(Clockwise from top left) Morris & Garritano’s staff in front of their San Luis Obispo office; CEO and CL Risk Advisor Brendan Morris; Claims Advocate Heather Ross is pictured with Workers’ Compensation Claims Analyst Mary Jean Collins; The agency’s No-Shave November campaign raised funds for the Hearst Cancer Resource Center. (Clockwise from top left) Morris & Garritano’s staff in front of their San Luis Obispo office; CEO and CL Risk Advisor Brendan Morris; Claims Advocate Heather Ross is pictured with Workers’ Compensation Claims Analyst Mary Jean Collins; The agency’s No-Shave November campaign raised funds for the Hearst Cancer Resource Center.

Given Morris & Garritano’s 133-year history operating in California’s Central Coast region, this firm was doing something right long before it landed National Underwriter’s 2018 Agency of the Year Award.

Morris & Garritano employs about 130 people in two locations (San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria, Calif.). The agency’s book of business includes personal, commercial and employee benefits packages, and its annual revenue for 2017 was $18,570,309. In addition to writing traditional policies, the agency must negotiate the unique risks associated with California’s agricultural, tourism, hospitality and wine industries, not to mention remaining alert in the face of seemingly incessant wildfire danger. “We’re very dedicated and passionate about making sure people have their property insured to value,” says CEO Brendan Morris.

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Elana Ashanti Jefferson

Executive Editor Elana Ashanti Jefferson is a veteran journalist and communications professional. She can be reached by sending email to [email protected]

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