John Gross

John is a native of St. Louis born and raised within a mile of where his office sits today. John started working full time when he was 15 years old spending the first 8 years of his work life in the restaurant business. From there he moved to insurance and has been an agent/broker ever since. John has been married for 38 years and has 2 grown children, four grandchildren, three horses’ and three dogs. Outside of insurance John enjoys his family time, spending as much time as he can with his grandkids and horses!

John started in the insurance business in 1981 selling all lines of insurance including property, casualty, business, personal, benefits, life insurance and annuities. The same year John became a member of the St. Louis Association of Life underwriters where he has remained a member ever since. John served on the board for more than 10 years and was President in 1998-1999. He is still active in the organization which is now called NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers). He has also served as regional VP for Missouri state NAIFA, currently serving on the St. Louis FSP board.

As a multi-line Insurance agent John excelled in Commercial insurance and Life insurance sales. John understands all aspects of personal and business insurance portfolios and can consult with his client on a full spectrum of risk management. As a Commercial insurance agent, he works with small and mid-size companies up to $50 million in sales and has a firm grasp of evolutionary life cycle businesses. John’s expertise goes deeper than traditional property/casualty/commercial auto insurance. His passion for digging in and helping business owners plan for both current insurance needs and continuation planning finds him working with his clients implementing both continuation and exit strategies for business owners buy-sell arrangements, cross purchase plans, as well as key employee insurance, employee retention plans as well as multiple tax saving strategies.