Missouri agency joins VIAA

Eighty-three-year-old business is the latest to join a family of more than 100 independent agencies

Missouri agency joins VIAA

Insurance News

By Ryan Smith

Missouri-based Jenks/Long Insurance has become the most recent agency to join Valley Insurance Alliance (VIAA), a family of more than 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois.

Jenks/Long, founded in 1934, is a full-service insurance agency that specializes in a variety of comprehensive insurance and liability programs. The company, located on Rolla, Mo., is owned by Cansada Hines.

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“The alliance gives our agency the opportunity to better serve our loyal clients by exposing us to a larger and more diverse market,” Hines said. “We not only will retain our current business, but we will also offer a bigger selection of products for new and existing clientele.”

VIAA, founded in 2006, generates more than $150 million in written premium and is the regional founding member for the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a $6 billion national alliance.



 

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