Higginbotham, a broad-based, employee-owned insurance and financial services company headquartered in Texas, announced that it has joined forces with Turbeville Insurance Agency, a Columbia-based independent brokerage with four offices across the state. The move marks Higginbotham’s first presence in one of the fastest-growing states by aligning with one of the state’s largest independent firms.<\/p>\n
“A South Carolina presence has been our goal for a long time, and we didn’t want to tiptoe into it,” said Rusty Reid, chairman and CEO of Higginbotham. “Bill Turbeville and his team have built one of the state’s most respected independent firms, and they did it by staying close to their clients, investing in their people and showing up for the communities they serve.”<\/p>\n
Turbeville Insurance Agency was established in 1991 by William L. “Bill” Turbeville Jr. By the time the firm joined forces with Higginbotham, it had grown to more than 60 employees with offices in Columbia, Lexington, Beaufort and Charleston, serving personal, commercial, life, health and employee benefits clients — with specialized experience in coastal property, construction, contractors, developers, restaurants and other industries.<\/p>\n
Turbeville’s decision to join forces with a larger firm came after years of expansion through both organic growth and new partners. As the agency grew, Turbeville said, it found itself competing with national and regional firms.<\/p>\n
“We’d grown to the point where the next level was going to require a different kind of scale,” Bill Turbeville said. “We had to decide whether to make that major push on our own or join forces with a larger firm that could help us keep growing.”<\/p>\n
Turbeville said the decision ultimately came down to fit.<\/p>\n
“We have something special here, and with Higginbotham, we found a group that felt like our kind of people — people who care about relationships, culture and doing right by employees and clients,” Turbeville said.<\/p>\n
For Turbeville, Higginbotham’s model of employee ownership was also a deciding factor. That structure gives Turbeville employees a path to participate in the value they help create, within a company designed to remain independent for the long term.<\/p>\n
“The final decision was about that long-term structure,” said Turbeville. “I’m not planning on leaving — but one day, I’ll want to know that everyone on this team is being treated the way I would treat them. Employee ownership tells me this is a company built around the people doing the work.”<\/p>\n
Turbeville clients will continue working with their local teams while gaining access to Higginbotham’s expanded resources, including Day Two Services, claims advocacy, contract review, loss control support and specialty market capabilities in areas such as trucking and aviation.<\/p>\n
“Our clients aren’t losing the agency they know,” Turbeville said. “They’re getting the same team, with a lot more behind them. And for the team, this means more opportunity, more ownership and a future with a company that thinks about people the way we do. It just feels right.”<\/p>\n
Learn more at higginbotham.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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