BULLHEAD CITY — Farmers Insurance Jerry Thompson Agency celebrated the grand opening of his new office at 1788 Highway 95, Suite 22 in Bullhead City on Sept. 4.

Members of the community, city officials, Laughlin Chamber of Commerce, Volunteers In Partnership and Bullhead Business Builders group attended the grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony.

Thompson spent two years at 1285 Hancock Road before making the move to a more desirable location.

“It was very difficult for people to find us,” he said. “Even existing clients would drive by the office two to three times before they go, ‘Oh yeah, there it is.’ So I’ve been kind of eyeballing this shopping center and I was curious as to what the rent was.”

Thompson began selling life insurance in Kentucky in his 20’s.

“That lasted maybe a year, if that,” he said.

Selling life insurance in your 20’s is not a good match, he said.

“You really got to be a slick talker in your 20s to be able to pull it off,” he said. “That wasn’t me.”

His second attempt in his 30’s maybe lasted about six months. His third and last attempt happened while working a swap meet booth when a Farmers Insurance agent reached out to him on LinkedIn in 2022.

After graduating from their year-long protege program, Thompson said that at his age, he didn’t want to start from scratch and wanted to buy an existing agency from someone who was retiring.

As luck would have it, Thompson bought Kelly Applewhite’s agency on Hancock Road when she retired in 2023. Two years in, he said the location wasn’t working for him.

Thompson and two additional licensed agents moved into their new Bullhead City office at 1788 Highway 95 on Aug. 1.

His team, he said, is growing with additional agents in California, Henderson, Nevada and Phoenix.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” he said.

Thompson offers auto insurance, home insurance, renters insurance, motorcycle insurance, whole life insurance, term life insurance, business insurance, and umbrella insurance. He also does surety bonds, title bonds and notary bonds.

“We’re also looking to expand our life insurance offerings,” he said. “We also do annuities, fixed index annuities. Probably in the next, God willing, three to six months, I’ll have my securities licenses and then we can offer variables as well as IRAs and Mutual Funds.”

Thompson is licensed in Arizona, California and Nevada.

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday by appointment.

For more information, call 928-758-7961 or visit agents.farmers.com/az/bullhead-city/jerry-thompson/?SourceID=AMPALFGMAG&utm_medium=Local&utm_source=GMB