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LaManna uses education in insurance career
Penn State Berks alumna Britany LaManna, who earned a degree in communication arts and sciences in 2012, has parlayed the knowledge and skills she acquired at the college into a career in the insurance industry. She was recognized as a Rising Star in the field by Insurance Business America magazine in December 2022, and she was named to the Millionaires Club 2022 for The Loomis Co., where she has worked for the last 11 years. This award recognizes her success in producing more than $1 million in new property and casualty premiums.
LaManna began her career at The Loomis Co., a national insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Wyomissing, just a few weeks after her college graduation in 2012.
Photography contest
Lucas entered the photography contest at the suggestion of a friend. “Someone who knows that I do photography on the side sent me a link; otherwise I would have never known,” he said. “Coincidentally, I had walked the trail a few months before the contest and happened to get a lot of decent pictures. There was one that was different than what I normally do, and that picture came to mind. I never expected to win, but I thought I would enter the contest and see what happens.”
The winning shot was taken while Lucas was walking along the John P. Saylor frompg 1
Starting as an account executive in commercial property and casualty, LaManna rose to senior executive of strategic accounts in the same division.
Most recently, LaManna was recognized by Insurance Business America magazine in its yearly Rising Stars issue, which honored the top insurance professionals age 35 and under. The publication invited insurance professionals across the U.S. to nominate the most exceptional young talent for its annual Rising Star list. The final list of 59 Rising Stars was determined by a panel of industry leaders.
Trail, a 12-mile loop that takes him about nine hours to complete carrying only his camera equipment and water.
“I was walking the loop clockwise starting at the trailhead at the park picnicking area and happened to glance at some morning sunbeams coming through the trees to my left when I noticed the beam illuminating the bright green moss at the base of the decaying tree, along with the tiny orange mushrooms,” he recalled. “I had never seen those before. That’s what caught my eye when I was walking down the trail. When I walked over to them, I was going to take close-ups of the mushrooms, but when I backed away, (I decided to do) more of a wide angle shot.”
He said that his photo tells the story of the tree, which was once alive but now has been reclaimed by the forest. “I decided that I needed to try to tell the story of the once-magnificent tree being reclaimed by the forest floor with the young trees in the background looking on to portray the circle of life of the forest,” Lucas shared. “I decided to take the photograph lying on the ground.”
He said that the colors found in nature came together perfectly in the image. “I wanted to give the once mighty tree a final feeling of dominance,” Lucas said. “The orange mushroom cluster, moss and exposed roots as leading lines to the decaying stump … combined with …. the blue sky offered a very nice color palette to complement the stump at its final resting place.”
Lucas received a gift card for his winning photo, which he said he will use to purchase new hiking shoes.
