March 25, 2022
Assurex Global announced that Austin, Texas-based Watkins Insurance Group has joined the firm. Assurex Global now consists of 97 independent agencies. Watkins Insurance Group was founded in 1949 as R.B. Lewis Agency. In 1965, the agency became Lewis-Watkins-Farmer Agency, with …
March 21, 2022
USG Adds Greg Howard to Houston, Texas Office USG Insurance Services, Inc. has hired Greg Howard, CPCU, ARM, producer/broker: commercial lines, in the Houston, Texas branch. Howard brings 30 years of industry experience to the USG team, most recently from …
February 14, 2020
Austin, Texas-based Watkins Insurance Group has expanded its executive team with the addition of Jim Siddons and Chris Scott as new shareholders. These appointments increase Watkins Insurance Group executive team to 11. Siddons joined the insurance agency in 2014 and …
May 17, 2018
Watkins Insurance Group, based in Austin, Texas, has added Greg Meserole and Scott McGuire as vice presidents. Meserole and McGuire join a team of more than 100 professionals at Watkins Insurance Group’s Austin headquarters. Bringing with them over 45 years …
November 7, 2017
Watkins Insurance Group, one of the largest full-service, locally owned independent insurance agencies in central Texas, has been awarded a 2017 Top Workplaces honor by The Austin American-Statesman. The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an …
June 28, 2017
Austin-based Watkins Insurance Group, one of the largest full-service, locally owned independent insurance agencies in central Texas, has added Chris Scott as vice president of Finance. Scott brings to Watkins Insurance Group more than 15 years of experience as a …
June 23, 2017
Watkins Insurance Group announced it is expanding to Georgetown, Texas, and plans to build a new location in the city’s historic downtown. The new building, to be located at 815 South Main Street, will be a two-story development that will …
November 10, 2015
Austin, Texas-based independent insurance agency, Watkins Insurance Group, has added Colin Williams as vice president of Business Development. Williams now joins 15 primarily commercial lines-focused producers at Watkins Insurance Group’s Austin headquarters. Collin has more than 20 years of experience …
January 30, 2014
Patrick Watkins, president of Austin, Texas-based Watkins Insurance Group, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Independent Insurance Agents of Austin (IIAA. The award is not offered every year, only when a candidate has distinguished him or herself in …
January 9, 2014
Watkins Insurance Group, headquartered in Austin, Texas, announced Hanna Ogle became a shareholder in the firm in December 2013. Ogle started at Watkins Insurance Group in 2005 as the personal lines manager, and has significantly advanced the way Watkins uses …