About Stover & Crouch Insurance
Step back in time to the roaring 20’s and you will find an entrepreneur by the name of Joe L. Cooper. He was Daddy Joe to us and Mr. Cooper to many. He was my great grandfather and the man responsible for establishing the savings, loan & insurance business in 1920. It was originally located in the old First National Bank Building on the square in Madisonville. People still talk about him and tell great stories of how nobody would lend them money, but Mr. Cooper would. It is that thought process that has given us a true spirit of pride and caring for our neighbors and our community. It is that spirit that has grown our agency to what it is today. And 3 generations later, we would like to think that we do as well. It’s hard to believe a family business can go on like this for so long, but it has. To have 4 generations somehow or another fall into a career they all love is pretty amazing. It’s also pretty amazing that I can work with my best friend and dad Craig Stover on a daily basis. I hope he is here forever.
I think that over the years, we have seen times when people truly feel comforted by having us there when they need us the most. Disasters are devasting. It is especially painful for us to watch a family’s belongings (and sometimes worse) go away forever. Yes, we insure the home and its’ belongings, but more importantly we want to ensure the family that lives in it, that we will be there when they need us the most. I always like to say that the relationship between us and our clients is weird. The only thing that they gave us was money, and in return we gave them a promise, and it’s our really, really strong belief, that we have to deliver on that promise, and if we don’t deliver on that promise, then shame on us.