Matson Insurance: Grand Opening Of New Office

Jeff Green | May 09, 2013

Matson Insurance Brokers (MIB), now a division of Insurance Specialty Brokers (ISB) of Kingston, will be celebrating the opening of their office in Sharbot Lake on Wednesday, May 15, between 12 noon and 4 p.m.

The office has, in fact, been up and running since the beginning of the year, and the partnership between the two brokerages started a year before that.

Older yet, much older, is the tradition of service to the community that dates back to 1965, when Ewart Matson bought the business and moved it to the front room of the house on Queen Street in Arden.

Forty-eight years later, a lot has changed in the local community, but they need for a full service insurance broker hasn't.

“We've always been able to provide service to our customers, and that's what keeps them coming back, generation after generation,” said Sherry Scott, the granddaughter of Ewart Matson, who runs the Sharbot Lake operation with her mother Marilyn. Marilyn took over from Ewart in 1998.

“We work with many different insurance companies, companies that understand and are committed to the rural market, and that's why we can offer the kind of service that people find useful,” she added.

ISG is also a community-based company. In an industry that has become dominated by larger regional and national corporations, they serve and are based in the greater Kingston market. The affiliation with Matson's enables them to reach out into the countryside as well as keep their focus on their Kingston-based clientele.

Both MIB and ISG were already serving as brokers for Wawanesa, but they each had a number of other companies they work with. Clients at the new MIB/ISG office in Sharbot Lake now have access to The Dominion Insurance, Lanark Mutual, Echelon, Optimum Frontier, Farmer's Mutual, Economical, Aviva and Intact, among others.

“It has been a really good fit for us,” said Dave Fraser, the General Manager of ISG.

“We believe that each and every client deserves personalized insurance service for their home, cottage, boat, auto, business or farm, and those values are shared by MIB,” he added.

The move from Arden to Sharbot Lake has not changed the way Sherry Scott sees the business, although, she said, “it has given me some more space back at home. People have always known where we are, and there might be an added convenience for some by us being located in Sharbot Lake, but our clientele is scattered far and wide. Please feel free to come and visit us at our new spacious office,.”

MIB/ISG invites the public to visit their new office, which is located at 1021B Elizabeth St, in Sharbot Lake on May 15. There will be cake and coffee as well as a special draw for a brand new gas BBQ, and the first 100 guests will each receive a free gift.

To reach Matson Insurance, call 613-279-2925.