APRIL 2008: POWERLIST

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF LICENSED AGENTS IN OREGON

RANK NAME
WEBSITE
ADDRESS/PHONE SENIOR EXEC(S) COMMERCIAL AGENTS/ EMPLOYEES SPECIALTIES OR OFFICES/ INS. COS. REPRESENTED
Portland Metro
1 JBL&K Risk Services 220 N.W. Second Ave., Ste. 800 Chuck Floberg 115 Const.., pub. entity, self-ins. emp. ben., captive mgmt., loss analytics, marine/cargo, health care, malpractice, law, A&E prof., PEOs, asst. lvg., hosp./gaming; 3-ln. retro admin., HPR prop., pub. D&O 3
  jblk.com Portland 97209 503.222.1831 Bill Mooney 125 100+
2 Willis of Oregon 1800 S.W. First Ave., Ste 400   85 Executive risk, construction, middle market, employee benefits, environmental, aviation, health care, wood products, programs 2
  willis.com Portland 97201 503.224.4155   110 100+
3 USI Northwest 700 N.E. Multnomah, Ste. 1300   84 Commercial and employee benefits for middle market customers 2
  usinw.com Portland 97232 503.224.8390   93 100+
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“The market is incredibly soft and the average client is seeing a 9% to 15% decrease in premiums as insurance companies are making record underwriting profits. The most proactive brokers are leveraging this market on behalf of their clients.”


