W D Skinner & Son Insurance Agency INC
Based on public information · Profile not yet claimedIndependent agency
Offices: Barnesville · OhioW D Skinner & Son Insurance Agency INC is an independent insurance agency licensed in Barnesville, OH. Lines listed: Auto, Home, Life, Business, Farm, Contractor. Founding or history: 1935. Agency Match assessments based on public information: Business Partnerships medium. 24 publicly sourced facts with links.
How we determined the info on this profile
- License record: taken from the state license roster.
- Offices: based on offices listed on the agency's website. More than one office can count toward the Looking to Buy score.
- Lines of business: based on text on the agency's website. They can count toward the Strategic Partnership score.
- Leadership: based on text on the agency's website. It can count toward the Mentorship & Peer Connection score.
- Carrier partnerships: based on carriers named on the agency's website.
- Looking to Buy: not enough public facts for a score.
- Open to Selling: not enough public facts for a score.
- Mentorship & Peer Connections: not enough public facts for a score.
- Business Partnerships: scored from specialties, markets and carriers published on the agency's website.
Research
Detailed profile
Geography
1 documented offices
Ownership events
None documented
Ownership
Not confirmed
Agency Match assessments
Agency Match uses public information and a proprietary scoring model to identify possible business opportunities. Ratings indicate potential, not confirmed interest, unless explicitly noted.
Looking to Buy
Insufficient EvidencePublic signs the agency buys or absorbs other agencies: past acquisitions, growth by acquisition, added offices and the depth to integrate a book.
Why: Serves more than one state or a wide region; three or more named leaders; public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry
- Serves more than one state or a wide region · Barnesville, OH and Ohio Valleyskinnerinsurance.com
- Three or more named leaders · Shane Skinner, Principalskinnerinsurance.com
- Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · 1935skinnerinsurance.com
What this rating was based on (3 factors)
Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.
- Serves more than one state or a wide region (supporting)+10 pts
- Barnesville, OH and Ohio Valleyskinnerinsurance.com
- Three or more named leaders (supporting)+10 pts
- Shane Skinner, Principalskinnerinsurance.com
- W.D. Skinner (Founder)skinnerinsurance.com
- Leadership: Shane Skinner Agency Principalskinnerinsurance.com
- Leadership: Robyn Lashley CSRskinnerinsurance.com
- Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
Total: 25 points → Insufficient Evidence: a rating needs at least two facts including one core factor for this assessment.
Confidence (separate from the rating): not given without a rating · 6 facts from 1 website.
Not known publicly: Whether the agency is buying now and at what size; Financing and integration capacity.
Open to Selling
Acquisition Research Fit
Low · 8Acquisition Research Fit is low. Formation year 1935 is on a verified record (91 years in operation). The rating stays Low because years in operation and size are a business profile, not a transition. This is not a statement that the agency wants to sell.
- Formation year 1935 is on a verified record (91 years in operation). Verified · +8 ptsskinnerinsurance.com
Confidence: low. Separate from the rating.
Not on file: Owner tenure is not established; No internal succession document; Confirmed sale interest is unknown.
Confirmed sale interest: Unknown
Mentorship & Peer Connections
Insufficient EvidencePublic signs of industry standing and willingness to share know-how: association leadership, teaching, memberships, recognition and tenure.
Why: Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry; public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry; three or more named leaders
- Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · 1935skinnerinsurance.com
- Public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry · 1935skinnerinsurance.com
- Three or more named leaders · Shane Skinner, Principalskinnerinsurance.com
What this rating was based on (3 factors)
Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.
- Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+10 pts
- Public history of 30+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
- Three or more named leaders (supporting)+5 pts
- Shane Skinner, Principalskinnerinsurance.com
- W.D. Skinner (Founder)skinnerinsurance.com
- Leadership: Shane Skinner Agency Principalskinnerinsurance.com
- Leadership: Robyn Lashley CSRskinnerinsurance.com
Total: 20 points → Insufficient Evidence: a rating needs at least two facts including one core factor for this assessment.
Confidence (separate from the rating): not given without a rating · 6 facts from 1 website.
Not known publicly: Whether the principals want to mentor or be mentored.
Business Partnerships
Medium · 55Public signs the agency would complement others: niche specialties, referral or partner relationships, broad carrier access, both personal and commercial lines, and regional reach.
Agency Match score: 55/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts
Why: Niche specialty line documented; three or more carriers named; serves more than one state or a wide region
- Niche specialty line documented · Auto, Home, Life, Business, Farm, Contractorskinnerinsurance.com
- Three or more carriers named · Grangeskinnerinsurance.com
- Serves more than one state or a wide region · Barnesville, OH and Ohio Valleyskinnerinsurance.com
- Several documented lines of business · Personal Insurance Auto Home Individual Lifeskinnerinsurance.com
What this rating was based on (4 factors)
Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.
- Niche specialty line documented+20 pts
- Auto, Home, Life, Business, Farm, Contractorskinnerinsurance.com
- Three or more carriers named+15 pts
- Grangeskinnerinsurance.com
- Progressiveskinnerinsurance.com
- Foremostskinnerinsurance.com
- American Modernskinnerinsurance.com
- Hagertyskinnerinsurance.com
- AEGISskinnerinsurance.com
- Serves more than one state or a wide region+10 pts
- Barnesville, OH and Ohio Valleyskinnerinsurance.com
- Several documented lines of business (supporting)+10 pts
- Personal Insurance Auto Home Individual Lifeskinnerinsurance.com
- Business Insurance Business Owners Business Auto Commercial Umbrellaskinnerinsurance.com
Total: 55 points → Agency Match score 55/100, rated Medium (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).
Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 10 facts from 1 website.
Not known publicly: Which partnerships the agency would welcome; Carrier appointments not published online.
Record & channel
Ohio resident business-entity license (NPN 1881155), licensed at Barnesville, OH
gateway.insurance.ohio.govIndependent agency
“Insurance Companies We Are Independent”skinnerinsurance.com
Not confirmed. Names on a website or license are not treated as proof of who owns the agency.
Website: skinnerinsurance.com
Locations & footprint
Barnesville, Ohio
Operating office
Documented offices are not necessarily the full service area. Acquisitions do not establish additional offices.
Highlights
People & affiliations
Meet Our Agency Principal Shane Skinner is the third generation of W.D. Skinner & Son Insurance Agency, Inc.
W.D. Skinner founded the agency in 1935 and operated it from his home and farm on Sandy Ridge Road just outside of Barnesville, Ohio.
Shane Skinner Agency Principal
Robyn Lashley CSR
In 1976, his son Tom took over the business and moved it to its current location at 777 East Main Street in Barnesville, OH .
After Tom’s passing, his wife Patricia retained ownership and worked diligently to maintain the business.
Her son, Shane Skinner, represents the third generation to operate the family owned business.
Names & entities
Legal name on license record
Facts from published sources (24 verified, 5 unverified)
Barnesville, OH - 777 East Main Street
“Contact Barnesville, OH Office 777 East Main Street Barnesville, OH 43713”skinnerinsurance.com
1935
“Since 1935 An honest, main street insurance experience starts with W.D. Skinner & Son Insurance Agency, Inc.”skinnerinsurance.com
Auto, Home, Life, Business, Farm, Contractor
“Insurance Solutions – Personal Insurance Auto Home Individual Life See All Insurance by Industry Farm Contractor Electrical Contractor See All – Business Insurance Business Owners Business Auto Commercial Umbrella”skinnerinsurance.com
Barnesville, OH and Ohio Valley
“serves customers in Barnesville, OH , and throughout the Ohio Valley.”skinnerinsurance.com
Shane Skinner, Principal
“Meet Our Agency Principal Shane Skinner is the third generation of W.D. Skinner & Son Insurance Agency, Inc.”skinnerinsurance.com
Grange
“We proudly represent Grange, Progressive, and more!”skinnerinsurance.com
Progressive
“We proudly represent Grange, Progressive, and more!”skinnerinsurance.com
777 East Main Street Barnesville, OH 43713
“Contact Barnesville, OH Office 777 East Main Street Barnesville, OH 43713”skinnerinsurance.com
1935
“W.D. Skinner founded the agency in 1935 and operated it from his home and farm on Sandy Ridge Road just outside of Barnesville, Ohio.”skinnerinsurance.com
W.D. Skinner (Founder)
“W.D. Skinner founded the agency in 1935 and operated it from his home and farm on Sandy Ridge Road just outside of Barnesville, Ohio.”skinnerinsurance.com
Ohio Valley, Ohio
“An insurance provider with a long history of trust in the Ohio Valley.”skinnerinsurance.com
777 East Main Street Barnesville, OH 43713
“Contact Barnesville, OH Office 777 East Main Street Barnesville, OH 43713”skinnerinsurance.com
Leadership: Shane Skinner Agency Principal
“Shane Skinner Agency Principal”skinnerinsurance.com
We Are Independent
“Insurance Companies We Are Independent”skinnerinsurance.com
Personal Insurance Auto Home Individual Life
“Insurance Solutions – Personal Insurance Auto Home Individual Life”skinnerinsurance.com
Business Insurance Business Owners Business Auto Commercial Umbrella
“– Business Insurance Business Owners Business Auto Commercial Umbrella”skinnerinsurance.com
Tenure: Skinner & Son Insurance Agency, Inc. 777 East Main Street, Barnesville, OH 43713 As a locally owned and operated company since 1935, W.D.
“Skinner & Son Insurance Agency, Inc. 777 East Main Street, Barnesville, OH 43713 As a locally owned and operated company since 1935, W.D.”skinnerinsurance.com
Office opening (historical): In 1976, his son Tom took over the business and moved it to its current location at 777 East Main Street in Barnesville, OH .
“In 1976, his son Tom took over the business and moved it to its current location at 777 East Main Street in Barnesville, OH .”skinnerinsurance.com
Show 5 unverified facts (did not pass QA)
Independent Agency
“We Are Independent”
QA note: Unverified: challenge rejected. Shown for transparency; not treated as a fact.
skinnerinsurance.comTom Skinner (Owner/Operator)
“In 1976, his son Tom took over the business and moved it to its current location at 777 East Main Street in Barnesville, OH .”
QA note: Unverified: value not supported by quote. Shown for transparency; not treated as a fact.
skinnerinsurance.comPatricia Skinner (Owner)
“After Tom’s passing, his wife Patricia retained ownership and worked diligently to maintain the business.”
QA note: Unverified: challenge rejected. Shown for transparency; not treated as a fact.
skinnerinsurance.comShane Skinner (Operator)
“Her son, Shane Skinner, represents the third generation to operate the family owned business.”
QA note: Unverified: challenge rejected. Shown for transparency; not treated as a fact.
skinnerinsurance.comIndependent Agency
“We Are Independent”
QA note: Unverified: challenge rejected. Shown for transparency; not treated as a fact.
skinnerinsurance.com