Yancy & Associates, Inc. (YAI) was founded in February 1994 by President and CEO Darren G. Yancy, Sr as an Exclusive Agency for the Nationwide Insurance Enterprise. It is one of the charter companies of the Yancy International Consulting Group, LP (YICGLP) also known as Yancy Companies. The agency specialized in personal property & casualty insurance as well as the sale of registered securities. The operation added commercial insurance in 1997 and business brokering in 2003.
Internal claims adjusting was performed with authority on commercial general liability & property for construction & contractor claims, garage, habitational, restaurant & bar, tow, and trucking operations.
Operations were sold in 2014 and the company has been in the capacity of consultancy since.
The company is organized as a C-Corporation under the laws of Texas, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of YICGLP. YAI is currently a licensed Adjusting Agency under the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance License 3160764
Darren has been in sales, marketing, and management for over 40 years. He has been active in the insurance sector for the past 31 years as CEO/President for YAI and Managing Partner for YICGLP. Darren has been responsible in the company for operations, risk assessment & management, underwriting, brokering, organization of insurance captives, claims management, and program management.
Prior to his startup of this business, Darren served as National Sales Trainer for Brink’s Home Security where he traveled the US opening new offices and training staff in existing offices.
Darren was educated to be an institutional investment banker from the University of Texas at Arlington School of Business, where he graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration in Finance with a minor in Accounting. Darren holds professional licenses for the State of Texas as a General Lines Insurance Broker, Managing General Agent, Surplus Lines Agent, and Property & Casualty Adjuster. Darren also holds nonresident licenses for both Surplus Lines Agent and Property & Casualty Adjuster for multiple states. Darren was a Registered Representative from 1995 to 2007.
After leaving insurance with the sale of the agency division in 2014, Darren re-entered the sector working for national broker HUB International in 2018. In 2020, Darren left HUB and began operations for International Standard Transport Risk, LLC, (ISTR) - another YICGLP company. ISTR was formed to be a wholesale operations company and Managing General Agency. In 2020 ISTR took over the program management of a non-franchised dealer garage program. In addition to management of the program, Darren oversaw claims as well until the sale of the program. Darren continued in claims with his current focus being on complex pre and post injury demand settlement and mediation. This practice is focused on the trucking segment.
Darren is a believer in public service. He served as a Commissioner, Secretary/Treasurer/ Risk Manager of the Johnson County Emergency Services District #1 for 5 years. In this appointed position, he volunteered on this five-member Board dedicated to the management of emergency services to the residents of Johnson County, Texas. Duties include contracts & their negotiation, disbursement & management of funds, complex budgeting, tax issues, and the overall administrative oversight of the District.
Darren was also appointed to the Board of Directors of the Brazos River Authority by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in October 2019. He served on the oldest water board in Texas to help develop, maintain, allocate, and manage one of the largest river basins in Texas. The B.R.A. manages over 750000 acre feet of water along the Brazos River that starts in the Texas Panhandle and ends in the Gulf Coast. Darren stepped down from this post in spring of 2021.
Darren has been married to Carol Gomez-Yancy for 34 years. They are parents to Dane, Zach, Brenna, & Gene Yancy.
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