Wheeler & Taylor Acquires GoodWorks Insurance’s Great Barrington Office
GREAT BARRINGTON — Wheeler & Taylor Insurance of Great Barrington, Mass., announced that it has purchased the Great Barrington office of GoodWorks Insurance. The purchase brings together two firms that are consistently ranked among the top independent insurance agencies in the region, according to George A. Ryan, Jr., President of Wheeler & Taylor.
Chad Yonker, chairman of GoodWorks Insurance, will become a shareholder and chairman at Wheeler & Taylor. Ryan will continue in his role as president indefinitely and remains the company’s majority shareholder.
“We’ve formed a strategic alliance,” Yonker said. “We’ll work together on all aspects of each other’s businesses, allowing us to better serve our clients and creating more opportunity for growth at both organizations.”
Both organizations have a long history of supporting their communities through charitable giving and going forward will be no exception. Wheeler & Taylor will license the GoodWorks Insurance charitable-giving program to continue to support local organizations and charities in Massachusetts.
