Higginbotham expands with Thompson & Smith Insurance coverage deal

Higginbotham has moved for Thompson & Smith Insurance coverage, an impartial 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 can develop 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 — notably within the building house that’s so sturdy within the Southeast,” stated Reid. “However greater than that, we’re getting a companion that shares our mission and our strategy to doing enterprise.”

Why did Thompson & Smith be part of Higginbotham?

Chuck Thompson, CEO of Thompson & Smith Insurance coverage, highlighted the company’s deal with its shoppers with the transfer.

“Our primary objective is to handle every shopper, ensuring they’re insured appropriately,” Thompson stated. “Insurance coverage is an advanced business, and our shoppers want somebody on their facet to navigate the complexities. We’re proud to go above and past what a normal company would possibly do. Consequently, our prospects belief us, and we’ll do no matter we will to keep up that belief.”

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

“With Higginbotham’s sources, we will take these shoppers so far as they need to go,” stated Smith. “I’m notably excited to supply Higginbotham’s Day Two Companies®, that are value-added companies that transcend putting insurance coverage protection — that’s day one — and as a substitute assist that protection with threat administration companies that proceed proper on by means of the life of every coverage. Moreover, Thompson & Smith good points a full-scale worker advantages division by means of Higginbotham.”

Scaling companies and enhancing assist for workforce

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

“By means of [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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