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INSURICA/JOE WEST COmPANY
Joe West opened his insurance agency in the Orpheum Theater Building in booming downtown Tulsa in 1919. The young agent was soon joined by friend Ford Bell, and the two began building their company providing insurance services to leading Tulsa businesses, including T. D. Williamson, Seismograph Services, and Nadel and Gussman. In its early years, the agency achieved continual growth thanks to the insurance expertise of associates Bob McMasters, Bob O’Dell, Del Cooper, Bill Jackson and, later, sons David Bell and Ross Cooper. In 1986, the agency was acquired by Tim Driskill, a Vinita native who grew up learning the insurance business from his father, George, at the George Driskill Agency. Joe West Company is now the flagship of a group of insurance agencies including three partner agencies: the Lon T. Jackson Agency and McMasters Insurance Counselors in Sapulpa and the Keystone Insurance Agency in Sand Springs. In 2014, the agencies partnered with Insurica and added the JRJ Agency and James and Associates to the group. Today, Joe West Company is part of one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the country. 66
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“We provide complete insurance services to a broad range of clients,” says Driskill, “and are known for our specialized knowledge and experience in the categories of aviation, professional liability, oil and gas, manufacturing, financial institutions and public school insurance.” The successful Oklahoma School Insurance Group, handled out of the Keystone Insurance Agency, provides insurance coverage for approximately 400 public schools in Oklahoma. The team of skilled insurance professionals at the company include Tim Driskill, Barry Tims, Bill Johnson, Jeff Cleveland, Cindy Griggs, Guy Griggs, Robert Wonn, Greg Pugmire, Mike Kennedy, Andy Soares, Bonnie Pace, Bob Turner, Betty Box, Mike Robinson, Chad Ferguson and Jeff Johnson. INSURICA/Joe West Company is located at 406 S. Boulder Ave. in the historic Beacon Building in downtown Tulsa. Tim Driskill 406 S. Boulder Ave., #600 918-660-0090