Western National Insurance Group recently announced that Burnsville-based Kraus-Anderson Insurance has been named Western National Insurance Group’s 2016 Central Region Commercial Lines Agency of the Year.

Western National Insurance Group’s Commercial Lines Agency of the Year award is presented annually to recognize the agency that has demonstrated the most outstanding performance, growth, and partnership in those lines of business over the past year. To be eligible for the award, an agency must also demonstrate that they meet high standards of professional excellence and integrity.

In addition, Western National Insurance Group announced that Kraus-Anderson Insurance has also been named to its list of 2016 Circle of Excellence Agency Partners, recognizing the agency’s longer-term success and partnership with Western National Insurance Group. Kraus-Anderson Insurance’s inclusion on this list reflects the agency’s place among the 90^th percentile of all Western National Insurance Group agency partners for overall performance, growth, and partnership over the past six years (2010 – 2015).

Western National Insurance Group, headquartered in Edina, Minn., is a super-regional group of seven active property-and-casualty insurance companies. The Group insures personal and business coverages plus surety in 19 states across the Midwestern, Northwestern, and Southwestern U.S.; and surety-only in another 7 states. The Group distributes its products exclusively through Independent Insurance Agents.