Scott Insurance

Making history for more than 145 years

1864

The agency is founded by prominent Lynchburg businessman and Virginia state legislator Peter J. Otey. The earliest written record of business is dated 2 days after Lincoln's re-election on November 10, 1864. With the Civil War blazing all around Lynchburg, the company issued a $10,000 policy to McDaniel-Irby for fire damage.

2009

Scott selected as a "Best Place to Work" twice, first by the regional Blue Ridge Business Journal, and secondly, by the national publication, Business Insurance.

2011

Scott selected at as a "Best Place to Work in Virginia" by Virginia Business magazine, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and the Virginia SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) association. Scott Benefit Services charters its first benefits captive insurance company.

At Scott Insurance, risk means opportunity, not expense.

Scott's customers are winners... leaders... action-oriented business people, who don't wait at the bottom of the mountain while everybody else climbs higher. We can relate. As an employee-owned company, Scott is passionate about taking your company to the highest levels of profitability. We take your business personally, and we won't stop until every customer is ahead of the curve in protection, prevention, and cost.

For more than 140 years, our clients have benefited from the Scott philosophy of embracing risk and rewarding performance. They've saved millions by having the most effective and innovative insurance services in the industry-delivered by trained specialists who don't just stay on the cutting edge of the industry, they define it. Scott brings accountability into an environment of complexity and uncertainty. Expertise born of experience, education, and passion. For the job, the challenge, the solution-and for serving our customers. We take ownership and provide you with performance.

Scott's corporate values define our relationships - with each other and our clients. They empower us to better serve you - now and in the future.

If this is the heart of our philosophy, then our employee-owners and our clients are the soul. Embrace Scott Insurance and get rewarded with the performance you deserve.

Let Scott help you discover a new way to look at risk. Because, like you, we enjoy the view from the top.

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