Leavitt Group, Mountain West Create Montana Agency

Mountain West Benefits will become part of the Leavitt Group in an affiliation that also includes the Leavitt Group’s two Montana agencies, Taylor-Leavitt Insurance Agency of Billings, and Northern Montana Insurance Services of Choteau.

The new entity will be called Leavitt Great West Insurance Services.

All three agencies will combine operations and expertise to provide a range of insurance, risk management and employee benefits solutions. The combined entity will have 11 offices across the state, including Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Choteau, Conrad, Cutbank, Great Falls, Helena, Livingston, Missoula, Shelby, as well as an office in Vernal, Utah.

The merger will not affect current accounts, clients will continue to work with the same personnel and phone numbers will remain the same, according to an announcement by Leavitt.

Current agency owners will remain owners of the new entity.

The Leavitt Group provides clients with risk management services, and a -range of employee benefit solutions.