It all started with a vision and an opportunity.
Our founder, Anthony (Tim) E. Mourad was born and raised in Grosse Pointe,
Michigan. Tim’s sales career started in 1964 while in high school where he worked
at Hickeys-Walton-Pierce, a men’s fine clothing store after school and on weekends.
Tim quickly realized he had an ability to serve people and eagerly developed his sales
and customer service abilities. In no time, Tim was one of the top selling associates.
In the course of his career a local businessman (David T. Marantette) took notice of
Tim’s sales and customer service skills and asked him if he ever considered a career
in the insurance industry and subsequently offered him a job. Unknowingly to Tim, he
was just offered a job by the President of the Detroit Insurance Agency (DIA), then
the largest insurance agency in the state of Michigan.
After graduating from high school, Tim knew he had the personality and sales skills
and accepted a position at the DIA, which was later purchased by Alexander & Alexander
(A&A) and over his tenure worked his way to Vice President of new business development.
It was then that Tim’s vision of starting his own agency was realized when he took the
uncertain leap and created his own agency, bringing his sales skills and customer service
philosophy to a new and exciting challenge.
The beginning.
A.E. Mourad Agency was incorporated in 1986 and started out in Southfield, Michigan with
one employee and five clients. Through hard work, perseverance and a philosophy of offering
his clients superior service and outstanding products for a competitive price, the agency
experienced paramount growth.
A family enterprise.
Today the agency is now in its second generation of family ownership, with the addition of
Tim’s two sons, Peter and Steve. Peter joined the agency after graduating from Western
Michigan University and currently is Vice President of Sales. Tim’s youngest son, Steve,
took a slightly different path and first started his career as an accountant with Plante
& Moran and then moved to San Diego to receive his Masters Degree in Finance and Business
Administration. Upon completion of his studies he moved back to Michigan and worked at
Comerica Bank in their corporate lending division. When the agency needed a financial
professional, Steve jumped at the opportunity and is currently the Vice President of Operations.
Growing up and branching out.
In 1998 after experiencing considerable growth in clientele and employees the agency
purchased a building and relocated to
Madison Heights, Michigan. With the addition of
our MyWave® product line and through steady organic growth and two acquisitions, the agency
now employs more than 18 employee benefit professionals and services a customer base exceeding
250 corporate clients extending out to 42 states through out the United States and into Canada.
A company on the move.
The agency realized that to service our clients and to succeed as a predominate employee
benefits agency we would need to hire and retain outstanding sales and service staff. Today
we employ outstanding sales representatives and an unsurpassed service and administration
team, all of which focus on exceeding the needs of our clients.
In 2007, the agency signed a referral contract with Comerica Insurance to offer their
middle-market companies with more than 100 employees our products and service
capabilities. Through our partnership, we have expanded our product portfolio and
integrated services.
Our role as client advocate.
On behalf or our client partners we serve on a number of advisory committees for select
carriers including: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Care Network, Health Alliance Plan,
Alliance Health & Life, MetLife and United Health Care.
Today.
The A.E. Mourad Agency, Inc. is noted as one of the predominant and most reputable agencies
in Michigan. Our professionalism and integrity is respected by our clients, the insurance
companies we represent and our competitors.