Our Story

Established in 1913, we are a small hometown agency in Farmersville where everyone knows everyone.

Agency opened

This Montgomery County Agency has roots dating back to 1913. Serving area farmers and individuals Stiver Insurance Agency will continue to operate under their original name and will remain at the same location.

Over 100 Years

We have been in business for over 100 years some of our clients have never had insurance anywhere else in their lives but at Stiver’s.

Continued Success

On January 2, 2018 Countryside Insurance Group purchased Stiver Insurance Agency. The previous staff are still there to continue serving the clients, as well as adding more agents, more companies and products to offer its clients.

Meet Our Team

Experienced and trustworthy agents that are waiting to serve you.

Steve Egbert
Principal Agent

Steve Egbert is the owner of Countryside Insurance Group and Stiver Insurance Agency.

He has been a professional Insurance Agent since 1991. Steve is a 1st Generation insurance agent starting in the Life and Health industry. In December of 2004 Steve entered the Property & Casualty industry writing Farm, Business, Home & Auto. In April of 2012, he started his own Independent Insurance Agency using the name Countryside Insurance Group. Since then Steve has acquired many excellent companies to represent for Farms, Crop, Commercial, Home & Auto. Steve has a deep passion for agriculture and the agriculture community.

When not serving his Insurance clients, Steve and his 2 sons Zachary & Zane operate the family farm of 600 acres of corn and soybeans. In the summer Steve and his boys pull a super modified four wheel drive pulling truck with the Ohio State Tractor Pulling Association. Steve is the first to admit he wouldn’t have been able to achieve any of this without the help and support of his wife Theresa of 28 years.

Zach Egbert
Agent

Zach Egbert serves as our producer with a strong focus on farm and business policies.

His favorite part about his career has been meeting new people and talking to fellow farmers. When Zach is not in the office he loves to work on his farm and truck. He also loves attending tractor pulls.

Taylor Pogue
 Customer Service

Taylor joined the team in May of 2020.

She is excited to learn about our customers and the business.

Zane Egbert
 Agent

Zane Egbert is a Licensed Agent for our team. He is recently licensed and has been getting lots of hands on experience.

Zane's favorite part of working at Stiver Insurance is joining in the family business.

Accommodating, professional, helpful, and quick. Very comfortable experience and I was impressed by their capabilities. Highly recommended.

Brad M.
Client