Insurance in Colorado
Thompson Insurance Agency is a family-owned agency in Fort Collins, licensed across all of Colorado and Wyoming. We write auto, home, condo, renters, motorcycle, business, life, and recreational coverage for Coloradans from the Front Range to the Western Slope, most of it over the phone, email, and video, wherever in the state you happen to live. We have been family-owned since 1969, and Eric and Amanda Thompson are only the third ownership group in that history.
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Colorado is not one insurance market
A policy that makes sense in a Fort Collins subdivision can be the wrong policy for a cabin outside Estes Park or a farmhouse on the Eastern Plains. Colorado packs plains, foothills, high country, and the Western Slope into one state, and the risks that drive a home or auto rate shift as you move across it. Same coverage names, very different exposures.
Hail, almost everywhere
Colorado sits in the heart of the country's hail belt, and it is the one peril nearly every Colorado address shares. For most homeowners in the state, the roof is the claim. The wind and hail deductible, often separate from your main deductible and sometimes a percentage of your dwelling coverage rather than a flat amount, is where a lot of Colorado policies quietly differ from what their owners assume.
Wildfire and the harder-to-insure places
In the foothills and the mountains, wildfire risk has reshaped what coverage costs and, in some places, whether it is available at all. Underwriting now looks hard at defensible space, roofing material, and how far a property sits from a fire station and a hydrant. If your home is in a wildfire-exposed area, that is worth a conversation well before renewal, and we will tell you plainly what we can write and where the limits sit.
Distance is not a barrier
Most of our customers never set foot in our office. We quote, bind, and service policies by phone, email, and video, which means where you live in Colorado has nothing to do with whether we can help. A ranch outside Craig and a townhome in Fort Collins get the same agent.
Three Colorados, three conversations
Most of the state's underwriting comes down to which of these you live in. We write all three from one Fort Collins office.
Hail, wind, and dense metros.
Where most Coloradans live, from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Hail and wind drive home claims; traffic density and theft drive auto. The questions here are about deductibles and replacement cost, not whether coverage is available.
Wildfire, altitude, and second homes.
Foothills and mountain properties face wildfire underwriting, seasonal vacancy, and long distances to fire protection. Second homes and short-term rentals need coverage written for how they are actually used.
Acreage, outbuildings, and distance.
On the Eastern Plains and the Western Slope, properties spread out: shops, barns, equipment, and acreage a standard other-structures limit was never sized for. Distance to service is exactly what phone-first coverage solves.
Coverage across Colorado
Eight product lines, written for the whole state, from a Front Range townhome to a place at the end of a dirt road on the Western Slope.
Home Insurance
From Front Range hail to foothills wildfire underwriting. We start with replacement cost and the wind and hail deductible, wherever in the state you are.
See home coverage 02Auto Insurance
Colorado roads run from I-25 gridlock to mountain passes. Mileage, comprehensive for hail, and limits that fit how and where you actually drive.
See auto coverage 03Business Insurance
General liability, commercial auto, workers comp, BOPs, and cyber for Colorado small businesses, from Front Range storefronts to Western Slope operators. Tell us what you run and we will walk through it.
Ask about business coverage 04Renters Insurance
For apartments and rentals anywhere in the state. A few hundred dollars a year covers your belongings, your liability, and somewhere to stay if you cannot live there.
See renters coverage 05ATV & Boat Insurance
Colorado is built for the toys. Coverage for the boat, the side-by-side, the trailer, and the gear, from the reservoirs to the high country trails.
See rec coverage 06Condo Insurance
An HO-6 policy fills the gap between your unit and the HOA master policy: walls-in, contents, and liability.
See condo coverage 07Motorcycle Insurance
Some of the best riding in the country and a short season to do it in. Seasonal use, custom parts, and gear coverage.
See motorcycle coverage 08Life Insurance
Term, whole, and universal coverage. Ask us and we will lay out the options plainly.
See life coverageHow we cover the whole state from one office
We are in Fort Collins, but very little of what we do depends on you being nearby. Colorado licensing lets us write policies anywhere in the state, and phone, email, and video handle the rest. Most of our customers quote, bind, and service their coverage without ever driving to Milestone Drive.
What you get is not a call center. It is the same two owners and the same small team, whether your address is ten minutes away or on the other side of the Divide. When you call, someone here picks up.
Four markets have a page of their own, because what drives a policy in each one is different: Loveland, Windsor, Greeley and Cheyenne, WY.
Common questions from customers across Colorado
Get a Colorado insurance quote
Call (970) 482-5100 or send the form and we will be in touch within one business day, wherever you are in the state.
- Phone (970) 482-5100
- Office 2108 Milestone Dr, Ste 210
Fort Collins, CO 80525 - Hours Monday-Friday · 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.