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A Network Of Professional Insurance Agencies  Committed To The Design , Development , Administration , & Distribution of Quality Insurance Products.

Our firm's senior management staff has owned, operated, and managed multiple insurance interests since 1980.

The Principal's are Ed Hemphill , C.I.C ; President , Deborah  Hemphill ;Vice-President , and David Hemphill ; Director of Life & Health Operations.

Ed Hemphill began his insurance carrier in June 1970 with the Prudential Insurance Company of America .

In 1980 ; after 10 very successful years with Prudential; Ed formed a multiple lines  property/casualty/life/health/& accident insurance agency operating under the name of " Hemphill Insurance Agency " . That agency quickly became a leading retail property & casualty insurance firm operating primarily in the Texas insurance market place by offering individuals , small, or large business firms multiple lines of personal & commercial lines of property - casualty coverage.

In 1982 Ed Hemphill formed a Managing General Agency which operated under the name of Insurance Brokerage Services of Houston to offer independent agencies a  wholesale distribution center for health , life ,and accident lines of coverage. .

The Hemphill Insurance Agency management team decided to sale it's book of property & casualty premium in 1989 so that we could focus our efforts toward our rapid growth in the health/life/accident markets with MetLife's new Texas based HMO small group health product lines ;  Insurance Brokerage Services of Houston contracted in 1989 with MetLife Healthcare of Texas as their exclusive MGA distribution center to offer all Texas licensed independent insurance agencies MetLife's new Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) program for small employers groups with 5 to 35 employees.

In 1992 Insurance Brokerage Services of Houston merged into a new operating firm named National Marketing Manager (NMM) .  NMM  operated as the exclusive national distribution center for the Philadelphia  American Life Insurance Companies individual short term medical program. NMM is a wholesale distribution center and marketing firm that offers quality health/life/accident insurance products to more that 4,000 independent insurance agents on a Nationwide basis.

In 1994 National Marketing and Administration ( NM & A ) a Texas General Partnership was formed to operate as a licensed and bonded Third Party Administrator  (TPA)  . NM & A performed the tasks of underwriting , policy issue, premium collection ,  agent commission payment , general customer service , claims customer service , claims processing , and claims payment for several leading insurance carriers for a fully insured short term medical program and an occupational accident insurance program .       NM & A  also provided Administrative Service Only (ASO) third party administrative services to many large self insured employer groups for their employee benefit programs. In 2000 the Hemphill's sold their interest in NM&A to UNMARK Insurance Services (a division of the Transworld Mortgage Group ).

May 1st, 2008 the Hemphill's acknowledged the need to further diversify our agencies products lines by again offering our customers multiple lines of property & casualty coverages via TheIndependentInsuranceAgency.com web site. Click to view: http://www.theindependentinsuranceagency.com .

Ed Hemphill, C.I.C. recently announced Hemphill Insurance Agency dba The Independent Insurance Agency has contracted with several leading managing general agencies such as MarketScout , AgentSecure/InsureZone, Myron Steves , and Tryton Insurance Services ( a division of Myron F. Steves); as producing agency business partners/producers with these firms we now have access to many of the leading standard or surplus lines property & casualty ( P&C) insurance companies in America.

Ed will again be leading our agencies efforts towards opportunities & growth in the personal and commercial lines property & casualty markets through the use of advanced web site based technology via our proprietary web site. Click to view: http://www.hemphillinsuranceagency.com .

Each member of our agent/producer network and customer service staff is committed to providing our agencies producers & customers with professional & knowledgeable insurance services through their ongoing participation in programs such as: 

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What It Means to Be a CIC - The Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation is a distinction that represents a commitment to professional excellence and leadership within the insurance industry. The 30,000+ designated CICs across the country are recognized as among the best and most knowledgeable insurance practitioners in the nation. The formal training required to become a CIC includes 100 classroom hours and the successful completion of five comprehensive exams, with an annual update required to ensure that CICs maintain their edge as the most capable and current insurance practitioners in the industry.

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