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MOAPA VALLEY WOMEN IN BUSINESS: Giving Back To The Community

By ANNIE C. LEAVITT

Moapa Valley Progress

Karen Alsum

Farmers Insurance Agent Karen Alsum is passionate about helping families with their insurance needs and giving back to the community. She loves living and working in Moapa Valley and loves her insurance team.

Alsum has lived in the Moapa Valley for more than 30 years.
“My husband Larry and I moved out to the Valley from Las Vegas in 1987 to raise our children and we never looked back,” Alsum said. “The Valley was an immediate fit for us. We loved the open space and plenty of room for horses, chickens and anything else we could add to our mini-farm.”

After the kids were grown, Alsum began working at Richard Barnes Insurance Agency in Overton in 2000.
“Richard Barnes turned out to be one of the most influential people in my professional life,” Alsum said.

In 2006 with the retirement of Barnes, Alsum took over the agency. She brings a unique service side to the insurance business as she was customer service representative first, and agent second.

“Our clients are our number one priority,” she said. “There are many things out of our control in this business but we will move mountains trying to do the right thing for our customers.”

Alsum’s clients are her friends, neighbors and family. This brings challenges, but she focuses on the positive. She said that running a business in a small town has many more advantages to her than in a city.

“We know our clients,” she said. “I talk to my friends that work in Vegas and it’s just not the same. They don’t get the same connection with their clients”
“It takes just one life insurance policy to give out to a client to remind you how important our job is,” Alsum added.

Another thing that makes Alsum’s insurance agency a little different is that they fully believe in educating clients to understand their insurance coverage and risks.
“We advise but we love to teach as well,” Alsum said.

The Alsum Agency also gives back to the community in many ways, including their own “Women in Business” $1,000 scholarship for MVHS graduates since 2009.

When asked what advice she would give to someone starting a small town business Alsum’s advice was to always respect the customers.
“Always treat your customers with the respect you would expect for yourself,” she said. “Believe you can, never look back and always ‘try’ to do the right thing.”

Alsum and her team of Jennifer Millett and Heather Draper go above and beyond for their clients.
“I am beyond blessed having Jen and Heather on my team. We each bring a different personality to the group,” Alsum said with a laugh.

Karen Alsum Agency is located at 196 S. Moapa Valley Blvd. and offers insurance for autos, home, life, business, renters, recreational vehicle insurance and more. The agency can be reached by calling (702) 397-8282.

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