1966

George F. Ewing founds George F. Ewing Insurance with an emphasis on Life Insurance, 401k management and Mutual Funds.

1973

George F. Ewing Insurance becomes affiliated with Sun Life of Canada.

1982

The agency expands its services to include Property Casualty Insurance.

1998

George F. Ewing Insurance is renamed First Franklin Financial Services in honor of George’s father, Leonard Franklin Ewing, the “First Franklin.”

2000

Brett F. Ewing moves back to Tallahassee and joins the firm.

2008

Brett takes over operations of First Franklin, the firm earns its first Quantum Leap Award.

2009

George retires but remains at the firm to act as Comptroller.

2011

The firm acquires its Palm Coast branch and partners with the Florida division of Burke Financial and begins releasing its economic research to the public

2013

First Franklin earns the Top Advisory Firm Award.

2014

First Franklin wins its second Quantum Leap Award.

2015

First Franklin wins its second Top Advisory Firm Award and the firms first MVP of the Year Award.

2016

The firm receives nationwide coverage in the Wall Street Journal, Investment News and USA Today.

2017

First Franklin wins its fourth consecutive Top Advisory award. The firm is featured on Fox Business News and CNBC Asia.

2018

First Franklin wins its fifth consecutive Top Advisory award.

2019

The firm is featured on Bloomberg Daybreak, Yahoo! Finance  and Forbes.

2020

First Franklin was named Advisory Branch of the Year

2021

- First Franklin was named Advisory Branch of the Year

- Brett featured in CNN Business, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Market Watch and Reuters

2022

- Brett was featured on Fox Business with Charles Payne

- Brett is named Top Producer and Top Advisor of the Year, out of 650 competing offices.

- Completed building and moved into the new First Franklin building in October.

2023

- First Franklin was named Top Branch of the Year