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Specialty Risk Insurance to relocate Carthage headquarters for expansion, added jobs

Carthage, MO – Specialty Risk Insurance, a family-owned agribusiness and commercial insurance agency, has announced it will relocate its headquarters to a larger facility just off Interstate 44 in Carthage, Missouri, to allow for its continued growth. The project entails...

Panelists Biographies - The Cattle Market and Finding Stability with LRP at the Four State Farm Show

Specialty Risk Insurance and Joplin Regional Stockyards are sponsoring a Cattle Industry Panel at the Four State Farm Show in Pittsburg, Kansas. This panel, titled The state of the Cattle Market and Finding Stability with Livestock Risk Protection ...

Grain Bin Safety Nominations

Specialty Risk Insurance, in partnership with Nationwide, is proud to once again sponsor Grain Bin Safety Week and the 2023 Nominate your Fire Department Contest. Grain Bin Safety week is held annually the third week of...

Specialty Risk Insurance awarded Marketplace Circle of Champions

Carthage, Missouri — Specialty Risk Insurance has been recognized by the Health Insurance Marketplace® for enrolling more than 100 consumers in qualified coverage during this Open Enrollment Period. 

 

This recognition...

Meet Nicole Gueck

Nicole Gueck joined the Specialty Risk team in June and comes with a risk management background focusing mostly on crop insurance but she has also been a program specialist helping farmers and ranchers make sound business decisions based...

Do You Know Rosie?

If you have ever met Rosie you would know she has a true passion for her industry. She grew up in the barrel racing world and has been a WPRA card holder for 21+ years. She met her husband...

Protect Your Farm: Manage Hay Season Risks

Sam Athey

        Good hay isn’t cheap to buy and it isn’t cheap to harvest, so managing the risk that comes with this investment is an important piece to protecting the well-being of...

Grain Bin Safety - Tube Giveaway & Safety Training

Nationwide safety program presents 48 fire departments with grain rescue tubes and training

 

Since 2014, Nationwide’s Grain Bin Safety campaign has awarded 200

rescue tubes to first responders to help prevent grain...

How Much Life Insurance Do You Really Need?

Life insurance does not have to be complicated; it just needs to be specific to your family and your needs. There are a few things to discuss when considering how much life insurance is enough. Forbes published an...

Specialty Risk Insurance Adds New Location

Mike Festers Western Lifestyle Insurance Agency Joins Forces with Specialty Risk Insurance Agency  

Specialty Risk Insurance Agency (headquartered in SW Missouri) and Mike Festers Western Lifestyle Insurance Agency (based out of Cave Creek, AZ) are excited to...

4 Important Cyber Security Issues You Should Know About as a Business Owner

Let's face it, cybersecurity is getting more and more difficult to protect against. Any business that uses technology is at risk of a cyber-attack and the results can truly be catastrophic. Recently the world’s largest...

Spring Crop Insurances Changes 2021

Federal Crop Insurance Changes to Know Before the Sign-Up Deadline

The deadline to sign up or make changes to a 2021 Federal Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) policy is MARCH 15th.

We are always looking...

Grain Bin Safety Week

Nationwide Grain Bin Safety Week is February 21-27, 2021. Specialty Risk Insurance is partnering with Nationwide to donate two rescue tubes and safety training for two clients again this year.

In 2019, 39 people died in grain bin accidents,...

New OSHA Guidance Clarifies Return-to-Work Expectations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued guidance for reopening businesses that recommends each establishment conduct a hazard assessment for all jobs. It also clarifies OSHA's positions on temperature checks, coronavirus testing and face masks....

Insurance for Meat Processing Plants

Due to the high demand for meat and lack of processing facilities, meat processing plants are rapidly becoming an attractive new business opportunity. Opening a new business can be intimidating, especially in today’s climate with COVID-19...

COVID-19 Update

At Specialty Risk Insurance, the health and well-being of our families, employees, and insureds is our highest priority! We understand that these are unprecedented times of uncertainty and concern for the health and wellbeing of the...

2020 Nominate Your Local Fire Department Rescue Tube Contest

Over the past 50 years, more than 900 cases of grain engulfment have been reported in the U.S., with a fatality rate of 62 percent. In 2018, there were 30 documented grain entrapment cases, including 6 reported falls into or from grain storage...

Poultry House Insurance

 

Do you have concerns about your current coverage? We Have Options!

 

Our farm team has more than 125 years of combined poultry experience. We have stable markets and...

There’s Strength in Numbers: Chamber Benefit Plan

Say hello to the Chamber Benefit Plan. A multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) designed for businesses like yours. 

 

When it comes to providing employees with cost-saving health care coverage, small businesses are...

Our Team Brings Critical Rescue Resource to Uniontown, Kan. and Liberal, Mo. Fire Departments

Farming families and grain handlers know all too well the dangers associated with grain bin entrapment. Local emergency responders understand that without the life-saving equipment to help rescue someone in this situation, the outcome could be devastating. <...

Livestock Insurance Exchange: A New Branch of Specialty Risk Insurance Agency

Our team is excited to announce a new branch of Specialty Risk Insurance Agency, Livestock Insurance Exchange! Through Livestock Insurance Exchange, we’re partnering with agents to bring our expertise to their clients with livestock insurance and...

