INDEPENDENT INSURANCE COMPANY
60 YEARS STRONG
John Haggis and Barry Haggis
Wrtitten by Rennay Craats | Published by Melissa Mitchell Photos by Rebecca Hardcastle
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here’s an old adage that when it comes to family business, the first generation starts it, the second generation grows it and the third generation runs it into the ground. That trend is something that Barry and John Haggis are determined to buck. The brothers represent the third generation of brokers at Young & Haggis Insurance Services and have worked hard to live up to the high standards set by their uncle, parents and grandfather. Jack Young started Young Insurance out of his basement in 1964, going door to door to generate business. He was soon working alongside his children Rob Young and Barbara Haggis to build a strong family business until Jack retired in the late 1970s. “The day they brought the first computer into the office – it was on a big trolley that they’d wheel around and share – was the day Jack Young walked out the door,” says Barry Haggis, president of Young & Haggis Insurance. The second generation grew with the times and brought Barb’s husband, Chris Haggis, on board in the 1980s. Rob and Chris were the customer-facing principals of the renamed Young & Haggis Insurance Services, while Barb established the operational procedures that created the company’s strong foundation.
Young & Haggis Insurance | 60 years
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