2024 Holiday Season Wishes

2024 Holiday Season Greetings from Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc., whose service area includes Texas, Kansas, and 16 other states in the midwestern, southwestern, and western United States - Merry Christmas 2024 and Happy New Year 2025 from the Stroud Crowd - Steve B. Stroud; Cathy Lee; Diana Parkhill; Mark Osborne, AFIS; Shannon Thompson; Stephen Bates; Vilma Garretson; Alicia Garcia; Babs Hanna; Brad Smith; Margaret Rivera; Mike Garretson, AFIS

As the 2024 holiday season enters full swing and a new year quickly approaches, the Stroud family and Stroud National Agency, Inc. send our warmest greetings to our valued agents and carrier partners.

 

Wishing holiday joy:

Our wish for you and yours this Christmas is an abundance of happiness, warmth, and cheer. During this special time, we hope our agents will take the time to relax and enjoy the company of your loved ones. Rest assured, your business with Stroud National is taken care of, and, come January, we’ll be ready to hit the ground running with you for an even more prosperous 2025.

 

Thank you and continuing commitment:

We are incredibly grateful for the unwavering support of our agents and carrier partners throughout 2024. Times like these make us reflect on life’s many blessings, and our relationships with our agents and carrier partners stand out as some of our greatest.

As we head into our 64th year as a company in 2025, we stand on the shoulders of all those who came before us. Knowing this, we maintain an unwavering commitment to helping protect the legacies of farmers, ranchers and small business owners in local communities across the midwestern, southwestern and western United States. In addition, we remain dedicated to providing diligent, quick, and personalized service.

We know our MGA is one of several choices for the insurance needs of your farm and ranch and small business clients. That’s why everyone on our team is dedicated to winning and keeping your business.

In the “Stroud Crowd,” we have each other’s backs—and we’ve got yours too!

 

2024 Holiday Season Office Closures:

Please note that our office will be closed all day on Christmas Eve (12/24), Christmas Day (12/25), New Year’s Eve (12/31), and New Year’s Day (01/01).

 

From all of us in the “Stroud Crowd”, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025!

 

Photo of Farm and Ranch Underwriter Mark Osborne hanging Christmas decorations from the ceiling at Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc.

Mark Osborne, AFIS getting into the Christmas spirit as he hangs decorations

 

2024 Christmas tree at Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc., whose service area includes Texas, Oklahoma, and 16 other states in the midwestern, southwestern, and western United States

Our 2024 Christmas tree all ready for the gift exchange

 

Photo of Steve B. Stroud, President & CEO of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc., speaking at Annual Christmas dinner on December 10th, 2024. Also shown are Irrigation Underwriter & Claims Specialist Shannon Thompson and Senior Underwriter & Commercial Lines Manager Cathy Lee.

President & CEO Steve B. Stroud speaking at our annual Christmas dinner on December 10th, 2024; Also shown: Shannon Thompson and Cathy Lee

 

Photo of Policy Binding & Issuance Specialist Diana Parkhill and Senior Underwriter & Agribusiness Manager Stephen Bates enjoying the Christmas Dinner of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc. on December 10th, 2024

Diana Parkhill and Stephen Bates enjoying the Christmas dinner

 

Photo of Vickie (Stroud) Ayer and husband Herley at the Christmas Dinner of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc. on December 10th, 2024.

Vickie (Stroud) Ayer and husband Herley joining the Stroud Crowd for the Christmas dinner

 

Photo of Steve B. Stroud, President & CEO of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc., opening gifts at the company's Christmas lunch and gift exchange on December 17th, 2024.

Steve B. Stroud reading the Christmas card from the staff  at our Christmas lunch and gift exchange on December 17th, 2024

 

Photo of Accounting & Policy Issuance Specialist Margaret Rivera, Senior Underwriter & Commercial Lines Manager Cathy Lee, and Policy Binding & Issuance Specialist Diana Parkhill at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc. on December 17th, 2024

Margaret Rivera, Cathy Lee, and Diana Parkhill enjoying themselves at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange

 

Photo of Senior Underwriter & Agribusiness Manager Stephen Bates opening a gift at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc. on December 17th, 2024

But Santa, you’re supposed to deliver the gifts, not open them!! Stephen Bates opening his gift at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange

 

Photo of Operations Manager Mike Garretson, AFIS and Farm & Ranch Underwriter VIlma Garretson at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc. on December 17th, 2024

Mike Garretson, AFIS and Vilma Garretson getting in on the laughs at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange

 

Photo of Steve B. Stroud, President & CEO of Farm and Ranch Insurance MGA Stroud National Agency, Inc., opening a Christmas card at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange while Chief of Staff Brad Smith & Policy Binding & Issuance Specialist Diana Parkhill look on

Steve B. Stroud opening his card at the Christmas lunch and gift exchange while Brad Smith and Diana Parkhill look on

 

About Stroud National Agency, Inc.:

Stroud National Agency, Inc. is a managing general agency (MGA) offering farm and ranch, irrigation, and business owner (BOP) coverage in the states of TX, OK, KS, NE, NM, AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, MN, MO, MT, ND, OR, SD, UT, and WY through a network of independent insurance agencies. To learn more about the benefits of working with us, please visit our Why Stroud? page,  https://www.stroudga.com/about-us/why-stroud/ . To learn where you can write with us, please visit our Where is Stroud? page, https://www.stroudga.com/where-is-stroud/ .

 

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