Learn more about Altiery Gingerich Insurance Agency.

We are proud to serve our neighbors.

AGIA perpetuates over eight decades of families providing insurance in our Central PA communities and beyond. In 1982, Philip E. Gingerich Jr. acquired his first independent insurance agency in Lewistown, PA – H.C. Kerstetter Company from Donald C. Kerstetter, as well as acquired and merged Sanders Insurance Agency (Burnham, PA), William D. Dodd Insurance & Real Estate (Lewistown, PA), and Dunn’s Insurance Agency (Mifflintown, PA) with HCK. By 1984, Gingerich took over the Metz Agency, Inc. from Harry M. Metz in Belleville, PA, and merged the Hartzler Insurance Agency (Belleville, PA) with Metz in 2000.

In 1990, Gingerich acquired the Wharton Insurance Agency from Thomas R. James in Mt. Union, PA. By 2007, the Jack H. Port Agencies in Mt. Union and Huntingdon, PA became new members of the growing company, and in 2017, the Carriage House Insurance Agency (Huntingdon, PA) was merged into the Huntingdon, PA location. Prior to this, in 1995, Gingerich partnered with William M. Jones to form Central Insurers Group, Inc. which included a total of six locations, serving in the Central PA region.

In September of 2023, Heidi Altiery, the daughter of Philip E. Gingerich Jr., and her husband Keith Altiery, de-merged from Central Insurers Group, Inc., and rebranded as the Altiery Gingerich Insurance Agency, LLC, or AGIA. Keith and Heidi bring over 20 years of insurance experience to the operation of AGIA. Four of the six locations remain with the family under the new name in Lewistown, Belleville, Mt. Union, and Huntingdon, PA. The Altierys felt as though a name change was important to unify all the previous agencies her father had owned and operated for over four decades. As a family run insurance agency, AGIA plans to continue serving families and businesses from these four locations.

Empowering Clients Every Step of the Way

AGIA’s purpose is to instill and inspire a community of service to one another. With a rich history, deeply rooted in the Central PA region, AGIA strives to continue to educate, consult with, and care about those they connect with to make sure their interactions are meaningful, helpful, and empowering. Their longstanding membership with Keystone Insurers Group, Inc. allows them the ability to offer a wide variety of options to suit the needs of their clients for home, business, bonds, auto, life, and more. AGIA’s primary focus is on their clients; supporting clients in their time of need, and by their side every step of the way as they work to protect what matters most.

The Independent Agency Advantage

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