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Garden Ridge
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Address:
18875 FM 2252 #100
Garden Ridge, TX, 78266, United States -
Phone: 210-651-3715
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Fax: 210-651-3736
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Email: [email protected]
Office Hours:
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Mon-Fri: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Sat: Closed/By Appointment Only
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Sun: Closed/By Appointment Only
About Garden Ridge
Insurance in Garden Ridge, TX
Inszone writes insurance in Garden Ridge, TX from our office at 18875 FM 2252 #100. The office sits on FM 2252 at the edge of Garden Ridge’s oak country, a few minutes from FM 3009 and the run north toward New Braunfels.
This office has been serving Comal County and northeast Bexar County households for years under two names people here still use. It was T Blackwell Insurance Group, and before that Southerland & Associates. Both books came across to Inszone Insurance, the team stayed, and the same phone number still reaches the same people.
As an independent agency in Garden Ridge, we represent many carriers rather than one. That matters in this part of Texas, where a hail season can change a carrier’s appetite for a whole ZIP code and a roof over a certain age can move a policy from replacement cost to actual cash value without much warning. When your renewal comes back higher than it should, we have somewhere else to look.
Personal Insurance in Garden Ridge, TX
Personal lines are the bulk of the work in this office: homeowners, auto, renters and condo policies, landlord coverage for rental property, personal umbrella liability, and specialty lines including motorcycle, boat, RV and classic car.
Wind and hail is the conversation that matters most for a Garden Ridge home. Inland Texas policies commonly carry a separate percentage wind-and-hail deductible rather than a flat dollar amount, and many carriers settle older roofs at actual cash value instead of replacement cost. Those two lines in a declarations page are worth more attention than the premium on the front, and we read them with you before quoting.
Flash flooding is a separate matter again. Flood sits outside every standard homeowners policy and is written through the NFIP or a private flood carrier, and the creeks and low crossings around Cibolo Creek and the FM 3009 corridor do not follow the flood map neatly. Asking for a flood insurance quote in Garden Ridge takes one phone call; finding out after a storm that flood was never on the policy is a different matter.
Drivers here should also know that personal injury protection and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage must both be included on a Texas auto policy unless they were rejected in writing. A previous agent may have rejected them on your behalf years ago, so it is the first thing we check.
Life, health, dental and Medicare coverage in Garden Ridge, TX, can be quoted through our wider team when a household needs it alongside the property and auto policies.
Business Insurance in Garden Ridge, TX
For employers in Garden Ridge and the surrounding Comal County towns we place general liability, commercial property, business owner’s and commercial package policies, commercial auto and fleet, cyber and professional liability, employment practices liability, and surety bonds.
Workers’ compensation deserves its own paragraph in this state. Texas is the only state where workers’ compensation is optional for most private employers, which means a real decision rather than a box to tick. Non-subscribers must file an annual notice with the state, post notices at the workplace and tell each new hire — and they give up the common-law defenses of contributory negligence, fellow servant and assumption of risk. That last part is where the exposure sits: without those defenses, an injured employee’s suit is open to unlimited compensatory and punitive damages. Our insurance agents in Garden Ridge will walk through that math before you decide, and we place non-subscriber occupational accident programs for employers who go that route.
Contractors, trucking and transportation, restaurants, retail, professional services and light manufacturing are all lines we write regularly. Certificates of insurance and additional insured endorsements are turned around quickly, because that is usually what is holding up a job.
Inszone Insurance agency near me
Our Garden Ridge insurance office is open Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Call 210-651-3715, use the quote form on this page, or stop by 18875 FM 2252 #100.
From here we also work with clients in New Braunfels, Schertz, Cibolo, Selma, Universal City and Bulverde, and across Comal County and northeast Bexar County. Whether you are comparing a home renewal after a hail season, insuring a first vehicle, pricing flood for a property near a creek crossing, or weighing whether to subscribe to workers’ compensation, our insurance specialists can talk through the options available for your situation.
FAQs
What are the minimum auto insurance requirements in Texas?
Texas requires liability limits of at least $30,000 per person, $60,000 per accident, and $25,000 for property damage. Texas is not a no-fault state, but personal injury protection and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage must both be included unless you reject them in writing — so it is worth checking whether someone rejected them for you.
How do wind and hail work on a Texas homeowners policy?
Inland, expect a separate percentage wind and hail deductible rather than a flat dollar amount, and often actual cash value settlement on roofs past a certain age. The percentage is calculated on the dwelling limit, so on a higher-valued home it can be a large number. Flood is excluded from the homeowners policy entirely and is written through the NFIP or a private flood carrier. Coastal Texas works differently again, with named-storm deductibles, wind sometimes placed separately through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, and a windstorm inspection certificate required on new or altered construction.
Does my Garden Ridge business need workers’ compensation insurance?
Texas is the one state where workers’ compensation is optional for most private employers. It is mandatory for public employers, building and construction contractors on public projects, motor carriers and a few other categories. If you choose not to subscribe, you must file an annual notice with the state, post notices and notify each new hire — and you give up the common-law defenses of contributory negligence, fellow servant and assumption of risk, which exposes the business to unlimited compensatory and punitive damages.
Is this the same office that was T Blackwell Insurance Group?
Yes. T Blackwell Insurance Group in Garden Ridge joined Inszone Insurance and continues from the same suite on FM 2252 with the same local team. The office also carries the book of Southerland & Associates, an earlier Garden Ridge agency name some clients still know it by. Policies carried over in both cases, and the same phone number reaches the same people.
Do you write policies in New Braunfels and the rest of Comal County?
Yes. Garden Ridge sits about twelve miles from New Braunfels and the office works across Comal County and into northeast Bexar County — Schertz, Cibolo, Selma, Universal City and Bulverde included. There is no separate paperwork for it; the same team handles the account wherever in the area the property or business sits.
How do I get a quote from your Garden Ridge insurance office?
Call 210-651-3715 or use the quote form on this page, and come by 18875 FM 2252 #100 if you would rather do it in person. Have your current declarations page to hand if you can, and for commercial coverage your annual revenue, payroll by class code and loss runs for the last three to five years. If a carrier has sent you a non-renewal notice, bring it — the date on it changes what options are open.
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