Idaho Associated General Contractors - Associate Member
- Leadership Boise
- United Way of Treasure Valley
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