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Insurance Starts With People, Not Policies.
Maroon Oak Brokerage was founded by five people who believe the best protection starts with understanding. Here's our story, our mission, and the people behind it.
About Us
Insurance Starts With People
At Maroon Oak Brokerage, we believe insurance starts with people. Before discussing policies, coverage, or premiums, we take the time to understand your goals, your family, your business, and what matters most to you.
Every recommendation begins with listening, because the best protection starts with understanding. As an independent brokerage, we work with multiple insurance carriers to provide customized insurance solutions instead of one-size-fits-all policies.
Our mission is to build lifelong relationships through trust, integrity, and exceptional service. Whether someone is protecting their family, home, business, or future, our goal is to help them make confident insurance decisions.
Founder’s Mission
Built on Relationships, Not Transactions
Maroon Oak Brokerage was founded on the belief that insurance should be built on relationships — not transactions. Our mission is to protect what matters most by first understanding the people we serve.
Our goal is not simply to become one of the largest brokerages. Our goal is to become one of the most trusted.
We Are Committed To
- ✓Integrity
- ✓Excellence
- ✓Character
- ✓Long-term relationships
- ✓Continuous improvement
- ✓Leadership through service
What We Stand For
Core Values
Eleven values that guide how we hire, train, and serve — not a poster on a wall.
Understanding First
We never recommend before we've listened. Every relationship starts with your goals, not our product list.
Integrity Always
We'll tell you the truth about your coverage, even when a lower premium would sound better in the moment.
Character Before Experience
We hire and promote for who someone is first — skill can be taught, character can't.
Clients First
Every decision is measured against one question: is this actually best for the client?
Ownership & Excellence
We take full ownership of outcomes, good and bad, and hold our own work to an excellent standard.
Continuous Improvement
We're never finished learning — the agency, the coverage landscape, and we ourselves keep improving.
Leadership Through Service
Leadership here means serving the team and the client, not commanding from a title.
Team Before Self
No one succeeds at the expense of the team. We win and lose together.
Family First
We protect time with family as fiercely as we protect our clients' families.
Relentless Communication
We over-communicate rather than under-communicate — silence is never the answer.
Above the Line. Always.
Our internal motto. It means holding the same standard whether or not anyone's watching.
Leadership Philosophy
Leaders Who Serve First, Lead Second
Every founding executive at Maroon Oak spends real time as a producer before stepping into their leadership seat — because an advisor who has never sat with a client can’t lead a team that does it every day.
Customer-First, By Design
Relationship-First Leadership
The Founding Team
Meet the People Behind Maroon Oak
Cole Hindes
Founder & Managing Member, setting the agency's strategy and standard from day one.
Cade Edgar
Producer and sales leader from day one — runs the sales floor and trains every advisor on the team.
Luke Berry
Starts as a full producer, then takes ownership of bookkeeping, budgeting, and financial discipline.
Nathan Norcross
Starts as a full producer, then owns lead generation and the Maroon Oak brand across every channel.
Niko Kundivich
Starts as a full producer, then owns compliance, audits, and the operational standard behind every file.
Where We’re Headed
Our Growth Roadmap
Licensing complete, quoting confidence built, and the agency's systems learned firsthand by every founding leader.
Lead volume and referrals grow, commercial market access opens, and department leadership begins to formalize.
First outside hires join — licensed producers, a customer service representative, and an administrative assistant — as the founding team steps fully into department leadership.
Full department structure built out, leadership promoted internally, and the Maroon Oak name recognized across Texas.
Let's Start the Conversation.
Whether you're protecting your family, your home, or your business, we're here to help you find the right coverage with confidence.