In July 1992 the insurance agency was sold to Lawrence Brase.  The agency continues to do business at 316 S. Main Street in Lamar as it has since 1961.  The independent agency has grown in the insurance business representing carefully selected groups of financially sound, reputable insurance companies.  The agency is able to place your policy with the company offering the best coverage at a competitive price.  Our primary objectives are to be honest and fair in our dealings, to be interested in people and their needs, and to treat the client’s needs as though they were our own.  We have a commitment to maintain a high standard of excellence in all that we do and to establish a firm relationship of mutual trust and service with each of our clients.

Guaranty Insurance Agency is a member of the Colorado Insurance Network, Inc., established in 1993 as a joint effort to create a network of independent agencies to provide expanded insurance markets to our clients.  Currently, the network consists of eighteen agencies located primarily in rural Colorado communities.  We are also members of Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado, Independent Insurance Agents of America, and The Professional Insurance Agents of America.
 

Lawrence M. Brase was born in Lamar, Colorado in 1946, growing up on an irrigated farm north of Lamar.  Graduated from Lamar High School in 1964, Lamar Junior College in 1966, Colorado State University in 1970 with a BA in Agriculture and Colorado School of Banking in 1976.  I have had a variety of work experiences from working on the farm with my father, construction laborer while in college, Vocational Agriculture Instructor in Calhan, Colorado 1970-1972, Farmers State Bank of Calhan 1972 to 1982, learning the basics of bank bookkeeping, loan administration and as Cashier; Citizen National Bank, Limon, Colorado, 1982-1985, helping to establish, open and operate a new bank, as the President and Cashier; grain merchandiser for Tempel & Esgar of Colorado, Wiley, Colorado, 1985-1989 where I bought and sold grain, scheduled trucking and oversaw the daily operations of seventeen elevator locations; Farmers Insurance Group, 1989-1992; began my insurance profession as an insurance agent; Guaranty Insurance Agency, 1992 to the present, purchased an independent insurance agency.  I am the owner, manager and the outside producer for the agency.  The agency growth has doubled in size after the change of ownership.

I live in the country west of Wiley with my wife, Tressa where we enjoy the peace and quiet of country life.  We have two daughters, Taya and Kimber and one granddaughter.  We enjoy the peace and quiet of country life where we operate a cow-calf operation.

Community service has been spent enjoying Lions Club for 30 years, church activities and boards, El Paso County Fair Board and many others.  Presently I am serving on the Board of Directors for Southeast Colorado Power Association, a rural electric cooperative, and the Council for School to Career for Southeastern Colorado.
 

I was born & raised in SE Colorado & graduated from Granada High School.  After a semester of college in Pueblo, I moved to Liberal, Kansas where I got a job in an independent insurance agency in 1980.  I started as receptionist & within 6 months was licensed & promoted to Personal Lines Manager working there from 1980-1989.

After moving back to S.E. Colorado with my family in 1989, I started working again in 1992 for Guaranty Insurance Agency.  My position in the agency besides being a licensed P & C agent included bookkeeper, and system administrator for the agency.

I was born in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1945.  Moved with my parents to Colorado in 1947 and was raised on a farm in the Wiley-McClave Schools until 1960.  Moved to Lamar High School in 1964.  Attended Southern Colorado State College and received Associates Degree in Applied Science in 1967 from the Automotive & Diesel Technical Department.

Worked for John Deere Equipment dealer as mechanic and shop foreman until 1974.

Established and operated an authorized Diesel Fuel Injection Service facility servicing Southern Colorado and Western Kansas until 1995.

Became associated with Guaranty Insurance Agency in August of 1995 obtaining my P&C License in September1995 specializing in crop insurance.

My wife, Sondra, and I live in Lamar and have two sons, Troy & Todd & four grandchildren.
 

I was born and raised in Southern Colorado and graduated from Granada High School in 1992.  I attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO for two years and obtained an AAS degree in Business Administration.  After college I returned to the Lamar area and began working for Guaranty Insurance, obtaining my P&C license in 1995.

My husband, Doug, and two children, Tate and Peyton make our home in McClave, CO.
 

I was born and raised in Southeastern Colorado.  After moving to Lamar with my parents in 1964 I attended and graduated from Lamar High School in 1970.  I attended Lamar Community College for three semesters and then transferred to the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and attended there for two semesters before returning home to work for the Department of Highways engineering department during road construction south of Larmar.

After getting married my wife and I moved back to Eads, Colorado and farmed with her Dad until his death in 1985.  I quit farming in 1997 and received my insurance license in October of that same year.  My wife and I have three children, Shelby, Dea, & Grady and two granddaughters. 

I went to work for Guarany Insurance in October of 1997 licensed in P&C and L&H but spends most of my time in L&H.