{"id":7838,"date":"2016-06-13T15:47:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=7838"},"modified":"2016-06-13T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:47:57","slug":"harrison-insurance-stays-connected-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/13\/harrison-insurance-stays-connected-to-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"HARRISON INSURANCE STAYS CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY JEFF BACON<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Harrison Insurance has been serving the Wood River Valley since 1988 and for owner Kathy Harrison, she couldn\u2019t imagine being any place else.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love living in the Wood River Valley,\u201d Kathy notes. \u201cWhether it\u2019s the skiing in the winter or the camping and waterskiing in the summer, we\u2019re always out enjoying everything that southern Idaho has to offer. Knowing that the great outdoors is waiting for us after work is quite a company perk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being a longtime Valley business, Kathy knows that it takes a high-level of service to retain her clients, especially in the insurance industry. \u201cInsurance isn\u2019t one of those things that people necessarily like dealing with,\u201d Kathy said during a recent interview. \u201cFor most of us, we just want to know it\u2019s there and will work if we ever need it and that\u2019s where my team comes in.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how does Kathy get people to talk about insurance? \u201cIt all starts by breaking it down into its simplest pieces,\u201d Kathy notes. \u201cWe usually start by looking at the types of coverages people have and compare that to what they need. Too often we\u2019ve had clients that have purchased different types of insurance at different times and they\u2019re ultimately not getting the best deals for the right coverage. Sometimes just translating it into simple English is all they need.\u201d<\/p>\n

And insurance in the Wood River Valley can mean a lot of different things. \u201cWe work with many different carriers so we can offer a full suite of insurance types,\u201d Kathy says. \u201cIn addition to all the expected policies, we also have specialty insurance for more unique categories like log homes, equine and small farms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year Harrison Insurance started donating cash to The Advocates for every new client they sign up for a policy. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited about this new program,\u201d Kathy said. \u201cLast year we had 100 new clients and that gave us a great first-year donation for The Advocates. Our clients like knowing that in addition to getting the insurance coverage they need, they\u2019re also helping the community. It\u2019s a great win-win.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to her work with The Advocates, Kathy has been president of the Blaine County School District Education Fund and served on the Chamber board. \u201cI\u2019ve met so many people through my work with the Chamber and other organizations in the Valley,\u201d Kathy adds. \u201cI am encouraging my team to get involved in the great work that the Chamber is doing. It\u2019s important that Chamber members take advantage of all the great networking opportunities that are available.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff Bacon is the Hailey Chamber of Commerce\u2019s membership director. For more information, visit www.haileyidaho.com or call the Chamber at (208) 788-3484.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BY JEFF BACON Harrison Insurance has been serving the Wood River Valley since 1988 and for owner Kathy Harrison, she couldn\u2019t imagine being any place else. \u201cWe love living in the Wood River Valley,\u201d Kathy notes. \u201cWhether it\u2019s the skiing in the winter or the camping and waterskiing in the summer, we\u2019re always out enjoying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chamber-corner","8":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}