SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL 33 BOOK OF LISTS 2024 Service AREA'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENCIES Rank Name Address Telephone • Website Email Agents Total Staff (Local) Accounts (Local) Types of Insurance Other Services Top Local Executive(s), Title(s) Year Founded Locally 1 (2) OLLIS/AKERS/ARNEY 2274 E Sunshine St, Springfield 65804 417-881-8333 • OllisAkersArney.com ollisco@ollisakersarney.com 56 66 9,921 Commercial risk management, employee benefits, Medicare, personal lines Human resources & wellness consulting, dedicated claims management team, safety programs, contract review Richard Ollis, chair/CEO 1885 2 (1) BARKER-PHILLIPS-JACKSON INC 1637 S Enterprise Ave, Springfield 65804 417-887-3550 • BPJ.com ins@bpj.com 54 62 WND Commercial property & general liability, financial institution & commercial surety bonds, employee benefits, individual health, Medicare, home & auto Financial, risk management, compliance, executive benefits Tom Montileone, CEO/ president 1968 3 (3) HIGGINBOTHAM INSURANCE AGENCY INC1 511 Bee Creek Road, Branson 65616 417-334-2000 • Higginbotham.com 45 45 3,674 Commercial, business & workers' compensation, employee group benefits, single member & group captives, life, Medicare, personal, home & auto Bonds, retirement plans, human resources, safety & population health management consulting, executive benefits Tom Jensen, Casey Chastain, Jay Hickman & Chase Marable, managing directors 1970 4 (5) 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 (4) BENEFITS UNLIMITED INC 3032 S Fremont Ave, Ste B, Springfield 65804 417-881-8664 • BenefitsUnlimitedInc.com info@benefitsunlimitedinc.com 38 41 WND Employee benefits, individual medical, life, dental, Medicare supplements & Medicare advantage plans, federally facilitated marketplace plans Work-site benefits, health & wellness, legal consulting Darren Coffman, president & Melanie Noakes, vice president 1994 6 (6) NIXON & LINDSTROM INSURANCE 901 E Battlefield Road, Springfield 65807 417-881-6623 • NixonIns.com contact@nixonins.com 37 38 WND Commercial, employee benefits, personal risk services, surety bonding HR, risk management, bonds, financial Trevor Crist, CEO & Luke Nixon, president 1955 7 (7) GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES INC 300 S Jefferson Ave, Ste 600-N, Springfield 65806 417-886-8986 • AJG.com 32 32 WND Medical, dental, vision, life, death & dismemberment, long-term & short-term disability, voluntary/work-site plans Compliance, employee communications, executive benefits, health & welfare consulting, health care analytics Rachel Rakey, area president 1998 8 (9) CROLEY INSURANCE & FINANCIAL INC 3705 E Battlefield Road, Springfield 65809 417-881-3520 • CroleyInsurance.com tcroley@croleyinsurance.com 24 27 WND Employee benefits, chamber benefit plan, commercial, bonds, workers' compensation, auto, home, Marketplace Plans, individual health, life, disability, Medicare supplements Wellness programs, health exchange, HR, employee benefit compliance, payroll, Affordable Care Act assistance, retirement planning Trevor Croley, president/ owner 1949 9 (8) 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, dental & vision None Josh Peck & Brandon Roerick, co-owners 2008 10 (12) FORTNER INSURANCE SERVICES INC 1519 E Sunshine St, Springfield 65804 417-882-5560 • Fortner-Insurance.com tfortner@fortner-insurance.com 19 19 WND Commercial, workers' compensation, bonds, church, personal, life, health None Terry Fortner, president 1985 11 (13) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT DESIGN LLC2 1125 E Lakewood St, Springfield 65810 417-889-6345 • EBDLLC.com samantha@fitlifebenefits.com 16 23 WND Employee Benefits & association benefits, health, life, disability, dental, vision, voluntary benefits, Medicare supplements Mental fitness/wellness program, HR services, benefits compliance, vacation benefits, benefits admin & technology, health care navigation app, telemedicine, retirement Ken Stephens & Chance Potts, partners 1997 12 (14) THE RESOURCE CENTER INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 1304 E Kingsley St, Springfield 65804 417-882-1800 • ResourceCenterInc.com info@resourcecenterinc.com 13 16 WND Personal lines, annuities, business, life, Medicare, long-term care & disability Wealth management & retirement income planning Bruce Porter, president/ owner 2001 13 (11) CADENCE INSURANCE 3345 S Campbell Ave, Ste B, Springfield 65807 417-841-3210 • CadenceInsurance.com timothy.rodrigue@cadenceinsurance.com 6 20 861 Commercial, employee benefits, personal, bonding Risk management, claims analysis and stewardship reports, HR services, in-house loss control, payroll Chris Stack, regional president 1958 14 (15) PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES INC 1455 W South St, Ozark 65721 417-581-5818 • ProInsurInc.com 6 6 WND Auto, property, casualty & life None Michael Cunningham, president 2011 15 (16) TAYLOR INSURANCE 245 US Hwy 60 W, Republic 65738 417-732-2345 • TonyTaylorIns.com 5 5 WND Auto, business, personal injury, life, health, commercial None Tony Taylor, owner 1975 16 (17) KERN INSURANCE SERVICES LLC 3015 S Fort Ave, Ste B, Springfield 65807 417-882-2777 • Gr8Ins.com amy@gr8ins.com 3 4 1,979 Medicare, health, long-term care, life, disability None Amy Kern, owner 2008 As of Aug. 7, 2023. Ranked by number of local licensed agents, including independent contractors. Not included are captive insurance agencies. Springfield Business Journal relies on individual businesses to be truthful and accurate in their representation of the information listed. The previous year's rankings are in parentheses. To be considered for future lists, email lists@sbj.net. 1 Connell Insurance merged with Higginbotham on Oct. 31, 2022. 2Reflects a correction; Employee Benefit Design was not included in the Aug. 7, 2023 issue of the Springfield Business Journal, due to an error. Researched by Karen Bliss Karen Bliss © Copyright 2024 SBJ. All rights reserved. This material may not be republished, rebroadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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