
Grinnell Specialty Agency
SPECIALTY SERVICE FOR SPECIALTY RISKS.
That’s what the Grinnell Specialty Agency helps customers insure. As an in-house agency with a combined 100 years of experience, Grinnell Specialty Agency helps Grinnell Mutual agents place special and unique risks not handled through direct lines.
Grinnell Specialty Agency has over $5 million in written premium volume and relationships with more than 30 companies to provide coverage for professional liability, animal mortality, boats, fitness centers, logging, vacant buildings and land, wind energy liability, and more.
ONLINE TOOLS
To request a quote or view available Grinnell Specialty Agency applications, click here.
To make a Grinnell Specialty Agency payment, click here.
To view pending payments, click here.
To contact the Grinnell Specialty Agency for general questions, please email specialty@grinnellmutual.com or call 800-362-2041, ext. 2446.
The Grinnell Specialty Agency staff listed below are not state specific. Please use the contact information below to contact the specific broker on your accounts. If you are unsure who your assigned broker is for a policy, please email specialty@grinnellmutual.com or call 800-362-2041 ext. 2446.
CONTACT US
4215 Highway 146P.O. Box 790
Grinnell, Iowa 50112-0790
Phone: 800-362-2041
Fax: 800-892-2303
WRITTEN COVERAGES
Call your Grinnell Specialty Agency broker to find coverage for the following risks and more. Remember, this is only a partial list of the markets that Grinnell Specialty Agency has access to. If it isn't listed, just call — we may be able to help!
Top summer coverages
- Beer gardens
- Class reunions
- County fairs
- Family reunions
- Sports team accident medical and liability
- Town celebrations
- Tractor pulls and demolition derbies
- Wedding receptions
Top fall coverages
- Apple orchards
- Corn mazes
- Daycares
- Haunted houses
- Pollution
- Pumpkin patches
- Sports team accident medical and liability
Top winter coverages
- Christmas parades
- Christmas parties
- Snow plows
- Snowmobiles
- Sports team accident medical and liability
Top spring coverages
APPLICATION FORMS
Request a quote
To request a quote from Grinnell Specialty Agency, select and print the application form below. Submit the completed application to the Grinnell Specialty Agency by email, fax, or mail.
We offer premium financing through Imperial PFS for any premium amount. Your insured can make payments over the phone, by credit card, online, and by ACH. Please ask us about premium financing on your accounts.
- Adult Group
- Adult Team Sports
- Baseball/Softball
- Dance Studio
- Day Care
- Mixed Martial Arts, Kickboxing, Boxing, Wrestling
- Special Events Accident
- Supplemental Accident Insurance questionnaire
- Youth Group
- Youth Sports
Aircraft, Unmanned Aircraft, and Drones Application
Auto (Commercial) Applications
- Cargo
- Commercial Auto/Truck
- Contingent Liability
- Hired and Non-Owned Auto supplement
- Progressive
- Public Auto
- Rental Autos and Trucks
- Tow Truck supplement
- Business Services Bond
- Commercial Bond
- Contractors Performance and Surety Bond
- Employee Dishonesty Bond
- ERISA Bond
- Equestrian Homeowner, Ranch, and Estate
- Equi-Farm application for Horse Related Operations
- Equine Clubs and Associations
- Equine Personal Liability
- Race Horse Owners and Trainers CGL
- Equine Special Event Liability
General Liability Applications
Submit completed ACORD Forms 125 and 126 with corresponding supplements.
- Aerial Spraying
- Alarm Installation or Monitoring questionnaire
- Animal Services
- Amusement Center
- Apartments - Four units or fewer
- Apartments - More than four units
- Artists & Crafters Program questionnaire
- Assisted Living application - Convalescent Homes/Residential Care/Homes for the Aged
- Bar/Tavern
- Bowling Center questionnaire
- Contractors - Artisan Contractor
- Contractors Equipment application - Small schedule
- Contractors - General Contractor/Land Developer
- Contractors - Roofers questionnaire
- Convenience Store
- Corn Maze
- Day Care - Capitol Day Care questionnaire
- Day Care - Scottsdale Day Care
- D J Service
- Demolition Contractors - Annual basis
- Demolition Contractors - Per job basis
- Detective Agency and Security Agency
- Equipment Rental
- Event/Party Planner
- Excavators and Grading of Land
- Fairground
- Farm Liability
- Fitness/Health/Excerise - Capitol
- Fitness/Health/Excerise - Scottsdale
- Flea Markets
- Foreclosure Cleanup
- Fraternal Clubs Package
- Haunted House
- Home Health Care
- Homeowners or Condominium Association General Liability
- Hunt Club
- Institutional Care Facilities
- Janitorial Services
- Kennels
- Landscaping/Lawn Care
- Logging General Liability
- Martial Arts questionnaire
- Mobile Home, Commercial
- Mobile Home Park questionnaire
- Motel/Hotel
- Oil and Gas Well Supplement
- Outdoor Recreational Club
- Outfitters and Guides
- Paintball Field
- Pawn Shops
- Pest Control Services
- Products Liability
- Resort - Campground questionnaire
- Restaurant/Bar
- Salon, Spa and Personal Enhancement questionnaire
- Special Event Liability - Capitol Special Event
- Special Event Liability - Racing Special Event
- Special Event Liability - Western World Special Event
- Sports Camps/Leagues questionnaire
- Swimming Pool questionnaire
- Tanning Bed questionnaire
- Tree Trimmers
- Trucker's Liability
- Vacant Building
- Vacant Dwelling
- Vacant Land
- Wedding and Wedding Reception
- Welding
- Wind Energy Liability
- Founder's Liquor Liability
- Founder's Special Event Liquor Liability
- Scottsdale Liquor Liability
- LSI's Liquor Liability
- LSI's Special Event Liquor Liability supplement
- USLI Annual Policies
- Why buy liquor liability insurance?
- Personal Auto
- Jet Ski/Waverunner - Personal Watercraft
- Boat/Watercraft - Family Boaters
- Comprehensive Personal Liability
- Condo Owners/Renters
- Dwellings
- Jewelry
- Mobile Home and Manufactured Home Insurance
- Motor Home - Foremost
- Motorcycle Insurance - All states except Illinois
- Motorcycle Insurance - Illinois only
- Off-Road Vehicle - All states except Illinois
- Off-Road Vehicle - Illinois only
- Snowmobile
- Travel Trailer
- Day Care - Capitol Day Care
- Mobile Home, Commercial
- Salon, Spa and Personal Enhancement questionnaire
- Tanning Bed questionnaire
- Vacant Building
- Vacant Dwelling
- Environmental Contractors and Consultants Pollution Liability
- Non-Environmental Contractors Pollution Liability
- Underground Storage Tank schedule
Professional Liability Applications
- Bookkeeper/Tax Preparer
- D&O - Community Association
- D&O - For-profit organizations
- D&O - Nonprofit organizations
- Employment Agency
- Employment Practices Liability
- Home Inspectors Errors and Omissions
- Homeowners Association Professional Liability
- Insurance Agents and Brokers
- Insurance Agents and Brokers - Missouri
- Miscellaneous Professional Liability
- Pest Control Services
- Property Managers
- Real Estate Errors and Omissions
- Technology Professional Liability
- Travel Agent
- Commercial Umbrella
- Personal Umbrella (with Supplemental Watercraft, Farm Personal Catastrophe)
STAFF PROFILES
We work as a team to serve Grinnell Mutual and its independent agency force by providing special, unique coverages that otherwise would not be available to them.
Service will be personal, prompt, and professional.

