Company History
In 1946, Byars Insurance Agency opened its doors
for business in the Northwest Alabama town of Jasper, Alabama, representing
two insurance companies. Our agency has grown over the years and has
expanded its operations by acquiring several other agencies. In August,
1990, Byars Insurance Agency and Primm-Wright Insurance Agency consolidated
to become Byars & Associates, Inc. Our agency is located in downtown
Jasper and is the largest agency in Walker County as well as one of
the leading agencies in North Alabama, offering a full range of insurance
products and services for our clients. The agency's principals, President
George S. (Steve) Byars, Vice Presidents Arthur J. Williams and Skip
Roberts, and Secretary/Treasurer W. Haig Wright along with a staff
of 21, are all highly trained and knowledgeable. Our agency is equipped
with the latest computer technology to enhance our ability to promptly
and accurately respond to our clients needs. Additionally, Byars &
Associates maintains a full service Real Estate Division under the
management of Senior Vice President Tom Byars. Byars & Associates
has developed an agency fully capable of handling all aspects of a
clients insurance needs. The agency offers personal insurance coverage,
business insurance coverage as well as financial services. Because
our agency has access to a broad spectrum of the U.S. insurance markets,
as well as the London market, we can offer a full range of products
to our clients. Byars & Associates firmly believes that our most cherished
asset is the mutual trust and loyalty which exist between our customer
and our agency. We consider this to be the secret of our success and
a key to retaining many of our accounts for over 30 years. We pledge
to be honest and fair in all of our dealings, to be interested in
people and their problems, and to act as though our clients needs
are our own. Our primary objective is to establish a relationship-a
partnership-between you, the insurance company and our agency, to
provide you with superior insurance products, loss control services,
and most importantly, claim services that are to our mutual benefit
and profit. Our staff strives to honor this pledge and to meet its
objectives on a daily basis. We feel that long term relationships
built upon mutual trust is a key to our agency's success with both
our clients as well as our insurance carriers. We look for stable
insurance markets that will serve our clients in the soft markets
as well as also be there when market conditions deteriorate. While
we are conscious of the need to deliver a competitively priced product,
our marketing approach concentrates on satisfying the clients need
based upon quality of service and product. We analyze the quality
of the insurance companies underwriters as well as the companies service
standards. It is very important that we work with only insurance markets
that strive to consistently maintain high quality products and deliver
these products in a timely manner. By selectively teaming only with
insurance carriers meeting these quality standards, we have succeeded
in acquiring a customer base characterized by longevity as well as
mutual respect and trust.
