James G. Parker Insurance Group is committed to developing a culture that is distinctly different from our competitors. Our focus is not on building the largest firm in the insurance and benefits business, but on building the most respected. We will accomplish this by focusing on the middle market client and operating an innovative insurance agency that will assist those clients in solving risk issues unique to their businesses. We will create an environment where we can take great care of the client by devoting the necessary resources to develop product expertise, value added services, and customer service standards designed to fit the needs of that market segment. Eyman Parker Insurance Brokers Group is focused on perpetuating an independent insurance agency group that blends the incredible, intimate service that small firms give their clients with the sophisticated talent that clients come to expect from a large firm.
James G. Parker Jr. began his insurance career in Los Angeles, CA in 1951. James and his wife Janice wanted to raise their children in a smaller community so they moved their family to Fresno in 1959 where James became a partner in a local insurance agency. After many years in santa barbara insurance agent industry, working on both the insurance carrier side and the agency side, James felt the need to venture out on his own. James and Janice shared the vision to open their own insurance agency, create an opportunity for family and friends to work together and become an active partner in the community. With this in mind, James left the independent agency where he had been a partner for nearly 20 years and with Janice’s support, formed James G Parker Insurance Associates in 1978.
One of the Agency’s strategic acquisitions was Bacome Insurance Agency in 1989. Under the leadership of Gerald Thompson and with the support of his partners, Paul Thompson, LeRoy Berrett and Daniel Todd, Bacome Insurance Agency founded in 1946 had become recognized throughout the valley as one of the industry leaders in Agribusiness. Their strong reputation of integrity, family values and hard work was a natural fit for the two agencies to come together. James G Parker Insurance Associates is currently owned by James G Parker III, Jon Parker, Todd Parker, LeRoy Berrett, Paul Thompson and Daniel Todd. The company is operated under the guidance of the Board of Directors which consists of James G. Parker Jr., Chairman, James G. Parker III, President (CEO), Jon Parker, Senior Vice President (CFO), Todd Parker, Senior Vice President (Secretary), LeRoy Berrett, Senior Vice President, Paul Thompson, Vice President, Daniel Todd, Vice President and Gary Feemster, Board Member.
Over the past 30 plus years, many things have changed; however the core principles of honesty, integrity, hard work and fairness that James and Janice used to form the Agency have not changed. Those principles were the foundation upon which James G. Parker Insurance Associates was built and will continue to be honored as a constant reminder of what enabled James’ and Janice’s vision to become a reality.
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