Roach Howard Smith & Barton

Specialties

Protect your business and your family. Roach Howard Smith & Barton is a leading independent insurance brokerage firm providing business insurance and risk management solutions to companies of all sizes and personal insurance to individuals and families.

Commerical Proerty & Casualty Insurance

Risk Management Solutions

Employee Benefits/​Group Health

Financial Services

Personal Insurance

Home/​Auto Insurance

History

Established in 1945.

A Merger of Two Client-​Centric Agencies. Roach Howard Smith & Barton is the result of two agencies that merged in 1998 after finding great commonality in their service philosophies and complementary strengths in their product offerings and industry knowledge. Our firm’s client-​centric focus has catapulted us to becoming a leading independent insurance brokerage firm in the country and the North Texas area’s only Assurex Global partner. Our roots in Dallas began in 1955 when Richard Roach, our founder, sold his first insurance policy. Soon after Mr. Roach founded his firm he was joined by Leroy Howard, Max Smith and Archie Hunter and in 1972, the firm name became Roach Howard Smith & Hunter, Inc. In Fort Worth, our firm’s other half, L.T. Barton Insurance, was founded in 1945 and became one of the most respected agencies in its region. RHSB has kept its roots in Dallas and Fort Worth employing over 70 people, and generating more than $ 100 million annually in premiums.

Meet the Business Owner

Tom H.

Business Owner

Tom Hughston is Chief Executive Officer and one of over 20 Partners of Roach Howard Smith & Barton. He serves on the Board of Directors and specializes in commercial insurance production. In 1991, he joined the firm and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1995.

Tom is active in the insurance industry, currently as a member of the Board of Directors of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers («CIAB»), the premier trade association representing leading domestic and international commercial insurance agents and brokers, and on the agency advisory council of two regional insurance companies. He is a past board member of the Independent Agents of Dallas and is currently the firm’s representative for Assurex Global, the world’s largest privately held brokerage group.

Tom graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance.