Well covered: Indiana's major insurance agencies profiled by employee size.

• Author: McKimmie, Kathy
• Position: INSURANCE

ONB insurance Group dba Old National Insurance

600 E. 96th St.

Indianapolis, IN 46280

(317) 575-9999

Other Indiana offices: Fort Wayne, Evansville, Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute. www.onbinsurance.com

Total premiums: $422 million (62 percent P&C, 38 percent health/life)

Indiana agents/brokers: 158

Employees: 305

Services: property/casualty, life & health, third-party administration, captive management & alternative risk, loss control.

CEO: Thomas A. Flynn

Head of Indiana operations: Donald T. Scott (COO) president, Central & Southern Region; John S. Flynn, president Indianapolis Region; Mark Bienz, president, Northern Indiana Region.

"We're very unusual in the fact that we have a very strong retail agency in all facets of insurance: personal, commercial and employee benefits," says CEO Tom Flynn. "But we also have two service companies that allow us to help companies self-fund their risk, Employee Plans LLC, and JWF Specialty" The latter represents many cities, towns, schools and large employers. "We think it's the largest third-party claims administrator in the state." ONB Insurance, a subsidiary of Old National Bancorp, acquired J.W.F. Insurance Companies in 2005.

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Wells Fargo

insurance Services

7400 North Shadeland Ave., Suite 100

Indianapolis, IN 46250

(317) 841-5035

www.wellfsfargo.com/wfis

Other Indiana offices: Fort Wayne, Elkhart, Evansville.

Total premiums: $251 million (43 percent P&C, 57 percent health/life)

Indiana agents/brokers: 58

Employees: 160

Services: Risk management, employee benefits consulting, claims and loss control services.

Head of Indiana operations: John Murphy, managing director.

Wells Fargo Insurance Services, is the nation's fifth-largest insurance brokerage and the largest bank-owned insurance brokerage with more than 160 offices in 38 states. It is part of California-based Wells Fargo & Company, Sales in all insurance areas grew this year in Indiana, with employee benefits taking the lead.

Hylant Group

501 Congressional Blvd., Suite 300

Carmel, IN 46032

(317) 817-5000

6714 Pointe Inverness Way, Suite 100

Fort Wayne, IN 46804

(260) 969-3900

Additional office in Bloomington

www.hylant.com

Total premiums: $185 million (52 percent P&C, 42 percent employee benefits, 6 percent personal lines)

Indiana agents/brokers: 33

Employees: 142

Services: property / casualty, employee benefits, personal lines, wellness, loss control, risk and claim consulting.

Heads of Indiana operations: Kevin Brennan, president, Fort Wayne office; Frank "Skip" Treco, president, Indianapolis and Bloomington.

Founded in 1935 in Toledo, Ohio, Hylant Group serves both public and privately held companies, locally based to large multi-nationals. Two growth areas are innovations to meet the rising costs...