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John J. Byrne founded our firm in 1946, then called Sparks and Byrne. He entered the agency business after a long and successful career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Several years later, Sparks and Byrne split, and the firm became known as John J. Byrne Insurance. He built a solid foundation for the firm. James A. Byrne, CPCU, President, entered the firm in 1958. A new corporation was formed – the J. Byrne Agency, Inc. James Byrne has been an active leader in business and community organizations for three decades. James’s two sons, Tim Byrne & Tom Byrne, joined the agency in 1982. While seeing firsthand that the coastal homeowners’ insurance marketplace was underserved by unfavorable surplus lines products, my father Tim Byrne left the agency to start Coastal Agents Alliance LLC in 2005. Tom Byrne, who was the commercial lines sales manager at the time, stepped up to the plate and was named president in 2005 after Tim left. Since it’s inception, J. Byrne has grown to well established business operating out of 7 locations, writing business in 15 states, and a staff of 52 employees.