Building Resilience To Cyber Risk

 

Cyber Security, also known as information security is highly important for business owners. Proper cyber security measures can help protect against unauthorized access to your business's information including client data. Our team...

Winter Safety Driving Tips- Read These Before You Hit the Road

It’s somehow already that time of year again. Fall has flown by and the winter holidays are quickly approaching. If your holiday plans include travel by vehicle, brush up on these helpful safety tips!

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The Benefits and Risks of Solar Panel Systems

When considering converting to a Photovoltaic system (PV) or solar power for your home or business there are plenty of advantages such as:

Reducing electricity bills Solar is a renewable energy source Low maintenance cost Low or...

Why Choose Specialty Risk Insurance Agency?

Our team knows that you have many options when it comes to your insurance needs.

If you’re weighing your options, you’ll find choosing our agency has several advantages:

We Excel...

Agency Expansion in Texas and Oklahoma

Exciting things are happening at Specialty Risk Insurance! Our team is proud to announce that we are opening a new office located in Fairfield, Texas called Specialty Risk Southwest, LLC. This new location will allow us to better...

National Farm Safety and Health Week [2018]

National Farm Safety and Health Week 2018 takes place September 16-22 and this year's theme "Cultivating the Seeds of Safety". Agriculture is recognized as one of the most hazardous industries in America and around the world. In the...

What Is Grain Bin Safety and Why Is It Important?

Today’s farms are larger and as productivity and efficiency have increased, so has the number of storage bins per farm. Over the last 50 years, more than 900 cases of grain entrapments have been reported in the United...

Expanded Employee Benefits Team

Our agency is excited to announce the expansion of our Employee Benefits team to better serve our customers! A set of trusted advisors has joined our team to help you navigate employee benefits and personal lines coverages such...

Protecting Your Commodity and Cattle Seminar

If you couldn’t make it to our agency’s Protecting Your Commodity and Cattle Seminar on Tuesday, March 6 in Hepler, Kansas you missed an educational seminar tailored for farmers along with great food and conversation!<...

Specialty Risk Insurance Partners with Nationwide to Protect Grain Bin Workers 2018

Each year, farmers risk their lives when they enter large grain bins to remove clumped or rotting grain while machinery is still running. Much like quicksand, flowing grain can bury a worker within seconds.

 

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Retirement Celebration for Kathy Kellhofer

Our team recently had a retirement celebration for Kathy Kellhofer! Kathy and her husband, Larry purchased Sarcoxie Insurance Agency in 1986 and she continued to serve her customers after their agency merged with ours in 2013. Kathy has committed more...

Jasper Fire Protection District Awarded Grain Bin Rescue Tube

The Jasper Fire Protection District was awarded a grain bin rescue tube and specialized training on Wednesday, August 23 as part of a Grain Bin Safety Week contest sponsored by Specialty Risk Insurance.

 

In...

Fifth Anniversary & Office Expansion Celebration

July 13, 2017 marked the fifth anniversary of being in business for our agency. In celebration of this milestone our team held an open house with cake and refreshments and a ribbon cutting event co-hosted by the Carthage Chamber of...

Top Farm Producing Agency of the Year Award

Specialty Risk Insurance Agency was recognized by Nationwide® as the Top Farm Producing Agency of the Year for 2016 during its Farm Growth Conference in Columbus, Ohio in June.  In attendance was Kevin Charleston, Agency Owner, of...

2017 TSACA Summer Golf Tournament

Specialty Risk Insurance was the Summer Golf Tournament Corporate Sponsor for the Tri-State Area Contractors Association (TSACA) held on Friday, June 23, 2017 at Briarbrook Country Club in Carl Junction, MO.

 

The tournament kicked off...

Fourth Annual Grain Bin Safety Contest

Our team is a proud partner of the Nominate Your Fire Department Contest hosted by Nationwide.

The safety contest runs from January 1 through May 31. It will award grain rescue tubes and specialized hands-on...

One Epic System Change

3/31/17

Today, our agency launched Applied Epic, a new cloud-based agency management system to help provide a better customer experience. To kick off the launch, our team sported spring themed “It’s an #EpicDay” t-shirts and...

Recap: Growing the Future Workshop 2017

3/15/2017

Despite the ice storm, our guests braved the weather Friday, January 13, 2017 to attend the fourth annual Growing the Future Workshop at the Downstream Casino in Quapaw, Oklahoma. The event was a banquet style educational seminar designed to educate...

Farms Change

Oct 4, 2016

Doug Collard

The modern farm is very business-like now. The family ran farm with the occasional part-time employee is not the standard anymore. The family may still be a critical part of the structure, but now three or four full-time employees...

What’s the Value in Insurance?

Oct 18, 2016

Kevin Charleston

The periodic nature of insurance payments leads many to question the value of the insurance they buy every time they send in a check, whether it’s monthly, every three months, or even just once a year. Paying those...

Securing the Future of Your Farm

Sep 20, 2016

Chip Cortez

Farmers have unique needs when it comes to passing the farm on to the next generation. They typically have a lot of non-liquid assets, such as the land and the equipment needed to farm that land. A successful farm...