Leland Smith Insurance Services – Hickey-Morris Insurance is an independent insurance agency serving Columbus, Ohio, and the surrounding Central Ohio region. We serve individuals, families, farmers, and business owners throughout Columbus, Franklin County, and communities across Ohio.
Leland Smith Insurance Services provides personal, farm, business, and senior health coverage for clients in Columbus, Ohio.
Leland Smith Insurance Services, Inc. is an independent insurance agency founded in 1984 by Principal Agent Randy Myers and headquartered in Van Wert. Hickey-Morris Insurance was established in 1959 by Cletus Hickey. The two agencies completed a merger effective March 1, 2016. The Columbus branch opened in 2020, bringing Hickey-Morris Insurance’s independent agency service to Columbus-area clients.
As an independent agency, we represent multiple carriers rather than a single company. Licensed agents compare coverage and pricing for each client across more than 18 carriers. Coverage available to Columbus clients includes home, auto, life, farm, business, Medicare and senior health, long-term care, flood, renters, and disability insurance, along with specialty lines such as umbrella liability, boat, motorcycle, and antique auto.
We serve clients across six locations under four agency names: Leland Smith Insurance in Van Wert and Antwerp, Shisler Insurance in Paulding, Hickey-Morris Insurance in Delphos and Columbus, and Kulwicki-Hilton Insurance in Convoy. We are also licensed to write insurance in Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Speak with a licensed Leland Smith agent serving Columbus and Franklin County. Review your current coverage, compare quotes across multiple carriers, or start a new policy. Bring or upload a current declaration page, and an agent will return a side-by-side comparison showing where coverage gaps exist and where premiums can be reduced. There is no fee for the review and no obligation to switch carriers.
Leland Smith Insurance Services offers home, auto, renters, life, farm, commercial, Medicare, senior health, long-term care, flood, and disability insurance in Columbus, Ohio. Specialty lines include umbrella liability, boat, motorcycle, and antique auto coverage.
Leland Smith Insurance Services provides term life policies (10, 15, 20, and 30 years), whole life, and permanent life coverage for Columbus and Franklin County residents. Policies are written for income replacement, mortgage protection, final expense planning, and estate preservation. A licensed agent can compare policy options and premium costs across multiple carriers.
Auto insurance in Columbus covers liability, medical payments, collision, and comprehensive protection against theft, weather, vandalism, glass breakage, and animal contact. Optional add-ons include gap insurance, rental reimbursement, and towing and roadside service.
Yes. Leland Smith Insurance Services writes flood insurance for properties in both high-risk and low-risk flood zones in Columbus and Franklin County. Properties near the Scioto River, Olentangy River, and Big Walnut Creek may fall within FEMA-designated flood zones, but low-risk zone properties remain eligible for coverage. Policies are written through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and private flood carriers.
Farm insurance covers the farm residence, barns and outbuildings, equipment, machinery, livestock, stored grain, and farm and personal liability. Optional add-ons include equipment breakdown, chemical drift and overspray, loss of income coverage, peak-season grain coverage, and replacement cost coverage for newer machinery. Leland Smith Insurance writes farm policies for operations across Central Ohio and the broader Northwest Ohio region.
Call Leland Smith Insurance Services at (614) 600-2449. Bring or upload a current declaration page, and a licensed agent will return a side-by-side quote comparison across more than 18 carriers at no cost and with no obligation to switch.
An independent insurance agency in Columbus represents multiple insurance carriers and compares coverage and pricing across them for each client. A captive agent sells policies from a single company only. Columbus residents working with an independent agency like Leland Smith Insurance can receive competing quotes from more than 18 carriers, rather than being limited to one company's rates and coverage options.
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