Best Practices Agencies.
2025 Best Practices Agencies.
The Big “I” and Reagan Consulting congratulate the 349 outstanding independent agencies from 47 states and the District of Columbia that have earned the prestigious Best Practices Agency designation.
These top-performing firms were selected after submitting extensive financial and operational data. They reflect exceptional growth, innovation, and operational excellence, setting the benchmark for success in the independent agency system.

Meet the 2025 Agencies
ALABAMA
- CAH Holdings, Inc. & Subsidiaries/CAC Holdings, LLC & Subsidiaries
- Crawford Skinner Agency
- Harmon Dennis Bradshaw, Inc.
- Portal Insurance
- The Prewitt Group
- Starke Agency
- Thames Batre Insurance
- Three Arbor Insurance, Inc.
- Valent Group
ARIZONA
- The Arizona Group
- The Mahoney Group
- Oakley Insurance Group
- Strong Tower Insurance Group
ARKANSAS
- Community Insurance
- Integrity Insurance Group (AR)
- Meadors, Adams & Lee, LLC
- Mark V. Williamson Company
- McGhee Insurance
CALIFORNIA
- B.H. Gold Insurance Agency
- Giles Insurance Services
- MST Insurance Solutions
- Navion Insurance Associates
- The Insurance Store
- Alta Vista Insurance Agency
- C3 Risk & Insurance Services
- CalNonprofits Insurance Services
- Cavignac
- DiBuduo & DeFendis Insurance Brokers, LLC
- Hal Rakowski Insurance
- InterWest Insurance Services Inc
- Morris & Garritano Insurance Agency
- Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.
- Teague Insurance Agency, Inc.
COLORADO
- IMA Financial Group
- Surescape Insurance Services
- CCIG
- Colorado Insurors Service
- CRS Insurance Brokerage
- Lakeside Insurance
- Moody Insurance
- Mountain West Insurance
CONNECTICUT
- Abbate Insurance Associates
- Brooks, Todd & McNeil
- Insurance Associates of Central CT, LLC
- Smith Brothers Insurance
- V.F. McNeil & Company
DELAWARE
- A To Z Agency
- Wilgus Associates
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Howard W. Phillips & Company
FLORIDA
- Atlas Insurance Agency
- Corkhill Insurance Agency
- Cothrom Risk & Insurance Services
- FBC Insurance Services
- Foundation Risk Partners
- Harry Levine Insurance
- LRA Insurance
- NSI Insurance Group LLC
- P Fudge & Associates, Inc. dba Fudge Insurance
- Responsive Insurance
- Rolfs Insurance Sevices
- The Hagar Group
- The White Agency
- ThompsonBaker Agency
- Wellhouse Company
- Wilson, Washburn and Forster Insurance
GEORGIA
- Palmer & Cay
- Patriot Independent Insurance Partners
- BBWH Insurors
- Blanton & Griffin Insurance Agency
- Carroll Realty & Insurance Co.
- Galis / Stewart Insurance
- Gillman Insurance Problem Solvers
- HM Advisors
- Kevin Panter Insurance
- Legacy Risk Solutions
- Oakbridge Insurance
- Siegel Insurance
- Snellings Walters Insurance Agency
- Sterling Seacrest Pritchard
- The Harbin Agency
- Watson & Knox
ILLINOIS
- Power Risk Management and Insurance
- Aleckson Insurance Agency
- Brennan & Stuart Inc.
- Compass Insurance Partners
- First Mid-Insurance Group
- Hanford Insurance Agency
- Insurance Risk Managers
- Insurance World Agency
- The Bulow Group
- The Plexus Groupe LLC
- Troxell
INDIANA
- Crossroads Insurance
- HMC Insurance Agency, Inc.
- LHD Benefit Advisors
- Scott Wenclewicz Insurance Group
- Bixler Insurance, Inc.
- Burkhart Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Gibson Insurance Group
- Martin Insurance Group
- MJ Insurance
- Ovation Insurance
IOWA
- Cottingham & Butler, Inc.
- Central Insure
- GreenState Insurance Services, LLC
- Holmes Murphy
- Mel Foster Insurance
- Midwest Insurance Corporation
- Perspective Insurance
- Ratcliff & Blake Insurance Professionals
- Shomo-Madsen Insurance
- The Accel Group
- TrueNorth Companies
KANSAS
- Brush Creek Select
- Conrade Insurance Group
- Fee Insurance Group, Inc.
- Flury-Hinderks Insurance Agency
- Fouts, Davidson, Burks Agency
- Fuqua Insurance Group
- Haas & Wilkerson, Inc.
