Meet Our Principals
Angela Mcilvain, CLTC
Partner, Brokerage Sales
Angela, a Franklin County, NC, native, entered the insurance brokerage business to fund her studies in Early Childhood Development.
Upon completion, she had already discovered her niche in the life insurance business. In 1999, Angela made the move to John Hancock. Her drive and knowledge of the industry caught the attention of Gene Pleasants, who recruited her to work for his agency. In 2007, she formed a partnership with Chris Carrigan (see below) to assume ownership and management of the Gene Pleasants (GP) Agency. Angela is a member of NAIFA and NAILBA, has been involved in CLTC since 2002, is currently enrolled in CFP with the College of Financial Planning, and has served on the Board of Education for the local FPA chapter. Angela lives just outside of Raleigh, in Wake Forest, with her husband, Rock, and their three children. They attend Catch the Fire Church and are involved with local and global humanitarian efforts, including Pakistan, Uganda, and Haiti.
Chris Carrigan, CLTC
Partner, Brokerage Sales
Chris grew up in West Boylston, MA, where he attended Assumption College and graduated with a political science degree. He was recruited by Paul Revere to become a Disability Income Specialist.
He spent the next year running an agency in Columbia, SC; a year later he moved to Raleigh, NC, to oversee a larger office. In 1998, he became the Southeastern Group Manager for Commercial Travelers. Chris caught the attention of MassMutual who recruited him in 2000 to become their Regional Disability Income Specialist for 10 states and later their multi-line MassMutual Brokerage Director for the second-largest metro area in North Carolina. Chris and Angela Mcilvain formed a partnership in 2007 to assume ownership and management of the Gene Pleasants (GP) Agency. Chris has been a CLTC since 2003, and is a RAIFA board member, a NAILBA member, and a MassMutual BDAX member. He lives in Raleigh with his wife Brook and their five daughters.