We are excited to announce that we have opened our 5th office, this time in Corning, Iowa! Casey Roberts has been picked to lead our efforts in and around Corning. Casey was born and raised in Southwest Iowa and grew up in Corning. She has worked in the insurance industry since 2011. She spent 1 [...]
Phillips Stafford Insurance Group is excited to announce that Ryan Fischer has accepted an offer to bring his 16 years of insurance experience to our growing team. Ryan grew up in Des Moines, IA and attended Simpson College graduating with degrees in Mathematics and German. Prior to joining Phillips Stafford, Ryan was an agent with [...]
Phillips Stafford Insurance Group has opened our fourth office, this time in the town of Ackley, Iowa. Tommy Wedmore has been added to the team to operate out of and expand our new location. Further expanding our operation to another part of Iowa and bringing more insurance options to Ackley is an exciting opportunity for [...]
Anyone with a commercial auto insurance policy, or a personal auto insurance policy, for that matter, knows that premiums have been steadily climbing. But it's not insurance company profit motives driving the increase. Losses in the commercial auto insurance line of business have been increasing due to factors we all deal with on the road. [...]
Phillips Stafford Insurance Group has opened a second office in the under-served community of Altoona, IA! We have expanded so fast that we have run out of room at our West Des Moines office. Rather than just knock a wall down at our current office we decided to expand our reach and bring the people of [...]
We are excited to announce that our agency has changed it's name to Phillips Stafford Insurance Group. The new name is part of a majority ownership change from the original three founders. Brad Phillips originally formed BPW Insurance Group with two partners in 2012. Those two partners, Justin Betazza and Gerald Willis, exited the [...]
We are excited to announce that Joel Jacobsen has joined Phillips Stafford Insurance Group as a Managing Partner. Joel will oversee the strategic business development goals of the company including employee development and retention as well as new client acquisition. Prior to joining Phillips Stafford Insurance Group Joel held numerous positions over his 20 year [...]
As we wrote in a previous blog post, the new ride-sharing service, Uber, has created concerns for regulators and insurance companies alike. From a regulation stand point, local governments have struggled with finding fair rules that keep up with modern technology. On the insurance side, carriers have struggled to accurately assess the risk of being an [...]
Uber, the controversial ride-sharing app, is coming to Des Moines. So what does that have to do with insurance? The app connects people looking for a ride with people who are willing to give them a ride, using the later's personal car. The driver has to apply to Uber to be a driver, meet some [...]
If you live in the Des Moines Metro you are surely aware of the Clive red light cameras along Hickman Road. They have been snapping candid shots of drivers since 2006. Today is the last chance you have to receive a 'free' picture of your car from the City of Clive (Well, actually a company contracted [...]
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