Agency Spotlights

Employers Risk Services is a third party administrator providing claims handling, medical bill repricing, medical management, loss control, reinsurance marketing, cobra administration, and disease management. Employers Risk Services was established in 1993 working under the ownership of Van Meter Insurance, established in 1977. In 2006, Houchens Industries...

  The Owensboro office opened in 1994 when Van Meter purchased the agency from Vittitow & Queensberry. The office moved from downtown to the current location on Frederica Street. Keith Hopgood was lead producer over the location. (Fun Fact: Keith Hopgood is the longest-employed Producer within Van...

  In 1992, Van Meter Insurance Group extended their southeastern footprint by opening a branch in Middle Tennessee. The office is now located in the Cool Springs area of Franklin, TN, just 15 minutes from the heart of the Music City, Nashville, Tennessee. In October of 2016,...

  Houchens Benefits is one of the fastest growing divisions of Houchens Insurance Group. We currently have 55 employees and are still looking for new good talent for our team. We exceeded our prior year sales budget of $14.3 million to end the fiscal year with a...

The Lexington Property and Casualty and Marketing Departments - with the passing of Cheryl Altizer the whole property and casualty, and marketing departments have stepped up big time to make sure that Cheryl's customers have been taken care of. All of these employees who have...

Roeding Insurance was founded by Edward H. Roeding in 1921 and operated out of a small, two to three person office in Covington. Even though he was starting from scratch, Mr. Roeding combined hard work and community involvement to build his business. Ed’s son, Ted,...

Our agency can trace its roots to 1959 with the incorporation of Richards and Bowling Insurance. In 1973, Gerry Hignite became the sole owner of this agency. Dave Curneal and Byron Pirtle joined forces in 1981 to start Curneal Pirtle, Inc. Some nine years...