Serving the community since 1913.
For the past 100 years and for the next 100 years, Winton-Ireland, Strom & Green Insurance Agency has and will endeavor to meet the needs of the community.
Local Beginnings
Winton-Ireland, Strom & Green Insurance Agency was founded in 1913 by Gordon H. Winton as G.H. Winton Insurance Agency. Mr. Winton, a cashier at the First Bank of Livingston, recognized the need for insurance and related services in a flourishing agricultural community and endeavored to meet those needs.
G.H. Winton was succeeded by his son Keith in 1957. Through the years, by way of mergers and acquisitions, G.H. Winton Insurance Agency transformed into Winton-Ireland, Strom & Green Insurance Agency (WIS&G). That’s not to say much has changed.
Winton Insurance Agency
This agency was founded in 1913 as the G. H. Winton Insurance Agency. At that time, Mr. Winton was the cashier at the First Bank of Livingston. The insurance business was only a sideline for several years.
Going Full-Time
In 1924, Mr. Winton resigned his bank position to devote full time to his insurance agency. Little did he know that 30 years later he would again be working in the First Bank of Livingston building; this time owning the building and his own business. That office at 503 Main Street (it was Third Street until 1989) still houses our Livingston office.
A Family Business
Upon returning home from service in World War II, Keith Winton joined his father's business. In 1954, they formed a partnership and changed the name to Winton Insurance Agency. At that time, the agency also sold real estate, completed income tax returns, acted as a Notary Public, and even collected consumer payments for PG&E and the City of Livingston.
Strom & Green Insurance
After years in the grocery business, Dewey W. Green purchased a small book of business from a Preferred Risk Mutual agent in Turlock. The year was 1964. As the agency grew, he purchased another book of business from Ed Backman in 1967, and the Fred Caulkins Agency in 1970.
Mike Ireland Joins Winton Insurance Agency
Mike Ireland joined the company in 1973, and became a partner in 1974. In 1975, the partnership purchased the F. W. Andrew Insurance Agency, and opened a second office in Turlock. Keith Winton died in 1983, but not before he saw the company enjoy a 650% increase in business from the time he started.
Merging Successful Companies
In September 1988, the two agencies formed Winton-Ireland, Strom & Green Insurance Agency. After Strom & Green moved into Winton-Ireland's office at 116 S. Center, it didn't take long to realize a much larger building was necessary; we were bulging at the seams. WIS&G purchased the church property at 627 East Canal Drive in Turlock in 1989. We remodeled the building and moved in in 1990.
Ambitious Growth Continues
James F. Quinn entered the life insurance industry in 1945. Seeking expansion to property and casualty lines, Mr. Quinn obtained an appointment with Aetna in 1950.
After several years of consistent growth the agency merged with Winton-Ireland Insurance Agency, Inc on January 1st, 1993.
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