DIRK K. FOURNIER, PRESIDENT, FOURNIER GROUP, PORTLAND

4 Fournier Group 10802 S.E. Washington St. Dirk K. Fournier 56 Agriculture, financial institutions, hospitality, manufacturing, municipalities; professional services, real estate, retail, technology, transportation, wholesale distribution, wineries 8
  fourniergroup.net Portland 97216 503.251.2255 Ryan Fournier 70 50
5 Aon Group 1211 S.W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 600 Peter Johnson 49 Risk management services, insurance/reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, specialty insurance underwriting 1
  aon.com Portland 97204 503.224.9700 Michael Coats 51 190
6 J.D. Fulwiler & Co. Insurance 5727 S.W. Macadam Ave. Trisha Fulwiler 46 Commercial, personal, workers compensation, employee benefits, financial services, bonds 2
  jdfulwiler.com Portland 97239 503.293.8325   56 50+
7 Fullerton & Co. 2701 N.W. Vaughn, Ste. 340 Timothy Nielsen 45 All lines including commercial property, liability, group benefits, life insurance and personal insurance 1
  fullins.com Portland 97210 503.274.6511 Brenda Grootendorst 64 70+
8 LaPorte & Associates 5515 S.E. Milwaukie Ave. Marvin LaPorte 43 Commercial, workers’ comp, employee benefits, bonding 1
  laporte-insurance.com Portland 97202 503.239.4116 Steve Byerley 54 100
9 Assurety Northwest Insurance & Bonding 8931 S.E. Foster Rd., Ste. 200 Jeff Bieker, Bryan Ludwick, 35 Commercial and surety, personal, group and individual life-health and benefits insurance solutions 1
  assuretynw.com Portland 97266 503.777.3700 Paul Bieker, John Ludwick 49 100+
10 Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker 1521 S.W. Salmon St. Marc Baker 29 Oil distributors, pollution coverage, alternative energy business, personal, life and health 1
  epbb.com Portland 97205 503.227.1771 Wolter van Doorninck 36 180
11 Montgomery & Graham 412 Jefferson Parkway, Ste. 100 Eric Graham 27   1
  mgbenefits.com Lake Oswego 97035 503.297.1330 Wes Montgomery 42 100
12 BW Insurance Agency 7618 S.W. Mohawk St. Kelly Atwood 25 Commercial, personal, workers’ comp, employee benefits, bonding, construction 1
    Tualatin 97062 971.224.1900 Sherri Lund-Fery 34 100+
13 Heffernan Insurance Brokers 5100 S.W. Macadam Ave., Ste. 440 Rick Allen 18 Workers’ comp, bonds, property, general liability, professional, nonprofits, high tech, construction, property management (wraps, OCIPs), portable sanitation, risk management 1
  heffgroup.com Portland 97239 503.226.1230 Michal Mathews 23 50+
13 Keelson Partners 707 S.W. Washington Ste. 625 Thomas Wilkins 18 Business insurance 1
  keelson.com Portland 97205 503.226.1422   20 50
15 Durham & Bates Agencies 720 S.W. Washington, Ste. 250 Richard Seekins 17 Wet marine, construction, manufacturing, food processing, professional liability, technology, workers’ comp 1
  durhamandbates.com Portland 97204 503.224.5170 William Hurst 36 100
15 Waltz Sheridan Crawford 2000 Pacific Ave. Amy Hansen 17 Commercial business and personal coverage, employee benefits, public entity and private business expertise 2
  wscinsurance.com Forest Grove 97116 503.357.3154 Tom BeLusko, John DiFalco 20 100+
15 Wells Fargo Insurance Services 222 S.W. Columbia St., Ste. 1250 Linda Kaahanui 17 Commercial, employee benefits, private client services, health care data analysis, transportation, construction, auto dealers 5
  wfis.wellsfargo.com Portland 97201 503.293.9500 66 100+
18 Stewart & Tunno Insurance Agency 345 N.E. 102nd Ave. Eleanor Procter 15 Commercial liability, criminal, workers’ compensation, surety and bonding 1
  stewarttunno.com Portland 97220 503.254.5564   19 50+
19 BCI Group 6979 S.E. Lake Rd. Robert Coen 14 Group insurance, group retirement, HRA administration, HR consulting 2
  bci-grp.com Portland 97267 503.496.1900 Dick Smith 19 65+
20 American Benefits 9755 S.W. Barnes Rd., Ste. 290 John Hisatomi 12 All Lines: commercial, condos/HOAs, medical professional liability, group benefits, financial planning, personal, life 1
  abipdx.com Portland 97225 503.292.1580 Bob Waggener 16 30+
20 Coordinated Resources Group 5440 S.W. Westgate Dr., Ste. 325 Carol Dobbs 12 Life, health, dental, disability, employee benefits 1
  crginsurance.com Portland 97221 503.297.8401 Bob Cox 15 60
20 The Partners Group 11740 S.W. 68th, Ste. 200 Bruce Kerr 12 Business insurance and benefit planning 2
  tpgrp.com Portland 97223 503.241.9550 Rod Cruickshank 47 75+
23 Davidson Benefits Planning LLC 8050 S.W. Warm Springs St., Ste. 120 John Davidson 8 Expertise in self funding, pharmacy benefit management, wellness, voluntary benefits and results-driven account management 1
  jjdavidson.com Tualatin 97062 503.692.6737 Glen Grant 12  
24 The Berry Group 1727 N.E. 13th Ave. Thomas Berry 7 Personal and commercial lines, group insurance and employee benefits 1
  theberrygroup.com Portland 97212 503.281.0055 Tim Berry 13 59
Willamette Valley
1 KPD Insurance 1111 Gateway Loop Jim Ginger 51 Commercial, employee benefits, personal lines, surety bonds and workers' compensation 2
  kpdinsurance.com Springfield 97477 541.741.0550   67 70+
2 Wilson-Heirgood Insurance P.O. Box 1421 Jeff Griffin 39 Public entities, safety programs, workers’ comp, transportation, employee benefits, commercial, personal 2
  whainsurance.com Eugene 97440 541.342.4441 Gordon Groshong 48 300
3 Hagan Hamilton Insurance Services P.O. Box 847 Rick John 34 Wineries, manufacturing, public entities, financial institutions, wood products, contractors, agricultural, directors/officers, exec. risk 3
  haganhamilton.com McMinnville 97128 503.472.2165   39 60
4 Alliance Insurance Group 911 Country Club Rd., Ste. 340 Steve Uerlings 24 Public entities, health care facilities, manufacturing, contracting, wood products, risk management consulting 3
  allianceingrp.com Eugene 97401 541.687.4799 Scott Reese 29 75
5 Pacific Benefit Consultants 450 Country Club Rd., Ste. 330 James Menezes 17 Full-service agency providing life/financial services, health and medical coverage, property/casualty insurance 1
  pbcins.com Eugene 97401 541.484.6624 Brian Lamb 40 200+
Coast
1 Harry Abel Insurance Agency P.O. Box 1780 Harry Abel Jr. 14 Risk management and insurance consulting services including all lines of coverage 4
  abelinsuranceagency.com Coos Bay 97420 541.267.4124 Wendy Abel-Hatzel 19 18
2 Alsea River Insurance Agency 125 Verbina St. Susan Swander 2 Commercial, home, auto, health and life policies 1
  alseariver.com Waldport 97394 541.563.2400   3 15
Southern
1 Great Basin Insurance P.O. Box 69 Matt Hurley 19   2
  gr8basin.com Klamath Falls 97601 541.882.5507 James Hoppe 25  
2 United Risk Solutions 839 Alder Creek Dr. Jackie K. Anderberg 15 Commercial insurance, workers' compensation, employee benefits, aviation, professional liability, bonding, personal lines 1
  unitedrisksolutions.com Medford 97504 541.245.1111   21 100+
Central
1 Lumbermen's Insurance & Financial Services 965 S.W. Emkay Dr. Joe Bankofier 10 All lines including commercial, bonds, personal, individual/group life and health; financial planning 1
  lumbins.com Bend 97702 541.382.2421   40 40
Eastern
1 Simmons Agency P.O. Box 808 Larry Simmons 20   4
    Hermiston 97838 541.567.6271 Kelly Bissinger 30 10

A representative of each firm provided Powerlist data.

Please contact Research Editor Brandon Sawyer at brandons@oregonbusiness.com or 503-223-0304 with any corrections or additions to this list.

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