Higginbotham has moved for Thompson & Smith Insurance coverage, an unbiased company based mostly in Jackson, Tennessee.

On the again of the corporate’s seventy fifth anniversary, Rusty Reid, chairman and CEO of Higginbotham, introduced the collaboration, which is able to increase its footprint within the Southeast area.

“With Thompson & Smith, we’re getting a companion with nice geographic illustration, many years of expertise, and specialised data — significantly within the development house that’s so robust within the Southeast,” stated Reid. “However greater than that, we’re getting a companion that shares our mission and our method to doing enterprise.”

Why did Thompson & Smith be a part of Higginbotham?

Chuck Thompson, CEO of Thompson & Smith Insurance coverage, highlighted the company’s concentrate on its purchasers with the transfer.

“Our primary purpose is to care for every shopper, ensuring they’re insured appropriately,” Thompson stated. “Insurance coverage is a sophisticated business, and our purchasers want somebody on their facet to navigate the complexities. We’re proud to go above and past what a regular company may do. Consequently, our prospects belief us, and we’ll do no matter we are able to to keep up that belief.”

Echoing Thompson’s sentiments, Roger Smith, president of Thompson & Smith Insurance coverage, emphasised the wants of purchasers.

“With Higginbotham’s sources, we are able to take these purchasers so far as they wish to go,” stated Smith. “I’m significantly excited to supply Higginbotham’s Day Two Companies®, that are value-added providers that transcend inserting insurance coverage protection — that’s day one — and as an alternative help that protection with threat administration providers that proceed proper on by the life of every coverage. Moreover, Thompson & Smith positive factors a full-scale worker advantages division by Higginbotham.”

Scaling providers and enhancing help for workforce

Reflecting on the choice to hitch forces with Higginbotham, Thompson emphasised the significance of shared tradition and the added advantages for each purchasers and the company’s workforce.

“By [my father’s mentoring I learned that selling insurance was secondary to solving customers’ problems,” Thompson remarked. “With Higginbotham, we found a partner that shares our client-focused culture. When you put that together with the value-added services they offer and the support for our team from an employee-owned firm with fantastic benefits, it’s easy to see that we’re a great fit for them and they’re a great fit for us.”

Thompson & Smith Insurance is an independent property and casualty insurance agency serving both business and personal clients. It was established in 1998 through the merger of two independent insurance agencies.

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