By Martin Couch
Since 1905, the Arkansas Best Insurance Agency has existed, serving the Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village and Malvern areas of Garland and Hot Spring counties.
Now, after 105 years of providing insurance for customers at reasonable rates, ABI has come to Bryant and is located in the Westchase Plaza next to Pasta Jack's.[more]
"We have been watching Bryant and reading about the city and it was on our to-do list for a place to come to next," said ABI president Michael J. Upton, CIC. "We think the people of Bryant need a hometown agency to service them. That's what we want to try to do — give Bryant the largest, oldest, locally-owned and operated independent agency to do business with. Even in this economy we help save people on their insurance premiums and we've been honored by several insurance companies as being their top agent. We want to bring that here and help the people of Bryant get the best value on insurance rates."
The same can be said of Roger Ward, CIC, who is also a partner with Upton at ABI.
"We thought this would be a great place to grow," Ward said. "We road around the new neighborhoods and it was pretty amazing. Whether it's a bedroom community or if it's a business in Bryant, we provide personal or commercial insurance. We provide competitive rates with other insurance companies and I think we can add to this area."
For information on insurance rates, the ABI friendly staff in Bryant can be reached at 1-800-558-2242.
