- Our Story -
Diana (Buffington) Albritton, is a native Floridian born in St. Petersburg, Florida .
Diana grew up with a military background and graduated from West Orange High School located in Winter Garden, Florida. She then attended University of Florida and graduated from the UF College of Journalism and Communications. She also studied abroad as a college student.
Diana moved to Highlands County (Sebring), Florida
after marrying her husband, Scotto whom she met while attending University of Florida.
Her past employers were with hospital administration and she also spent over thirteen years with a local stock brokerage firm before the birth of Albritton Insurance Services in 2004.
If you ask Diana how is she doing today, she will simply say, “Happy.”
In 2002, she discovered a breast cancer lump in her right breast and had a mastectomy and multiple additional surgeries. In Diana’s mind, removing the cancer was the easy part.
She found herself disabled in her right arm with nerve pain and unable to go back to work at a local stock brokerage firm for almost two years.
Diana recalls many conversations with her mother when they rode together to the pain clinic at Moffitt Cancer Center, but one is a constant reminder. Diana’s mother said, "God has a plan for all our lives, we just need to trust Him and go along for the ride."
Being disabled in her right arm was a result of the many surgeries that cured her cancer. Diana prayed that this would change her life, not only a journey to become stronger, but allow her to open her own insurance agency and be mission minded to help others in ways only FAITH would have her do.
Diana recognized God’s plan for her was to take this pain and turn it in to an opportunity to help others in an industry that needs ethical healthcare navigators. The vision was to form a business plan where she could serve others and not only be a licensed agent, but make time to serve her community .
She opened Albritton Insurance Services in 2004 and founded Lunch Club Wednesday in 2006. Lunch Club Wednesday is a ladies networking club with over 700+ members and provides a place where women could come together twice a year, make new friends, learn from each other and also encourage them to “Rise and Shine." Diana also founded a non-profit 501-c(3) organization, Knotty Girl Loves, Inc. in 2013. Knotty Girl, with her rope and knot body is a VISUAL representation of what breast cancer can feel like, round and hard like a KNOT! Her mission is to EDUCATE on the importance of monthly breast self-checks for the early detection of breast cancer!
Diana welcomes each NEW season of life & birthday with joy! Diana enjoys working with clients from Florida and North Carolina and care-giving for her parents, making time for her family, serving on several community boards, helping women network, kayaking, working out, hiking and Dragon Boat Racing with a Breast Cancer Survivor Team in Orlando (Warriors on Water)! With an arm she thought would be a negative destiny after Breast Cancer, today Diana proudly says, “No Plan, NO Action and Do It While YOU Can!” and hopes she can inspire others with the same mind set!
Diana grew up with a military background and graduated from West Orange High School located in Winter Garden, Florida. She then attended University of Florida and graduated from the UF College of Journalism and Communications. She also studied abroad as a college student.
Diana moved to Highlands County (Sebring), Florida
after marrying her husband, Scotto whom she met while attending University of Florida.
Her past employers were with hospital administration and she also spent over thirteen years with a local stock brokerage firm before the birth of Albritton Insurance Services in 2004.
If you ask Diana how is she doing today, she will simply say, “Happy.”
In 2002, she discovered a breast cancer lump in her right breast and had a mastectomy and multiple additional surgeries. In Diana’s mind, removing the cancer was the easy part.
She found herself disabled in her right arm with nerve pain and unable to go back to work at a local stock brokerage firm for almost two years.
Diana recalls many conversations with her mother when they rode together to the pain clinic at Moffitt Cancer Center, but one is a constant reminder. Diana’s mother said, "God has a plan for all our lives, we just need to trust Him and go along for the ride."
Being disabled in her right arm was a result of the many surgeries that cured her cancer. Diana prayed that this would change her life, not only a journey to become stronger, but allow her to open her own insurance agency and be mission minded to help others in ways only FAITH would have her do.
Diana recognized God’s plan for her was to take this pain and turn it in to an opportunity to help others in an industry that needs ethical healthcare navigators. The vision was to form a business plan where she could serve others and not only be a licensed agent, but make time to serve her community .
She opened Albritton Insurance Services in 2004 and founded Lunch Club Wednesday in 2006. Lunch Club Wednesday is a ladies networking club with over 700+ members and provides a place where women could come together twice a year, make new friends, learn from each other and also encourage them to “Rise and Shine." Diana also founded a non-profit 501-c(3) organization, Knotty Girl Loves, Inc. in 2013. Knotty Girl, with her rope and knot body is a VISUAL representation of what breast cancer can feel like, round and hard like a KNOT! Her mission is to EDUCATE on the importance of monthly breast self-checks for the early detection of breast cancer!
