Springfield Business Journal_2020-08-03

12 · SBJ.NET AUG. 3-9, 2020 INSURANCE & BENEFITS AREA'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENCIES Rank Name Address Telephone • Website Email Agents Total Staff Accounts (Local) Types of Insurance Other Services Top Local Executive(s), Title(s) Year Founded Locally 1 (1) OLLIS/AKERS/ARNEY 2274 E Sunshine St, Springfield 65804 417-881-8333 • OllisAkersArney.com ollisco@ollisakersarney.com 51 61 7,459 Commercial, personal, group benefits, business risk Human resources & wellness consulting, safety, contract review Richard Ollis, chairman/CEO 1885 2 (2) BARKER-PHILLIPS-JACKSON INC 1637 S Enterprise Ave, Springfield 65804 417-887-3550 • BPJ.com ins@bpj.com 50 69 WND Commercial, surety bonding, personal lines, employee benefits, individual benefits Financial services, risk management,compliance, executive benefits Tom Montileone, CEO/president 1968 3 (3) CONNELL INSURANCE INC 511 Bee Creek Road, Branson 65616 417-885-1175 • Connell.com info@connell.com 43 47 3,500 Niche business, commercial, employer group benefits, life, personal, auto, home Bonds, 401(k), estate planning, self-funding options, workers' compensation, risk mitigation, HR & Affordable Care Act consulting Jeff Seifried, president & CEO; Tim Connell, board chairman 1970 4 (4) PJC INSURANCE AGENCY 1801 W Norton Road, Springfield 65803 417-833-3800 • PJCInsurance.com bwixson@pjcinsurance.com 40 44 WND Business, transportation, home, auto, life, health Risk management, HR, wellness programs Lance Smith, president; Raylene Appleby, chair 1967 5 (5) NIXON & LINDSTROM INSURANCE 901 E Battlefield Road, Springfield 65807 417-881-6623 • NixonIns.com contact@nixonins.com 40 42 WND Commercial, employee benefits, personal risk services, surety bonding HR, risk management, bonds, financial services Trevor Crist, CEO; Luke Nixon, president 1955 6 (6) BENEFITS UNLIMITED INC 3032 S Fremont Ave, Ste B, Springfield 65804 417-881-8664 • BenefitsUnlimitedInc.com info@benefitsunlimitedinc.com 38 46 1,603 Employee benefits, individual medical, life, dental, Medicare supplements & advantage plans, federal marketplace plans Work-site benefits, health & wellness, legal consulting Darren Coffman, president; Melanie Coffman, vice president 1994 7 (7) BXS INSURANCE INC 3345 S Campbell Ave, Ste B, Springfield 65807 417-841-3210 • BXSI.com bxsimo@bxsi.com 26 29 WND Commercial, employee benefits, personal, bonding Risk management, claims analysis & stewardship reports, HR services, in-house loss control, employee benefits Chris Stack, regional president 1958 8 (8) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT DESIGN LLC 1125 E Lakewood St, Springfield 65810 417-889-6345 • EBDLLC.com swilliams@ebdllc.com 20 26 1,300 Employee & association benefits, health, life, disability, dental, vision, voluntary benefits, Medicare supplements HR services, benefits compliance, vacation benefits, health care navigation app, telemedicine, retirement, wellness Ken Stephens & Chance Potts, partners 1997 9 (11) HOMETOWN BENEFITS GROUP LLC 2769 W Lark St, Ste A, Springfield 65810 417-831-1566 • HometownBenefitsGroup.com hometownbenefitsgroup@yahoo.com 20 26 WND Health, life, Medicare supplements, auto, home, business liability, workers' compensation Financial planning Josh Peck & Brandon Roerick, co-owners 2008 10 (10) ONESOURCE INSURANCE GROUP 5315 N Towne Centre Drive, Ozark 65721 417-724-1700 • OneSourceGroup.net mark.acre@onesourcegroup.net 20 21 3,800 Auto, home, life, health, business insurance, employee benefits, workers' compensation, Medicare, disability, long-term care Retirement & financial planning, real estate, tax preparation Mark Acre, president/owner 2008 11 (9) CROLEY INSURANCE & FINANCIAL INC 3705 E Battlefield Road, Springfield 65809 417-881-3520 • CroleyInsurance.com tcroley@croleyinsurance.com 17 25 5,000 Employee benefits, commercial, bonds, workers' compensation, auto, home, individual health, life, disability, Medicare supplements Wellness programs, health exchange, HR, employee benefit compliance, payroll, ACA assistance, retirement planning Trevor Croley, president/co-owner; Tom & Andrea Croley, co-owners 1949 12 FORTNER INSURANCE SERVICES INC 1519 E Sunshine St, Springfield 65804 (417) 882-5560 • Fortner-Insurance.com tfortner@fortner-insurance.com 16 17 WND Commercial, workers' compensation, bonds, church, personal, life, health None Terry Fortner, president 1985 13 (12) THE RESOURCE CENTER INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 1304 E Kingsley St, Springfield 65804 417-882-1800 • ResourceCenterInc.com info@resourcecenterinc.com 10 15 7,900 Personal, commercial lines, life, health & long-term care Wealth management, estate planning, real estate advising, Medicare consulting Bruce Porter, president 2001 14 (13) HM EMPLOYEE BENEFIT & RISK MANAGEMENT 2925 E Battlefield Road, Ste 120, Springfield 65807 417-895-4600 • HMRisk.com 7 32 WND Commercial, employee benefits, financial institutions, executive risk, fixed annuity program, private client Risk management, loss prevention, worldwide broker services, ACA assistance, HR consulting Mark Roberts, senior VP/managing director 2011 15 KEN TEAGUE INSURANCE 302 E Republic Road, Springfield 65807 417-889-1212 • KenTeagueInsurance.com kteague@farmersagent.com 6 7 4,000 Car, home health, property, liability, workers' compensation, life Long-term care & Medicare insurance assistance Ken Teague, owner 1993 16 PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES INC 1455 W South St , Ozark 65721 417-581-5818 • ProInsurInc.com 5 5 3,500 Property, casualty & life None Michael Cunningham, president 2011 17 GALLAGHER 300 S Jefferson Ave, Ste 600-N, Springfield 65806 417-886-8986 • AJG.com 4 15 WND Medical, dental, vision, life, death & dismemberment, long-term & short-term disability, voluntary/ worksite plans Compliance, employee communications, executive benefits, health & welfare consulting, health care analytics Rachel Rakey, area president 1998 18 KERN INSURANCE SERVICES LLC 3015 S Fort Ave, Ste B, Springfield 65807 417-882-2777 • Gr8Ins.com amy@gr8ins.com 4 5 3,500 Medicare solutions, health, long-term care, life, disability None Amy Kern, owner 2008 Ranked by number of local licensed agents, including independent contractors, then by total staff and then by year founded locally. An insurance agency is licensed according to state criteria. Not included are captive insurance agencies. The previous year's rankings are in parenthesis. SBJ relies on individual businesses to be truthful and accurate in their representation of the information listed. WND: Would not disclose. To be considered for future lists, email lists@sbj.net . Researched by Karen Bliss © Copyright 2020 SBJ. All rights reserved. This material may not be republished, rebroadcast, rewritten or redistributed.