Mike Esau, President

Mike works primarily with outside sales of new and renewal business. He also devotes time to loss control coordination and safety program development. Mike developed and oversees a niche program for cotton module haulers within the Custom Harvest Insurance program.

Larry Minner CIC, CRM, Secretary
Larry works specifically with program development and program management. He handles outside sales of new and renewal business. The safety newsletter, safety awards program, and annual safety schools are his responsibility. He also developed and oversees a niche program for citrus and vegetable harvesters.

Dolores Larison, CIC, CISR, Underwriting
Dolores is responsible for front line underwriting including rating, broad-based client-acceptability decisions and coverage placement. She additionally does service work to produce client endorsement changes, certificates of insurance, proof of insurance for lienholders and municipal authorities and state and federal insurance filings. In 2011, Dolores received recognition from the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research for maintaining the Certified Insurance Counselor designation for 30 years.

Curt Minner, Underwriting
Curt is also responsible for front line underwriting. He determines risk acceptability, insurance pricing, and coverage placement. He also assists with certificates, state and federal filings and proof of insurance forms. As a former Class A PGA professional, he is responsible for all company golf outings and lessons to help keep his father's handicap below 20.

Doug Minner, IT Guy and Agency Production Control
Doug joined Dolores and Curt as front line underwriter in 2008, working primarily with brokers and handling all the cotton harvesting business.  Additionally, he keeps all the computer systems running and is the one everyone yells at when the computers stop working. As a former graphic design artist, Doug produces much of the insurance logos, designs, advertising copy and safety awards.

Janice Minner, CPA, Accounting
Janice deals with brokers, Producers and insurance companies regarding premium billings and payments. She oversees all client billing and all account payable activity. Additionally she maintains her own private accounting firm in Goodland, Kansas.

 

Lisa joined the Underwriting Team in 2011 as the underwriter for the new work comp program handling both new business production and all audit processes.  Recently additional underwriting responsibilities have been added and she now works with a few brokers for all parts of the program.

 

Julie is the most recently hired employee for the agency, and as such, is responsible for everything that no one else will do. She assists with some of the agency accounting, working with company payables. She is responsible for maintaining over 65 agency and agent licenses in 28 different states. As a former teacher, married to a computer guru, she has taken over agency web design and social media efforts.