- Insurance Center, Inc. (ICI)
- SBS Insurance Agency
- The Reilly Company
- Wood Insurance Center
KENTUCKY
- E.M. Ford & Company
- Energy Insurance Agency
- Higgins Insurance
- Houchens Insurance Group
- Lawton Insurance
- Lexington Insurance Agency
- Main Street Partners
- Sterling G. Thompson Company, LLC
LOUISIANA
- Gulf Region Insurance
- Ensure Agency
- Fourrier Agency
- Hartwig Moss Insurance Ltd
- Paulin Insurance Associates
MAINE
- Cross Insurance
- F.A. Peabody Co.
- Paquin & Carroll
MARYLAND
- Heller Kowitz Insurance Advisors
- Joseph W. McCartin Insurance, Inc.
- RCM&D
MASSACHUSETTS
- Deland, Gibson Insurance
- FBInsure
- H.W. Lapointe Insurance Agency
- Humphrey Covill & Coleman Ins
- MountainOne Insurance Agency
- MTM Insurance Associates
- Risman Insurance Group
- Tetrault Insurance Agency
MICHIGAN
- Olivier-VanDyk Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Tricoast Insurance Services, Inc.
- Bitonti Insurance Group
- Brouwers Agency
- Core Insurance Group
- Hartland Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Kapnick & Company, Inc.
- Meiers Lombardini Lemanski Insurance
- Ron Jackson Insurance Agency
- Russell & Schrader Insurance Agency
MINNESOTA
- Christensen Group, Inc.
- Cornerstone Insurance Agency
- Cox Insurance Associates
- Insurance Center of Buffalo
- Moores Insurance Management Inc.
- Twin City Group
- Zimny Insurance Agency
MISSISSIPPI
- Entrekin Ins Services
- Galloway-Chandler-McKinney Insurance
- Lemon-Mohler Insurance Agency
- Ross & Yerger Insurance, Inc.
- SouthGroup Insurance & Financial Services
MISSOURI
- Ollis/Akers/Arney
- The Daniel and Henry Co.
MONTANA
- Seitz Insurance Agency
- First West, Inc. DBA: First West Insurance
NEBRASKA
- Ellerbrock-Norris
- Ryder Rosacker McCue & Huston
- UNICO Group, Inc.
NEVADA
- Cragin & Pike
- L/P Insurance Services, Inc.
- Swarts Manning
NEW JERSEY
- T.C. Irons
- Bogle Agency Insurance
- Nottingham Insurance
- Provident Protection Plus (fka SB One)
- Rue Insurance
- Tri County Agency of Brick
NEW MEXICO
- Berger Briggs Insurance & Risk Solutions
- Daniels Insurance Agency, Inc.
NEW YORK
- Curabba Agency
- Bailey Place Insurance Agency
- Delmonico Insurance Agency
- Garbe Associates Insurance
- Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy, Inc.
- Keats Insurance Agencies
- Mackoul Risk Solutions
- Michael G Montag Insurance Agency
- Mike Preis
- Mirabito-Gresham Insurance & Bonds Agency
- Stahlka Agency
- Walsh Duffield Companies
NORTH CAROLINA
- Alliance Insurance Services
- CAP Insurance Group
- First Citizens Insurance Services
- Granite Insurance
- Highstreet Insurance & Financial Services
- HPB Insurance Group
- James E Moore Insurance Agency
- Johnson Insurance
- Jones Insurance Agency
- Lipstone Insurance Group
- Mountcastle Insurance
- O’Connor Insurance Associates
- Snipes Insurance Service, Inc.
- Triangle Risk Advisors
- Wells Insurance
- Windermere Insurance Group
NORTH DAKOTA
- Bell Insurance
- Bravera
OHIO
- McGohan Brabender
- Novak Insurance Agency
- Novarica
- Brunswick Companies
- Carroll Insurance & Risk Management Group
- Consolidated Insurance Group
- Frost Insurance Agency
- Hamler-Gingrich Insurance Agency
- Huntington Insurance
- Hylant Group
- Jacobs Vanaman Agency, Inc.
- James B. Oswald Company
- Leugers Insurance Agency
- O’Neill Insurance
- Phelan Insurance Agency
- Ratermann Insurance Agency
- Ray Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Stockton-Hill Insurance
- The Uhl Agency
- Van Nostran Young & Associates, Inc.
- Wilks Insurance Agency
OKLAHOMA
- BancFirst Insurance Services, Inc.
- Berrong Insurance Agency
- Comma Insurance
- ECI Insurance
- INSURICA, Inc.
