of america industry insurance travel insurance short term medical insurance founder graham bates headquarters arizona gilbert usa number of locations carlsbad california ; boulder colorado area served international key people graham bates president ; adam bates vice president products atlas travel series hcc short term medical roundtrip citizen secure global navigator inbound immigrant the bridge health essential student secure global citizen liaison majestic day tripper etc. owner graham bates website www.insurancefortrips.com insurance services of america is an independent insurance brokerage specializing in insurance services international health insurance and short term medical insurance for us citizens . in addition to working directly with clients the brokerage is a managing general agent mga with over 4 000 licensed insurance agents and agencies throughout the united states who are contracted to sell the insurance products . contents 1 history 1.1 awards 2 staff 2.1 aaron bates 3 operating territory 4 insurance companies 5 rebecca s home least of these ministries 6 references 7 external links history edit headquartered in gilbert arizona insurance services of america is family owned and operated . the company has been an accredited member of the better business bureau since december 15 2005 . 1 its principal owner is english born graham bates a veteran of the us army . other employees include bates adopted sons adam bates and aaron bates and daughter amy sullivan . in may 1970 bates first entered the insurance business . his positions within the industry included that of assistant supervisor of health insurance for the missouri department of insurance in jefferson city missouri ; assistant to the president of an insurance company in indianapolis ; the national marketing director of third party administrator tpa in lakewood colorado ; and finally the owner and president of insurance services of america . bates and his wife rebecca have one biological daughter and three children adopted from south korea during the 1970s . awards edit best of gilbert 2012 2 seven corners inc. top producer 2001 2008 staff edit graham bates president adam bates vice president 3 aaron bates client advisor and plan specialist kristie scott client advisor and plan specialist 4 grace morrow group plan specialist amy bates sullivan individual plan specialist 5 alyssa wright broker advisor and plan specialist 6 trina ypsilanti director of marketing and advertising 7 8 aaron bates edit one of the bates sons aaron bates is a licensed insurance agent who works at the brokerage . prior to his career in insurance aaron bates served in the us special forces and spent several months stationed in south korea where he was born . the events surrounding his discovery of his biological father who was serving time on death row in a south korean prison inspired the making of the film my father released in 2007 . 9 operating territory edit insurance services of america is headquartered in gilbert arizona with other offices in carlsbad california as well as boulder colorado . approximately 4 000 contracted agents and brokers throughout the united states and several other countries also represent the insurance products brokered by the firm . insurance companies edit insurance services of america is an independent brokerage firm and as such sells insurance products from a variety of insurance companies including hcc medical insurance services hcc seven corners azimuth risk solutions highway to health hth geoblue petersen international underwriters international medical group img health insurance innovations general agent center rebecca s home least of these ministries edit in addition to insuring international clients the owners of insurance services of america also meet the physical emotional and spiritual needs of orphaned children in nampula mozambique . in 1999 least of these ministries 10 was formed and rebecca s home orphanage was created . the ministry s mission is to donate 100 % of its proceeds to aid orphans around the world . typically the orphanage serves 40 50 children . references edit better business bureau accredited business directory insurance companies insurance services of america overview travel insurance experts receive 2012 best of gilbert award global benefits magazine international workers need international insurance phoenix business journal on the move kristie scott july 13 2011 phoenix business journal on the move amy bates sullivan september 12 2011 phoenix business journal on the move alyssa wright april 23 2012 phoenix business journal on the move trina ypsilanti july 13 2011 our staff insurance services of america . insurancefortrips.com . retrieved 2012 09 13 . new york times with faith an american adoptee s search for his father ends on death row lot ministries official website external links edit isahealthinsurance.com missionaryhealth.net overseashealth.com bestshorttermplan.com isabrokers.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title insurance services of america & oldid 744438698 categories insurance companies of the united stateshospitality servicescompanies established in 2011companies based in gilbertinsurance in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 06 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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