Tyler Fee brings another fourth generation family member to Fee Insurance

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Another member of the Fee family has joined the family business, adding to the list of fourth-generation family members with the long-standing company.

*Tyler Fee recently joined Fee Insurance. He joins his brother Jordan and cousin Ashton as fourth-generation family members to work for the 136-year-old insurance firm.*

Fee Insurance Group, of Hutchinson, announced Thursday that Tyler Fee has joined the agency as a Risk Advisor. Tyler has over five years of experience in the insurance industry and has earned designations such as Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, Accredited Adviser in Insurance and Certified Authority on Workers’ Compensation. He will be based out of the Wichita, KS office. Tyler is the third fourth-generation family member to join the 136-year-old company, joining Ashton and Jordan.

“To me, it’s just a great deal of pride,” Bob Fee company president said. “I look back at when I joined my dad and brother and I often think of my dad…you know, we’ve been up here in the bank for 30 years overlooking Main Street. These little kids used to come up on the fourth of July during the parade and get a pop out of the refrigerator and watch the parade from the seventh floor in my office and their grandad’s office.”

Fee says having the fourth generation of the family members in the business is reason for pride in the company. “It’s a lot of things. It’s legacy, it’s family, it’s tradition and it just gives me pride that we have established a feeling of desire to be a part of something.”

Passing a business down to family members is challenging in the state of Kansas, which makes this continued transition unique. “The hard part about family business and passing it from generation to generation is, honestly, our tax laws,” Fee said. “It’s like passing a family farm. It’s not always easy because of the valuations that you have. Allen and I get called monthly by big brokers wanting to buy us and we could sell out for a lot of money, but what would that leave. Your legacy is gone.”

Fee says they continue to work hard to try and figure out how to keep the business going from generation-to-generation.

Tyler was born in Hutchinson and graduated with honors from Hutchinson High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and entrepreneurship from the University of Kansas in 2014. He has spent the past three years as a business development consultant for United Heartland, a leading workers compensation insurance carrier.