The Noble Group, Thoits Insurance Team Up

Bill Fairbrother and Ali Fairbrother-Gatt, both of The Noble Group, joined Thoits Insurance on Sept. 1 as vice presidents serving business clients’ workers’ compensation and property casualty insurance needs.

Fairbrother is the former CEO of the Noble Group, an agency which focused on food related insurance with one of the largest books of independent grocery stores in Northern California. Fairbrother served six years in the Air Force, and then joined Continental Insurance to begin his insurance career. He stayed with Continental Insurance until 1976, when he left to become an insurance broker. Fairbrother is recognized as an expert in the grocery store insurance arena.

As senior vice president for the Noble Group, Fairbrother-Gatt was in charge of the sales and marketing. A workers’ compensation specialist, her 10 years insurance industry experience started at Republic Indemnity, where she was a senior claims examiner and litigation specialist.

Thoits Insurance is one of the country’s largest 100 percent employee owned insurance brokerages, servicing over $150 million in property casualty, workers’ compensation, and employee benefit plan premiums.