- Professional Insurors Agency
OREGON
- The Partners Group, LLC
PENNSYLVANIA
- RSK Advisory
- Seubert & Associates
- Engle-Hambright & Davies
- Gilbert’s Risk Solutions
- Gunn-Mowery
- Henderson Brothers, Inc.
- HomeSale Insurance Services
- Howard Hanna
- Johnson Kendall & Johnson Inc.
- Parry Insurance
- Dunn Dimond Insurance Associates
- Sprowls Insurance Group
- The Hartman Agency, Inc.
RHODE ISLAND
- Apple Valley Agency
- Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc.
SOUTH CAROLINA
- The Cason Group
- CSP Insurance Services
- Irmo Insurance Agency
- Peoples Underwriters, Inc.
- South Carolina Insurance Brokers
SOUTH DAKOTA
- BridgeMark Insurance Solutions Inc
TENNESSEE
- Full-Line Insurance Agency
- Athens Insurance Agency
- BFS Insurance Group
- Boxwood Insurance Group
- Builtwell Insurance Agency (fka First Volunteer)
- Collier Insurance
- Commercial Insurance Associates, LLC
- Insurance Group of America
- Insurefit RM
- Martin & Zerfoss
- McDaniel-Whitley
- Powell & Meadows Insurance Agency
- RSS Insurance
- Sunstar Insurance Group
- Widener Insurance Agency
- Zander Insurance Agency
TEXAS
- 1st Choice Insurance
- Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett & Dixon, LLC
- Grimes Insurance Agency
- Shannon Miller Insurance
- Steward Risk
- BKCW Insurance
- Bosworth & Associates
- Brady, Chapman, Holland & Assoc.
- CoVerica
- Dean & Draper Insurance Agency, LP
- Ellis Insurance Agency
- F5 Insurance Solutions
- Galveston Insurance Associates
- Hibbs Hallmark & Company
- Higginbotham & Associates
- Insurors of Texas General Agency, Ltd.
- Pathfinder LL&D Insurance Group
- Patterson & Associates Insurance Agency
- Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency
- RHSB
- Riskwell
- Shepard Walton King Insurance Group
- Southwest Business Corporation
- Swingle, Collins & Associates
- Texan Insurance
- TexCap-Concord Insurance Services, LP DBA TexCap Insurance
- The Risk Specialty Group
- Tower Street Insurance
- Upshaw Insurance Agency
- Walthall, Sachse & Pipes
- Watkins Insurance Group
- WinStar Insurance Group
UTAH
- American Insurance and Investment
- Beehive Insurance Agency
- CUI Agency
- Fred A. Moreton & Company
- Leavitt Group
- The Insurance Center
- Western States Insurance
VIRGINIA
- Ames & Gough
- Legacy Insurance Group
- Core Assurance Partners
- National Church Group Insurance Agency Inc. (NCG)
- Sahouri Insurance
- Scott Insurance
- The Winchester Group
- Ware Insurance
- Winters-Oliver Insurance Agency
WASHINGTON
- Davidson & Associates Insurance
- Mitchell Reed & Schmitten Insurance
- The Ballard Agency
- WaFd Insurance Group
WEST VIRGINIA
- G. J. Garton Insurance Agency
- Mountain State Insurance Agency
- RWR WV
- Thornburg Insurance Agency
- United Security Agency
WISCONSIN
- Alongi Santas Moss Insurance Agency
- Ansay & Associates, LLC
- Hausmann Johnson Insurance
- M3 Insurance
- R&R Insurance Services
2024 Best Practices Agencies
ALABAMA
- Starke Agency
- Thames Batre Insurance
- Crawford Skinner Agency
- CAH Holdings, Inc. & Subsidiaries/CAC Holdings, LLC & Subsidiaries
- Valent Group
- Harmon Dennis Bradshaw, Inc.
ARIZONA
- Southwest Financial Corp
- The Arizona Group
- Strong Tower Insurance Group
ARKANSAS
- Meadors, Adams & Lee, LLC
- Community Insurance
CALIFORNIA
- Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.
- Cavignac
- DiBuduo & DeFendis Insurance Brokers, LLC
- B.H. Gold Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Morris & Garritano Insurance Agency
- Rancho Mesa
- Teague Insurance
- Navion Insurance Associates
- CalNonprofits Insurance Services
- MST Insurance Solutions
- Socher
- The Insurance Store
- C3 Risk & Insurance Services
COLORADO
- IMA Financial Group
- Moody Insurance Agency
- CCIG
- Colorado Insurors Service, Inc.
- Surescape Insurance Services
- CRS Insurance Brokerage
CONNECTICUT
- Smith Brothers Insurance, Inc
DELAWARE
- ACA Club Insurance Agency
- Wilgus Associates, Inc.
