October 22, 2015
As we make sure to frequently emphasize in this space – because we consider it so important – is that, continuously, for the almost 80 years we have been in business, Habig & Magoon Insurance Agency has been independent and family owned.
We are a business and a legacy – and a tradition.
Fred Magoon launched Magoon Insurance Agency in 1937, on Clifton Avenue, in Brockton.
The Habig family would become part of the business when Bill Habig, married to Fred Magoon’s daughter, Betty, joined the agency. He soon became a partner.
Bill and Betty had three children – in order of birth, Bill, Trent, and Lisa. All the children were brought up in Easton, and all graduated from Oliver Ames High School – Bill Jr. and Trent in the early ’80s, and Lisa in 1988.
And all the children, today, work at Habig & Magoon Insurance Agency – making it a third generation family business.
The Habig kids know insurance.
When Bill Jr. graduated from what was then called Norwich Academy he went to work for three years as an underwriter for Plymouth Rock Assurance in Boston; he then worked for Travelers for three years, also as an underwriter, and also in its Boston office.
“I left Travelers to go to New York City and work for a UK based insurance group, Hogg Robinson Insurance Brokers, one of the world’s largest insurance brokers,” said Bill Jr. “It was a tremendously positive experience, and I learned a lot, and living and working in New York City is exciting – but I have a strong affection for the Boston area, and when, after two years in New York, an opportunity arose to work for the family agency, I took it.”
Bill Jr. has been with Habig & Magoon ever since.
In 1998, Bill Jr. bought Magoon Insurance from his father, and the new entity was renamed Habig & Magoon Insurance Agency.
Trent, today Vice President of Sales for Habig & Magoon, also went right into the insurance field after graduating from college, from Curry College in 1987.
Trent first worked in sales for Gaudette Insurance in Whitinsville, MA, and then Rodman Insurance in Needham, before launching his own business, TRH Insurance Agency, which he ran for 12 years before signing on with Habig & Magoon in 2012.
Lisa Habig Pearce started working part-time for the agency not long after she graduated from Emmanuel College in 1991. She continues to work part-time for Habig & Magoon in accounting and bookkeeping, and has been with us now for a little more than 20 years.
“Trent, Lisa, and myself – we all respect and value highly the legacy of Habig & Magoon Insurance Agency,” said Bill Jr. “And we seek to honor that legacy in our work, in our relationships with our client, and in our involvement in the community.”
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