Team Member Level: Partners

More Than a Business

Get a taste of the Integrity life and discover the people who are making it great.

July 20, 2020

John Hockaday

John is COO and Principal of New Horizons Insurance Marketing and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. After serving clients himself for many years, John realized the need to expand. In 1981, he and Jeff Sams became co-founders of Sams/Hockaday & Associates, which they grew to a staff of more than 30 agents. That..

Jeff Sams

Jeff is CEO and Principal of New Horizons Insurance Marketing and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. He began his journey in the insurance industry in June of 1981 while attending Millikin University. Two years later, he became Managing General Agent with Standard Life, then Regional Director and finally National Marketing Director in 1988…

June 27, 2020

Andy Albright

Andy Albright has been successful as an entrepreneur, business owner, author and motivational speaker. He co-founded The Alliance in 2002, and quickly helped it grow into one of the largest and most successful insurance marketing organizations in the United States. As the top seller with numerous insurance carriers, The Alliance posts $100 million in sales..

June 18, 2020

Bobby Richardson

Born and raised in northern Missouri, Bobby began his long and successful career in 1980 with The Larry D. Barnes Insurance Agency, which eventually became McNerney Management Group. He very quickly found a market that allowed him to reach not only his personal goals, but also his goals for his family and career. Hard work..

Dan McNerney

Dan began his insurance career in 1978 working with Summit National Life Insurance Co. Unable to afford a suit, he borrowed one and hit the “real world” as a rookie insurance sales agent. After a few months, he joined The Larry D. Barnes Insurance Agency and specialized in the senior life & health insurance market…

David McNerney

David is Co-Owner of McNerney Management Group and President of Senior Benefit Services. David grew up in the insurance industry, following in his father’s and brother’s footsteps. He began his career in 1982 as an agent with The Larry D. Barnes Insurance Agency in Trenton, Missouri. David proved himself as a sales leader before being..

JoAnn Wray

JoAnn started her career with the McNerney Management Group immediately after graduating from Truman State University. She worked in various positions alongside Dan McNerney. Together, they started the brokerage division of the company, Senior Marketing Specialists, in 1995. Since then, Senior Marketing Specialists has grown from two employees and a handful of independent agents to..

May 19, 2020

Barry Clarkson

Barry is President & CEO of Equis Financial and Managing Partner of Integrity Marketing Group. With four decades of experience in the insurance industry, he has a stellar reputation for building organizations and surrounding himself with dynamic leaders. After attending Liberty University on a baseball scholarship, Barry was recruited into the insurance business part-time in..

Bill Martin

Bill is both Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Sales Development at Equis Financial and Managing Partner of Integrity Marketing Group. A true training tour-de-force, he continually delivers best-in-class educational resources for both new and established agents in the industry. Before getting his start in the insurance business in 1982, Bill served in the U.S. Air Force. For..

Rob Jones

Rob is Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Agency Development at Equis Financial and Managing Partner of Integrity Marketing Group. “Building” is a cornerstone of Equis Financial and at the core of Rob’s passion for developing agencies across the country. Over the course of his impressive insurance career, he’s cultivated a strong reputation of achieving..

April 14, 2020

Samuel C. Corey III

Sam is a Managing Partner of Integrity Marketing Group and President of The Brokerage Resource where he leads day-to-day operations. As a fourth-generation insurance professional, you can say insurance is in his DNA. Sam pivoted to the family business to work side-by-side with his father, in 2003 after having had a successful career selling high..

March 16, 2020

Tyler Lainson

Tyler Lainson is the owner and founder of Heartland Retirement Group and a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group. Tyler started in the insurance industry with Bankers Life and Casualty in 2000. He quickly moved up the ranks and became one of the top Unit Sales Managers in the company. In 2009, he partnered with..