- Bellevue Insurance Services LLC
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Howard W. Phillips & Company
FLORIDA
- ThompsonBaker Agency, Inc
- Lumbra Risk Advisors
- Corkhill Insurance Agency, LLC
- Atlas Insurance Agency
- NSI Insurance Group LLC
- Rolfs Insurance Sevices
- Wilson, Washburn & Forster Insurance
- Wallace Welch & Willingham
- Cothrom Risk & Insurance Services
- The Fessler Agency Inc.
- Fudge Insurance
GEORGIA
- Sterling Seacrest Pritchard
- Siegel Insurance Inc.
- Gillman Ins Problem Solvers
- Turner & Associates Insurance
- Oakbridge Insurance
- Watson & Knox, Inc.
- Galis Stewart Insurance
- Palmer & Cay
- Blanton & Griffin Insurance Agency
- Legacy Risk Solutions, LLC
ILLINOIS
- The Horton Group
- R.W. Troxell & Company
- The Plexus Groupe LLC
- Dansig, Inc.
- Aleckson Insurance Agency
- First Mid Insurance Group
- Insurance World Agency Inc.
INDIANA
- Gibson Insurance Agency, Inc.
- The MJ Companies
- LHD Benefit Advisors
- Ovation Insurance
- Crossroads Insurance
IOWA
- TrueNorth Companies
- Shomo-Madsen Insurance
- GreenState Insurance Services, LLC
- Midwest Insurance Corporation
- Central Insure
- Relion Insurance Solutions
- Ratcliff & Blake Insurance Professionals, Inc
KANSAS
- Runnebaum, Inc DBA SBS Insurance Agency
- The Reilly Company
- Fuqua Insurance Group
- Conrade Insurance Group
- Insurance Center, Inc.
KENTUCKY
- Higgins Insurance
- Sterling G. Thompson Company, LLC
- Lawton Insurance
- Houchens Insurance Group
- Commonwealth Insurance Services
- Energy Insurance Agency
LOUISIANA
- The Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency
- Paulin Insurance Associates
- Ensure Agency, Inc.
MARYLAND
- RCM&D
- Joseph W. McCartin Insurance, Inc.
MASSACHUSETTS
- Deland, Gibson Insurance
- FBinsure, LLC
- H W Lapointe Insurance Agency Inc.
- Kaplansky Insurance
- MTM Insurance Associates LLC;
- MTM Brainerd Insurance Inc;
- MTM Ins of GRT Haverhill Inc
- Tetrault Insurance Agency
MICHIGAN
- Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance Agency, LLC
- Kapnick & Company, Inc.
- ML&L Insurance Agency
- Russell & Schrader Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Peabody Insurance Agency, Inc.
MINNESOTA
- Christensen Group, Inc.
- Insurance Center of Buffalo
- Zimny Insurance Agency
MISSISSIPPI
- Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance
- Galloway Chandler McKinney
- SouthGroup Insurance & Financial Services
- Ross & Yerger Insurance, Inc.
- Lemon-Mohler Insurance Agency
- Entrekin Ins Services LLC
MISSOURI
- Ollis/Akers/Arney
MONTANA
- Seitz Insurance Agency
- First West, Inc. DBA: First West Insurance
NEBRASKA
- UNICO Group, Inc.
- Ryder Rosacker McCue & Huston
NEVADA
- Cragin & Pike
- LP Insurance Services, LLC
NEW JERSEY
- Nottingham Agency Inc
- Nottingham Insurance
- Tri County Agency of Brick, Inc.
- The Van Dyk Group
- Bogle Agency Insurance
- Rue Insurance
- Provident Protection Plus
NEW MEXICO
- Nottingham Agency Inc
- Nottingham Insurance
- Tri County Agency of Brick, Inc.
- The Van Dyk Group
- Bogle Agency Insurance
- Rue Insurance
- Provident Protection Plus
NEW YORK
- Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy, Inc.
- Stahlka Agency, Inc.
- Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc.
- MetzWood Insurance
- Mackoul Risk Solutions, LLC
- Mike Preis Inc.
- Curabba Agency
- Mirabito-Gresham Insurance & Bonds Agency LLC
- The Ron Keats Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Garbe Associates, LLC
NORTH CAROLINA
- Wells Insurance
- Twin City Insurance Agency, Inc.
- O’Connor Insurance Associates
- HPB Insurance Group
- Wade Associates, LLC
- First Citizens Insurance Services
- Highstreet Insurance and Financial
- Service of the Southeast Inc.
