The Knights of Columbus (KofC), founded by a Catholic priest in 1882, is one of the major fraternal-benefit societies in the world. Did you know that it is also a highly rated, Fortune-1000 company? And, as it happens, the organization has a large presence in the St.-Louis-Metro Area.
At a Glance, Globally
The KofC has almost $110 billion of total, in-force insurance coverage. This has issued in around $1 billion of paid benefits.
Some of these benefits include over $440 million in death proceeds from life-insurance contracts.
But, the KofC is also a “participating” company. This means that it pays a dividend. Although actual dividends are functions of how well the company does financially from year to year, and they are never guaranteed, the last numbers indicate that the KofC has paid some $260 million in dividends to its members.
Additionally, the company boasts respectable growth numbers. It added $8.6 billion in new life-insurance contracts in 2018 alone.
At a Glance, Locally
As a fraternal association, the KofC is located in numerous countries and territories, including France, Lithuania, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the Ukraine. But, in terms of its insurance arm, the epicenter is in North America, with Canada and the United States.
The KofC transacts business in all 50 U.S. states.
Missouri is roughly divided into three parts.
The Kansas-City/Western Area is overseen by General Agent John Mahon. Central and Southern Missouri is largely under the care of George Spinelli. Our metropolitan area, that is, much of Eastern Missouri, is the province of Ryan Lister.
Ryan Lister took over as general agent from Mr. Greg Rackers about five or six years ago (as of this writing). He typically supervises approximately a dozen field agents who range all over the the Greater St. Louis and surrounding regions.
The Lister Agency goes as far north as Bowling Greeb, Elsberry, and Silex, as far west as Dutzow, Washington, and Wentzville, and as far south as Arnold and Festus. This at least touches on portions of Missouri counties as far flung as Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Warren.
In between, his Eastern-area agency covers a lot of ground, including the following municipalities and townships. Ballwin, Bel-Nor, Bel-Ridge, Bella Villa, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Bellerive, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Black Jack, Breckenridge Hills, Brentwood, Bridgeton, Calverton Park, Champ, Charlack, Chesterfield, Clarkson Valley, Clayton, Cool Valley, Country Club Hills, Country Life Acres, Crestwood, Creve Coeur, Crystal Lake Park, Dellwood, Des Peres, Edmundson, Ellisville, Eureka, Fenton, Ferguson, Flordell Hills, Florissant, Frontenac, Glen Echo Park, Glendale, Grantwood Village, Green Park, Greendale, Hanley Hills, Hazelwood, Hillsdale, Huntleigh, Jennings, Kinloch, Kirkwood, Ladue, Lakeshire, Mackenzie, Manchester, Maplewood, Marlborough, Maryland Heights, Moline Acres, Normandy, Northwoods, Norwood Court, Oakland, Olivette, Overland, Pacific, Pagedale, Pasadena Hills, Pasadena Park (Village of), Pine Lawn, Richmond Heights, Riverview, Rock Hill, St. Ann, St. John, Shrewsbury, Sunset Hills, Sycamore Hills, Town & Country, Twin Oaks, University City, Uplands Park, Valley Park, Velda City, Velda Village Hills, Vinita Terrace (Village of ), Warson Woods, Webster Groves, Wellston, Westwood, Wilbur Park, Wildwood, Winchester, and Woodson Terrace.
And that’s just in the St.-Louis-County Area!
Further out, we’re talking about Bowling Green, Foristell, Hawk Point, Lake Saint Louis, Moscow Mills, O’Fallon, Silex, Troy, Warrenton, Wentzville, and Wright City, as well as Arnold, Barnhart, Fenton, Imperial, Mehlville, and Oakville.
What Kinds of Insurance Are Available?
The KofC has annuities, disability insurance, life insurance (including MEC policies, term, universal life, and whole life), long-term-care insurance, and can help area families with their burial, funeral, income-replacement, legacy, retirement, and tax-planning situations.
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