Western Financial Group has purchased Barker Agencies, its first insurance agency in Manitoba. With this addition, the WFG Agency Network now numbers 54 offices and extends from British Columbia to Manitoba.

Founded in 1919, Barker Agencies (formerly Barkers Insurance Agency) operates throughout Western Manitoba with two offices in Brandon and one office in Souris. The agency is primarily focused on auto, residential and farm insurance but also provides investment and life insurance products.

“Acquiring Barkers as our first office in Manitoba makes good sense to us,” says Scott Tannas, Western Financial Group’s President and CEO. “They offer a similar product line, but moreover, Barkers develops the same kind of long-standing client relationships that we work hard to achieve across the WFG network.

Tannas adds that all Barkers employees will remain with Western Financial Group.”

Western Financial Group has offices in more than 50 towns and small cities across Western Canada, and serves a customer base of more than 150,000.