Cedar City Utah
1952
Dixie Leavitt opened an insurance agency in Cedar City, Utah. Dixie's office was in his home. He had no clients and only one company appointment.
1959
Dixie and Bert Leavitt incorporated Leavitt Insurance Agency in Las Vegas, Nevada, owned 60% by Dixie and 40% by Bert.
1960-1970
Dixie, with various co-owners, invested in and created other agencies. Mirroring Dixie and Bert's venture, each agency was a separate corporation owned 40% by the on-site manager and 60% by Dixie and his family.
1978
Leavitt Group Agency Association, Inc. (LGAA) was created to allow multi-agency strength to combine with that of individual agency autonomy.
1989
The Leavitt Group consisted of 29 affiliated agencies in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.
2008
Leavitt Group agencies currently operate in 14 states, with agencies in over 115 locations.
Koty-Leavitt Insurance Agency, Inc. is a member of The Leavitt Group. The Leavitt Group is the 3rd largest privately-held insurance brokerage and the 12th* largest insurance brokerage in the nation.
*According to Business insurance, July 2010 issue.
In 1952, Dixie Leavitt opened an insurance agency in Cedar City, Utah, with one company appointment and no clients. By the decade's
end, Dixie had thousands of clients throughout southwestern Utah and southern Nevada.
When Dixie Leavitt and his brother, Bert, incorporated Leavitt Insurance Agency of Las Vegas in 1959, Dixie owned 60% and Bert owned
40%. Using this 60-40 arrangement, Dixie and other co-owners invested in and created agencies in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. Dixie
formed Leavitt Group Enterprises in 1962.
Dixie built the Leavitt Group on a foundation of able and trusted co-owners. He recognized that each agency should have nurturing
insurer relationships, autonomy in staffing, and increasing sales and profits with which to build an adequate capital base.
Today, each Leavitt Group agency has strong local ties in the community it serves. In day-to-day operations, each co-owner exercises
significant autonomy in organizing the agency's affairs.
As the number and size of affiliated agencies grew, the potential of strength in numbers became apparent. In 1978, the Group formed
Leavitt Group Agency Association (LGAA), providing member agencies with the multi-agency strength necessary to maintain insurer relationships,
to offer placement services, to provide employee benefits, and to provide other support as agencies served clients.
Leavitt Group Enterprises continues its pattern of carefully expanding into new areas by working with qualified individuals to create
or acquire sound independent insurance agencies and to recruit effective producers.