Picture it–not Sicily, but Oak Ridge, 1945.
The Manhattan Project is no longer top-secret and WWII comes to a victorious end. Honorably discharged from military service, Mr. Herron opens an independent agency with Mr. Connell, aptly named Herron-Connell Insurance.
Same company, fifty years later: Father & son, Steve & Addison Koella, buy the agency and continue the longstanding family tradition of providing personal, commercial, health and life insurance coverage from more than 40 different carriers to the people of Oak Ridge, Anderson, Knox and other counties. Red Williams’ agency joins the family in 2005; O’Kain & Clark in 2015; then Jim Condra & Employee Benefit Solutions of Tennessee come along in 2017.
Herron-Connell Insurance Group is firmly planted and proudly rooted in East Tennessee since 1945.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
865-483-8483
We offer the same digital services as national companies through our website, social media and a new, free app. If technology isn’t your thing or you prefer to sit and discuss options, we are just down the road. We will be socially distancing for a bit longer, so the office is currently closed to the public, but we are here. As Mike said the other day, this is not the new normal. We look forward to returning to the old normal of hugs and handshakes. Meanwhile…
“Prepare the umbrella before it rains.”
a translation of a Malayan proverb: Sediakan payung sebelum hujan.
In Tennessee, we say, “Grab an umbrella just in case. Better safe than sorry.”
That’s what insurance is. You hope for the best and prepare for the worst. We are here to help you every step of the way, through all sorts of weather. We also say, “If you don’t like the weather, wait ten minutes and it’ll change.”
We saved the best for last!
Meet our agents and the heart of Herron-Connell Insurance Group:
From top left: Billie Layfield, Mike Clark, Frannie Hamrick Middle row: Katie Rymer, Steve Koella, Cyndi Jeffers Bottom row: Susan Anderson, Dan Brown and Hugh Neil.
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