Diana welcomes each NEW season of life & birthday with joy! Diana enjoys working with clients from Florida and North Carolina and care-giving for her parents, making time for her family, serving on several community boards, helping women network, kayaking, working out, hiking and Dragon Boat Racing with a Breast Cancer Survivor Team in Orlando (Warriors on Water)! With an arm she thought would be a negative destiny after Breast Cancer, today Diana proudly says, “No Plan, NO Action and Do It While YOU Can!” and hopes she can inspire others with the same mind set!
Scotto Albritton is also a native Florida having been born and raised in Sebring, FL.
Scotto graduated from Sebring High School and then attended the University of Florida and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. It was at college where he met Diana.
Scott has worked in the automotive industry in the both sales and financing and has assisted thousands of customers find a the vehicle of their dreams and arrange the necessary financing no matter what their credit situations were.
Scotto decided in November 2016 to leave the automobile industry and become a licensed Life, health and Annuity Insurance Agent and joined Diana in her business. Diana recalls, “It was just the right time for us to become the A-Team."
Scotto can assist all Medicare clients, but his niche has been helping people that are both on Medicare and Medicaid, which are Dual Eligible Beneficiaries. These deserving folks need a lot of help and many require an in-home visit and help navigating plans and understanding benefits.
Scotto has made working with these Beneficiaries his priority and strength in both Highlands and Polk County and quickly has assisted hundreds of clients increase their overall health, vision, hearing and dental benefits. Therefore, the A-Team can now offer A+ service to all Medicare clients and we truly look forward to assisting all clients to better understand their insurance options and making sure the insurance products meet their family's needs.
Scotto continues to be an active member of the Highlands Sertoma Club where he has been instrumental for 30+ years with the club’s fundraising for their annual August Golf Tournament that consistently hosts over 250 golfers from all across Central Florida.
He is also the club’s Race Volunteer Coordinator for “The 12 Hours of Sebring” where every March he organizes 150+ volunteers to work the front gate.
He also is one of the first Sertomans to organize the Sertoma Junior Golf Tour and volunteers during the summer helping 70 to 80 young golfers from the ages of 6 to 18 learn the integrity and ethics in the game of golf. Sertoma is an International Club that stands for Service to Mankind and raises money and awareness to help and support Speech and Hearing Impaired Citizens.
Scotto enjoys family time and spending time with his grandson, golf, fishing, daily walks with their pups, hiking and the University of Florida GATORS!
Scotto graduated from Sebring High School and then attended the University of Florida and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. It was at college where he met Diana.
Scott has worked in the automotive industry in the both sales and financing and has assisted thousands of customers find a the vehicle of their dreams and arrange the necessary financing no matter what their credit situations were.
Scotto decided in November 2016 to leave the automobile industry and become a licensed Life, health and Annuity Insurance Agent and joined Diana in her business. Diana recalls, “It was just the right time for us to become the A-Team."
Scotto can assist all Medicare clients, but his niche has been helping people that are both on Medicare and Medicaid, which are Dual Eligible Beneficiaries. These deserving folks need a lot of help and many require an in-home visit and help navigating plans and understanding benefits.
Scotto has made working with these Beneficiaries his priority and strength in both Highlands and Polk County and quickly has assisted hundreds of clients increase their overall health, vision, hearing and dental benefits. Therefore, the A-Team can now offer A+ service to all Medicare clients and we truly look forward to assisting all clients to better understand their insurance options and making sure the insurance products meet their family's needs.
Scotto continues to be an active member of the Highlands Sertoma Club where he has been instrumental for 30+ years with the club’s fundraising for their annual August Golf Tournament that consistently hosts over 250 golfers from all across Central Florida.
He is also the club’s Race Volunteer Coordinator for “The 12 Hours of Sebring” where every March he organizes 150+ volunteers to work the front gate.
He also is one of the first Sertomans to organize the Sertoma Junior Golf Tour and volunteers during the summer helping 70 to 80 young golfers from the ages of 6 to 18 learn the integrity and ethics in the game of golf. Sertoma is an International Club that stands for Service to Mankind and raises money and awareness to help and support Speech and Hearing Impaired Citizens.
Scotto enjoys family time and spending time with his grandson, golf, fishing, daily walks with their pups, hiking and the University of Florida GATORS!
