About Us
We’re a family-run crop insurance agency with deep roots in North Carolina farming. The business started in the 1950s, right here in Eastern North Carolina, and has grown steadily ever since. Today, we continue to work directly with farmers — across our home state and beyond — providing clear guidance and personal service when it matters most.
For us, crop insurance isn’t just a product — it’s a relationship built on trust. Our team includes former teachers, coaches, farmers, and public servants, all working with one goal in mind: to support the people who feed our communities. We know the land, we know the work, and we’re here when farmers need someone who speaks their language.
Our Story
Generations of service

Our Mission
We exist to support farm families with honest service, simple conversations, and insurance that’s built around how they actually work the land.
What Makes Us Different
A team farmers can count on
We come to you — visiting farms in person to talk through policies face-to-face.
We focus only on crop insurance, so every conversation is about what works best for your operation.
With four generations behind us, we’re proud to still be answering our own phones and calling folks by name.
Our map books are free, detailed, and built to help with planning and decision-making.
The People Behind the Work
Real folks who live & work in farm country
Van Alphin
Hobbies: Reading, College Sports
Something Unique: Member of the State Champion Basketball Team at North Duplin High School
Susan Alphin
Hobbies: Math
Something Unique: Enjoys Disneyworld and taught school
Kristin Alphin
Hobby: Going to the beach
Something Unique: Is the 4th generation of Alphin Insurance
John Avent
​Hobbies: Being outside with family
Something Unique: Played baseball at UNCW and coaches high school football
Susan Avent
Hobby: Cooking and spending time with family and friends
Something Unique: Susan is a servant, always putting others first
Rory Wood, Sr.
Hobbies: Golf, fishing, hunting
Something Unique: Can relate to farmers, he has been in their shoes
Tanya Grady
Hobbies: Reading, outside activities
Something Unique: Tanya has traveled to twelve countries in Europe, Asia, and Central America
Meredith McClenny
Hobby: Working in yard.
Something Unique: Meredith grew up on a farm and spent many days in tobacco fields and doing other tasks around the farm. Since her husband is a farmer, they have a great understanding of farm life and all the challenges it brings.
Katie Wood
Hobby: Cooking, entertaining, fishing
Something Unique: Loves challenges and helping others
Kane Alphin
Hobbies: Hunting, Fishing, Trail Riding
Something Unique: Has worked in agriculture his entire career
Jamie Scarboro
Hobbies: Sewing
Something Unique: Jamie says, “I have worked in a man’s world with both
of my jobs
Emma Haze Avent
Hobby: enjoys spending time with family and friends
Something Unique: the youngest female agent to work at Alphin Insurance.
Jimmy Jones
Hobbies: Cooking, Gardening
Something Unique: Man of few words, but full of wisdom
Brian Wood
Hobbies: Reading, Staying on top of trends in the cotton industry, Walking
Something Unique: Tries to read at least one book per week each year.
Dana Turnage
Hobbies: Cooking, fishing, boat riding, and going to the beach.
Something Unique: Dana had zero farming or agriculture experience when she started with AIA.