Celina Insurance Group

Upon Brookhart’s death in 1950, his brother-in-law, C.M. Montgomery, was elected general manager and secretary of both companies.

The companies grew from two rooms into a two-story building on Main Street, Celina.

E.J. Brookhart guided the companies through two world wars and the Great Depression. Despite these hardships, no layoffs occurred.

The Celina Mutual Casualty Company was organized to manage the liability lines. The same men of vision led this enterprise.

The association had its first fire loss when an auto was destroyed in a paint shop. Business was handled out of a two-room office with one clerk.