Investors Security Company, Inc. is a Virginia corporation founded in 1964 by its President, Cabell B. Birdsong. The Corporation is currently registered in all 50 states as a broker/dealer and conducts a business utilizing independent contractors located throughout the United States. Many registered representatives work in the insurance industry and maintain a securities license to better assist their clients with all of their financial needs.

We are a full service brokerage firm offering such products as mutual funds, variable annuities, stocks, bonds, options, and investment advice. We do not offer penny stocks (stocks not on an exchange trading at less than $5/share), hedge funds, or commodities. Many of our representatives offer services such as retirement planning, college planning, and general financial planning. Some of our agents offer public seminars and retirement services for school districts, large corporations, and smaller companies.

ISCI currently maintains selling agreements with many fund families and variable annuity providers.

Investors Security Company and its President, Cabell Birdsong, managed Old Dominion Investors Trust, Inc. from 1964 until 2004 when the Trust merged into another fund complex.
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