Chris Bailey/Farmers Insurance: Our Featured Small Business of the Month
The team at ServiceMaster Restoration by Simons is thrilled to announce that our featured small business owner for January is Chris Bailey of Farmers Insurance. Congratulations, Chris! You are a great role model for aspiring business owners.
Check out our interview with Chris below.
What is your business?
Chris Bailey Agency – Farmers Insurance – Providing Insurance and Financial Services. We focus on both personal insurance and commercial insurance for businesses.
How long have you been in business?
I have over 10 years of industry experience, and am in my third year of business as an agency owner with Farmers Insurance here in Evanston.
Who are your target customers?
Our agency is looking for confident planners. Confident planners take time to protect themselves correctly and are looking for an insurance professional to guide them. Those that plan correctly ultimately have a much better experience when a claim occurs.
Where do you operate?
1611 Simpson Street, Suite 1, Evanston, IL 60201
Please, tell us a little more about yourself.
I hold Life, Health, Property & Casualty insurance licenses in the state of Illinois and so does my team member, David. I also hold my Series 6 and Series 63 investment licenses.
Any other interesting info about you?
An Ohio native, Chris is an avid fan of Ohio State teams and the Columbus Crew soccer team. He Chris is a graduate of Loyola University – Chicago (“Go Ramblers”!) and lives in the north side of Chicago with his wife, Leslie.
Nasutsa Mabwa is President of ServiceMaster by Simons, a MBE/WBE City of Chicago and State of Illinois certified firm. She is a 2020 Daily Herald Business Ledger C-Suite awardee, a member of Crain’s Chicago Business 40 under 40 and a 2018 ServiceMaster(c) Achiever Award recipient. She is a Civic Federation Board Member, an Advisory Board Member for as President Elect on the Executive Committee for the Evanston Chamber of Commerce. She is IICRC certified for WRT & FSRT.
About ServiceMaster Restoration By Simons
Restoration By Simons is an MBE/WBE certified firm and family-run company serving both Cook and Lake County, Illinois. Recently, the company was awarded a variety of honors, including the SB100 Best of Small Business Award Winner 2021, Bronze Stevie® Award in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, recipient of the 2020 Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, and the recipient of the 2020 Skokie Business of the Year Award, Honorable Mention Category. Restoration By Simons provides disaster restoration services including water and flood damage restoration, fire and smoke damage restoration, mold remediation, to residential and commercial customers in both Cook and Lake County IL.
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Eric P.
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These guys were prompt, professional and productive from the moment I called frantically looking for help right through final pick-up of their moisture mitigating equipment the next week. All the while, their excellent customer service approach kept me informed + updated (aka: "calm") about the processes being utilized to dry the unit out, remove the damaged flooring materials, etc. and help ward off secondary loss.
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