- Granite Insurance Agency
- Mountcastle Insurance
- Triangle Risk Advisors, Inc.
- Lipstone Insurance Group
- Alliance Insurance Services
NORTH DAKOTA
- Bell Insurance Services LLC
OHIO
- Hylant Group
- Carroll Insurance & Risk Management Group LLC
- Leugers Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Phelan Insurance Agency Inc.
- Wilks Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Huntington Insurance
- Wm. G. Uhl Agency, Inc. DBA The Uhl Agency
- Jacobs Vanaman Agency, Inc.
- Ray Insurance Agency, Inc.
- O’Neill Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Hamler-Gingrich Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Consolidated Insurance Group LLC
- Van Nostran Young & Associates, Inc.
- Oswald Companies
OREGON
- The Partners Group, LLC
- MVW Insurance Inc
PENNSYLVANIA
- Engle-Hambright & Davies, Inc.
- Gunn-Mowery
- William B. Parry & Son, LTD DBA
- Parry Insurance
- Seubert & Associates, Inc.
- Howard Hanna Insurance Services
- Gilberts Risk Solutions
- Keller Agency, Inc T/A Keller-Brown Insurance Services
- Sprowls Insurance Group
- The Hartman Agency, Inc.
RHODE ISLAND
- Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc.
- Apple Valley Agency, Inc.
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Peoples Underwriters, Inc.
- Irmo Insurance Agency, Inc.
- South Carolina Insurance Brokers
- CSP Insurance Services
- The Cason Group
SOUTH DAKOTA
- BridgeMark Insurance Solutions Inc
TENNESSEE
- Collier Insurance
- Commercial Insurance Associates, LLC
- Martin & Zerfoss Inc.
- McDaniel-Whitley, Inc.
- BFS Insurance Group
- Athens Insurance Agency
- RPA Insurance, LLC
- RSS Insurance
- Builtwell Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Full-Line Insurance Agency
- Powell & Meadows Insurance Agency
- Insurefit RM
- Insurance Group of America LLC
TEXAS
- Swingle, Collins & Associates
- Weatherby-Eisenrich Insurance
- Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates
- Higginbotham Insurance Agency
- RHSB
- Bosworth & Associates
- BKCW Insurance
- Watkins Insurance Group
- Dean & Draper Insurance Agency, LP
- Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency, LLC
- SWBC Insurance Services, Inc
- Century Insurance Agency Inc
- Patterson & Associates Insurance Agency
- CoVerica, Inc.
- Montalvo Insurance Agency
- Shepard & Walton Employee Benefits
- GIA Insurance Agency
- Insurors of Texas General Agency
- WinStar Insurance Group
- The Risk Specialty Group
- Walthall, Sachse & Pipes, Inc.
- Tower Street Insurance
- Texan Insurance
UTAH
- The Buckner Company
- Beehive Insurance Agency, Inc.
- American Insurance and Investment Corp
- Western States Insurance
- The Insurance Center
- Fred A. Moreton & Company
Virginia
- Scott Insurance
- The Winchester Group Inc.
- Sahouri Insurance Agency and Financial Services Inc
WASHINGTON
- Davidson & Associates Insurance Inc.
- The Ballard Agency, Inc
WEST VIRGINIA
- Mountain State Insurance Agency
- G. J. Garton Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Thornburg Insurance Agency
- United Security Agency
WISCONSIN
- M3 Insurance
- R&R Insurance Services
- Alongi Santas Moss Insurance Agency
2024 Top-Performing Agencies.

The Ballard Agency
Chris Ballard | President
Kirkland, Washington
Revenue Category: Under $1.25 million
Kirkland, Washington
Revenue Category: Under $1.25 million

Aleckson Insurance Agency
Craig Swanson | President
Lake Zurich, Illinois
Revenue Category: $1.25 million—$2.5 million
Lake Zurich, Illinois
Revenue Category: $1.25 million—$2.5 million

Bogle Agency Insurance
Phil Bogle | Owner
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Revenue Category: $2.5 million—$5 million
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Revenue Category: $2.5 million—$5 million

First West
Bryan Hall | President
Bozeman, Montana
Revenue Category: $5 million—$10 million
Bozeman, Montana
Revenue Category: $5 million—$10 million

Cragin & Pike
Scott T. Kerestesi | CEO
Las Vegas, Nevada
Revenue Category: $10 million—$25 million
Las Vegas, Nevada
Revenue Category: $10 million—$25 million

Woodruff Sawyer
Michael Cunha | CFO
San Francisco, California
Revenue Category: Over $25 Million
San Francisco, California
Revenue Category: Over $25 Million







