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A Foundation of Experience and Expertise
For over a century, Thames Batré has been helping businesses and
individuals make smart choices about controlling their exposures and
risk. While the risks of today are much more complex and varied than
they were when Gus Thames and Lloyd Batré founded the firm in 1891,
our approach for managing our client’s risk is as fresh as ever.
Our hallmarks haven’t changed: professional training, high performance
people, operational excellence, education, reinvesting, integrity and
sustainability.
More than just providing insurance, Thames Batré creates value for our
clients through our people, our relationships and our ability to respond
effectively to their everyday needs and their complex problems.
Thames Batré has been selected as a “Best Practices Agency” for 16
consecutive years by Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance
Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). Of 1,100 nominees, Thames Batré
is the only privately owned firm based in Mobile, Alabama to recieve this
designation and one of only six across all of Alabama. For our customers,
this means they are being served by one of the top performing insurance
brokerage firms in our region.
Experience and expertise—it shows in everything we do.
Helping our clients make smart
choices about their risk and
insurance is where we excel.
Occasionally, that means helping
our clients ask the right questions.
We’re About Knowledge Applied. As a privately owned and closely held firm, Thames Batré is accountable to our customers. With that focus and
advantage, Thames Batré has grown into the largest privately held insurance brokerage in South Alabama serving
both business and individuals with property and liability insurance products and risk services.
Today, we are known and recognized as the leader in our region for purposeful insurance and risk management
programs that compliment the needs of our clients and ensure their financial stability and prosperity throughout
everyday risks and catastrophic loss. For those clients who want to improve their risk profile, our staff risk manager
is available to assist with controls and procedures to achieve improved results and drive down the long-term cost of
risk. In short, we apply our knowledge and expertise in a manner that leverages the long-term efficiency and value
of our client’s property and liability insurance coverage.
The uniqueness of Thames Batré has not gone unrecognized. We consider it a privilege to claim sixteen consecutive
years of being branded as a “Best Practices Agency” by a joint study of Regan Consulting and the Independent
Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). This designation involves a process that includes over 1,100 nominees,
with only 216 firms being selected. We stand alone as the only privately owned firm in South Alabama to receive this
recognition and we are one of the only six Statewide. It is because of our performance-focused employees that we
are counted in this elite group.
Serving our clients from offices in Mobile, Alabama, and Gulf Shores, Alabama, we are central to one of the most
vibrant and diverse economic regions of our country. And our client base is as diverse as our region, ranging from
hometown people and businesses with a local presence to those who have exposures and operations across the
country and around the globe. Whatever their footprint or scope, Thames Batré has the knowledge and the resources
to help our clients reach their destinations.
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Linking Experience and Expertise with Relationships
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Experience...
With a foundation of experience that spans more than a century, Thames Batré
knows how to prescribe and shape business insurance and risk management
programs that capture the unique needs and exposures of our clients.
Expertise...
Today, we blend that experience with our force of performance-focused
employees, our staff risk management services and our commitment to
reinvesting in our company, all to establish a platform that can solve problems
and create opportunities for our clients.
Relationships...
By drawing on our wealth of selected insurance company relationships, we
are able to link our experience and expertise with the right underwriters for
the right reasons. When this alignment of talented resources occurs, it is then
that our clients begin to realize and experience the value-added advantage
of Thames Batré.
Outcomes...
The result: A business insurance and risk management partnership that
enhances our client’s operations and adds stability and sustainability to the
long term performance of thier company. Thames Batré is the only locally
owned firm in south Alabama
that has a dedicated Risk
Manager on staff.
R I S K & C L A I M S M A N A G E M E N T
Risk Management
Our Risk Management Department allows us to go beyond the insurance
policy to help you control your losses. We have experienced professionals
to assist you with the following risk management services, and are usually
provided at no extra charge to our clients:
Our Risk Management professionals provide the following services:
•RiskIdentification
• Risk Evaluation
• Risk Advoidance
• Risk Reduction
• Risk Assumption
Claims Management
The Thames Batré claims consultants have extensive experience, technical
knowledge and superior service standards. Each consultant serves as an
advocate for our clients in interacting with the insurance carriers and third
partyadministratorstoconfirmthatclaimsareresolvedefficiently,expediently
and in our client’s best interest.
Our in-house dedicated claims consultants provide the following services:
• Claims reporting procedures evaluation, development and training
• Special claim handling procedures
• Consultation relating to claim resolution strategy
• Scheduled claims reviews and reserve analysis
• Insurance carrier/third party administrator oversight
• Claims Service Plan
•Experiencemodificationfactorprojections
•Injurytrendevaluations
•Light/modifieddutyprogramsevaluation&development
• Claims advice and counsel
• Vehicle accident reporting kits
• Pre-printed claim reporting guidelines
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P R I V A T E C L I E N T G R O U P3
Private Client Services the Thames Batré Way When it comes to insuring significant assets, “we get it”. At Thames
Batré we understand the unique and complex needs of those that have
more to protect.
Our Private Client Services Group is comprised of a team of insurance
professionals who work closely with you to build a customized solution for
your complex personal lines needs. We are the experts in insuring luxury
residences and automobiles, collections, yachts, personal excess liability,
multi-state and even international exposures.
Unlike typical agencies and direct writers, we offer the advantage of access
to all the “blue chip” insurance companies (ACE Private Risk, Chartis,
Chubb, Fireman’s Fund and PURE). These insurance carriers specialize
in the high net worth market. With this access we can offer an in depth
analysis of coverage and explore all the carrier options to protect your
assets. Thames Batré’s goal is to exceed our client’s expectations!
We can assist you with many lines of protection including:
High Value Homeowners
Builder’s Risk
Excess Flood
Automobiles
Antique Automobiles
Artwork
Jewelry
Yacht
Kidnap, Ranson & Extortion
Domestic Staff Worker’s Compensation
Employment Practices Liability
Coverage
Not for Profit Board of Directors and
Fiduciary Liability
P E R S O N A L I N S U R A N C E3
The Personal Lines Department is dedicated to the insurance needs of
people just like you. The experienced Thames Batré team can provide
individuals and families with the coverages they need. From Montgomery
to Gulf Shores, we are providing peace-of-mind at attractive rates.
PERSONAL COVERAGE
• Homeowners
• Automobile
• Boats/Yachts
• Valuable Items
