C.T. LOWNDES & CO.

C. T. Lowndes & Company was founded in Charleston, South Carolina, by Charles Tidyman Lowndes in 1850 and is the oldest fire insurance agency in the Southeast. The Agency is celebrating its 160^th year in operation in 2010.

Since the agency first offered fire insurance for South Carolina National Bank mortgages in the mid 19th Century, we have grown to a full-service agency with seven locations throughout the Lowcountry and one in the mid-state area.

C. T. Lowndes & Company is a family owned and operated agency and has always been owned by a member of the Lowndes family. Henry H. Lowndes, Jr. serves as CEO and CFO.  He is the fifth generation of Lowndes to be associated with the agency. The sixth generation of the family, Edward F. Lowndes, III and Rawlins C. Lowndes are now employed by the agency. Other owners are W. A. "Billy" Silcox, Jr., Production Manager, W. A.  Silcox, III, COO and Christopher G. Silcox.

From Left to Right:

Henry H. Lowndes, Jr., Christopher G. Silcox, Bill Silcox, and Billy Silcox

Website: www.ctlowndes.com