Jerseyville, Illinois
Your Jerseyville insurance agency since 1977.
Whitworth Horn and Goetten is the independent insurance agency for Jerseyville and Jersey County, Illinois. We shop many top-rated carriers for your farm, home, business, and family, and a real person answers when you call.
Where we started
Jerseyville is home ground.
Whitworth Horn and Goetten is the independent insurance agency rooted in Jerseyville, the Jersey County seat. The Horn Insurance Agency ran in downtown Jerseyville for about forty years before Bob Whitworth bought it in 1977, so this agency has looked after Jersey County families, farms, and Main Street businesses for generations.
Jerseyville sits on the courthouse square in the middle of corn and soybean country. It is a farm town with a Main Street, and both sides of that show up in the work we do. One call is a grower structuring crop coverage before planting. The next is a shop owner on the square adding a building, or a young family bundling their first home and a couple of cars.
That farm side matters here. According to the USDA Risk Management Agency, federal crop insurance premiums are set nationally and subsidized, so the price on a Jersey County policy is the same at every agent. What changes is who structures the coverage and answers the phone when a claim hits, which is where a local agent earns their keep.
We are not a call center in another state. Bob Whitworth, Lisa Wittman, Bert, and the rest of the crew live and work here. Bert came on in 2008 after coming home from Iraq. We are members of the Jersey County Business Association, and we carry a 5.0-star rating from our Google reviews. When something goes wrong, you talk to someone who knows the ground you farm and the street your shop is on.
Coverage for Jerseyville
One local agency for the whole operation.
Because we are independent, we shop many top-rated carriers for you at no extra cost, then right-size the coverage to how you actually live and work in Jersey County.
Crop insurance
Our specialty. MPCI and crop-hail for Jersey County corn and soybean growers, structured before March 15 and answered fast when hail hits.
Crop coverage ›Farm & commercial
Buildings, equipment, and farm liability for working operations, plus general liability and business auto for Main Street shops and services.
Farm & commercial ›Home & auto
Home, auto, and umbrella for Jerseyville families, shopped across companies. Great when a renewal rate hike has you looking around.
Home & auto ›Health & life
Medicare Supplement, individual health for self-employed farm families, and life insurance, explained plainly by someone you can sit down with.
Health & life ›Not sure where you fit? Most Jerseyville households touch more than one of these. Call (618) 498-5508 and we will sort out the whole picture in one conversation, no runaround.
Why a local independent agent
The same premium, a neighbor on the other end.
An independent agency costs you nothing extra. Here is what you get in Jerseyville that a captive agent or a call center cannot match.
- We shop, you don’t. We compare many top-rated carriers and move you to the one that fits, instead of defending a single company’s rate.
- Crop is our specialty. We know the Jersey County corn-and-soybean calendar, and we handle your APH, acreage report, and claim, not just the sale.
- One agency, the whole operation. Farm, home, business, and family under one roof, so nothing falls through the cracks between policies.
- A real person answers. Call the Jerseyville office and you talk to Bob, Lisa, Bert, or the crew, the folks you see around town, not a menu.
- Here since 1977. On top of the forty years the Horn Insurance Agency worked downtown Jerseyville before that. We plan to be here for the next claim, too.
Jerseyville insurance questions
Answers before you call.
Where is Whitworth Horn and Goetten located in Jerseyville?
Whitworth Horn and Goetten has offices in Jerseyville, the Jersey County seat, and in Carrollton in Greene County. Both offices are staffed by local people who live and work in the area. The easiest way to reach us is to call (618) 498-5508, and a real person will answer and point you to the office and agent that fits your need.
Who is a good independent insurance agent in Jerseyville, IL?
Whitworth Horn and Goetten has been the independent agency in Jerseyville since Bob Whitworth bought the Horn Insurance Agency in 1977, and the Horn family ran it downtown for about forty years before that. Because we are independent, we shop many top-rated carriers for you at no extra cost instead of defending one company. Call (618) 498-5508 to talk with a local agent.
Do you write crop insurance for Jersey County farmers?
Yes. Crop insurance is our specialty. We write multi-peril crop insurance and crop-hail for corn and soybean growers across Jersey County and Greene County, and we handle your APH, your acreage report, and your claim, not just the sale. Because federal premiums are the same at every agent, the local service is the whole difference. Call (618) 498-5508 before the March 15 sales-closing date.
Let’s take care of Jerseyville together.
Call the office and talk it through with a real agent, or send a note and we will call you back. Farm, home, business, or family, one local agency handles it all, the same way we have since 1977.
Jerseyville & Carrollton, Illinois · Serving Jersey and Greene County since 1977