By: Lawson Schaffer, Producer The road is a risky place to be. In today’s litigious commercial auto insurance environment, adequate insurance protection is becoming more important than ever before. As a business owner, it’s essential to understand your exposures and liabilities in order to determine the...
By: Lacey Rae Visintainer, Brand Manager Byars|Wright is 75 years old. Even so, in the past few years Byars|Wright has experienced its largest growth spurts in agency history. With two acquisitions, three new offices, and a record number of new hires in 2019, we aren’t slowing...
The employee onboarding process is not taken lightly at Byars|Wright. It’s a team effort, and everyone shares a common goal: Make each employee feel welcomed, comfortable, and informed. “Those first few days are the best time to make the best impression possible on the new hire...
By: Byars|Wright Benefits Partner: Tom Murfee, President and Founding Partner of Murfee Meadows Employee benefits, insurance, and retirement planning are all parts of the financial planning process for both individuals and businesses. As a strategic partner of Byars|Wright, Murfee Meadows aims to complement the agency’s current...
By Lawson Shaffer, Producer Workers’ compensation insurance coverage protects both businesses and their employees from financial loss when an employee is injured on the job or gets sick from a work-related cause. While workers’ compensation coverage is required for some businesses, we recommend that all businesses...
By: Ben Davis, Producer Workers’ compensation is insurance coverage paid by the company to provide benefits to its employees who are injured or become sick on the job. It’s a win-win for the employer and employee. Workers receive medical care they need, and employers receive assurance...
By: Mitchell Garnett, Director of Operations Technology is becoming more and more prominent every year. It impacts how we communicate and how efficiently we work. It also evolves year to year, dating some practices and improving others. Similarly, InsureTech has entered almost every aspect of the...
Businesses want to know: In the wake of COVID-19, how will insurance coverages respond? Byars|Wright has been consulting with our insurance companies and clients on this matter since COVID-19 appeared across the globe. Its effects rippled through our state even before the virus physically reached our...
By Andy Byars, CIC, Vice-President What are the methods used in employee development? Who’s responsible for this development? Why is it important? These are questions just about every business owner eventually asks themselves, and at Byars|Wright, we’ve developed a process that we believe allows our employees to...
By Trae Norrell, Producer and Amee Donald, Agency Relations Manager and Advertising At Byars|Wright, we’re not just a business that’s trying to sell a product or service. We’re an organization that truly invests in the communities in which we operate, and we believe there’s no better...
By Judy Hopkins, CISR, Account Manager In 1999, I was working with a large insurance agency when I was approached by Byars|Wright. I had met some of their team at a meeting where we had to pass down our business cards to go into a drawing...
By Mitchell Garnett, Director of Operations, and Scott Campbell, Agency Operations Assistant If every year your life seems to become more hectic, both personally and professionally, we’re here to tell you that you’re not alone. All too often, there just aren't enough hours in the day...
Running a privately owned, family-owned business is no easy task. You have to manage employees, juggle clients, handle finances; the list goes on and on. But even in the hustle and bustle of the days that seem to fly by and the minutes where you’re...
June 15th, 2019 By Amee Donald, Agency Relations Manager At Byars|Wright, we take on a different hiring philosophy than most businesses. While most companies hire employees based solely on skills and previous experience, we believe that if we can find the right people, we can teach...
May 24th, 2019 By Mitchell Garnett, Director of Operations Byars|Wright is an agency that lives by our motto “Relationships Matter”; it drives everything we do. Developing, building, and nurturing relationships is the heart of our business and always will be. While some may associate the use of...
May 5th, 2019 By Byars|Wright Let’s face it, it’s hard enough being a business owner as it is, and if another owner or other vital person to your business was to get sick, become disabled, or pass away unexpectedly, you would need to have a plan...
March 21st 2019 By: Haig Wright II, CEO & President As the owner of an independent insurance agency, I recognize that the thought of selling or merging with another company is hard to bear. Building a successful insurance agency isn't an easy process. It involves a lot...
December 20, 2018 Post by Byars|Wright By: Paul Burnett, Account Executive At Byars|Wright, we value relationships. They mean everything to us. As an independent insurance agent I know that in order to build thriving relationships with my clients, we must first establish a strong sense of trust. Through...
August 8, 2018 Post by Byars|Wright By: Byars|Wright The history of Byars|Wright dates all the way back to 1946 when G.L Byars and Jean Byars started Byars Insurance Agency in the small town of Jasper, AL. With a business built on honesty, integrity and trust, G.L. would sell...
July 2, 2018 Post by Byars|Wright By: W. Haig Wright II, President At Byars|Wright, we live by our motto that “relationships matter”; it’s our driving force, and our business hinges on it. From our clients to our insurance companies, we believe that having relationships built on trust is imperative....