Assistant Vice President | Mandy Hudnut, MBL, AINS
Mandy started her insurance career as an independent agent and has been with Grinnell Mutual since 2007. She joined Grinnell Specialty Agency in 2015. She has a bachelor's degree in Business Management and a Masters in Leadership Studies. Mandy and her husband have two children.

Broker | Leann Clemann, API, AINS
Leann began her insurance career as an independent agent and joined Grinnell Mutual in 1994 as an assistant underwriter for personal lines. She holds personal and commercial licenses and has been a broker for Grinnell Specialty Agency since 2007. Leann has also earned her Foundations of Leadership certificate. She and her husband have three children and nine grandchildren.

Broker | Susan Oster, CPS, AIS, AINS, AU, ACS
Susan earned a B.A. in Recreation Education from the University of Iowa. She began her career with Grinnell Mutual as an administrative assistant in 1989 and has been a broker with Grinnell Specailty Agency since 2013. She holds personal, commercial, and surplus lines licenses and has appointments in Grinnell Mutual's 12-state direct lines territory. Susan is also on the company's Employee Events committee and earned a Foundations of Leadership certificate. She enjoys spending time with her two children and stays active with biking, skiing, kayaking, and boating on Lake Okoboji.

Broker | Karissa Chapman
Karissa earned an A.A. in Business Administration from Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). She has worked at Grinnell Mutual since 2007. After working as a claims assistant and an assistant underwriter in personal lines, she joined Grinnell Specialty Agency as an administrative assistant in 2013. In 2014, Karissa was promoted to broker. She has earned her Foundations of Leadership certificate and is currently working on her Associate in General Insurance designation. In 2019, she was accepted into the Poweshiek Leadership Program. Karissa and her husband have two children.

Broker | Scott Ewing
Scott has been a broker for Grinnell Specialty since 2017. Before joining Grinnell Mutual, he was an agency producer and then agency manager. He holds property-casualty and a life and health licenses. Prior to joining Grinnell Specialty,Scott was an agency producer and then agency manager. Scott and his wife have two sons.

Broker | Casey Beyer
Casey holds personal, commercial, and life insurance agent licenses and worked as an independent agent. She joined Grinnell Specialty Agency in 2018. She is currently working on her surplus lines license and AINS designation. Casey and her husband have two children.

Administrative assistant | Amber Adams
Amber started with Grinnell Mutual in 2013 as a billing and customer service representative. In 2015, she became an administrative assistant with Grinnell Specialty Agency. She has a B.A. in Business Management from Buena Vista University and an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). Amber enjoys spending time with her three children and watching them participate in their various activities. She also enjoys reading, scrapbooking, sewing, and attending Iowa Wild hockey games.

Assistant broker | Teresa Miller
Teresa started at Grinnell Mutual as an assistant commercial underwriter in 2005. In 2017, she became an assistant broker with Grinnell Specialty Agency. Teresa has her A.A. in Leadership Studies from William Penn University College for Working Adults and enjoys spending time with her family, reading, music, movies, and traveling.