In the early 1900s, St. Louis entrepreneurs Carl P. Daniel and Jesse P. Henry shared a vision, a new approach to the insurance business. They sought to build a full-service agency where a group of individual brokers could share common facilities and reduce overhead.

For more than 86 years, Daniel and Henry's cost-effective management style has benefited customers and contributed to client loyalty and the company's growth in a highly competitive and continuously changing industry. A commitment that began during the Roaring Twenties - an era of dramatic civic progress when the downtown St. Louis business district was the unchallenged hub of regional commerce - and continues to this day.

The Daniel and Henry Co. has grown over the years and today is one of the largest privately owned, independent insurance brokerage firms in Missouri.

Insuring People, Their Businesses, Their Community
Daniel and Henry's history of stability and expansion parallels that of the many companies it insures in the St. Louis region, from small businesses to multinational corporations. But from the outset, a source of pride for members of the firm has been to provide coverage for well-known local and cultural and civic institutions. This relationship can be traced to an early act of civic-mindedness: Daniel and Henry led an initiative to restore the childhood home of Eugene Field, the children's poet famous for "Little Boy Blue." The company, joined by the St. Louis Board of Education, encouraged the city's schoolchildren to collect pennies to help fund the restoration. This effort spared the historic home, which now stands as St. Louis' only museum dedicated to providing a glimpse of what childhood looked and felt like in the 1800s.

To commemorate its 75th anniversary in 1996, Daniel and Henry undertook a civic effort with a similar theme. In a campaign called "Nickels and Dimes for Forest Park," the company encouraged every schoolchild in St. Louis city and county to contribute 25 cents to help rebuild Forest Park, specifically the entrance to Steinberg skating rink. The initiative raised enough funds to renew and beautify the rink, and a plaque honoring The Daniel and Henry Co.'s role in the project was installed at the rink.

Beginning as a St. Louis insurance agency serving area businesses while aiding the continual growth and renewal of community and cultural institutions essential to the spirit of the region, Daniel and Henry now provides a full range of risk management and insurance products and services to clients nationally and internationally.