(PRNewswire) – Tulsa headquartered, Rich & Cartmill Insurance and Bonds announced the 100th Anniversary of their organization.

Established by John R. Cartmill and Irwin D. Rich, Rich & Cartmill has been an insurance provider since 1922. They are one of the largest, privately-held Trusted Choice independent insurance agencies and recognized as one of the Top 100 Property, Casualty and Surety providers in North America.

Being the entrepreneurs they were, Indiana-based Irwin Rich and John Cartmill followed the oil explosion to Oklahoma in 1922. They saw an opportunity to start an organization that would protect the assets of the many individuals and companies benefitting from the energy boom. They established the philosophy of the agency and how they wanted customers to be treated. These were the founding cornerstones of Rich & Cartmill Insurance and Bonds which the over 200 employees hold true to those values to this very day.

President of Rich & Cartmill, Vaughn Graham, Sr. said, “To be a privately-owned, Trusted Choice® independent insurance agency in today’s insurance world, is more of an exception, than the rule. And, to make it to the century mark is rather remarkable.”

Rich & Cartmill serves individuals in multiple industries including construction, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, technology, retail, commercial transportation, and others.