Our Staff-Main Switchboard Phone: 361-882-6543

Allen Borden, CPCU, CIC

Vice President/Producer

Phone: 361-693-1752

Allen Borden, Executive Vice President of Borden Insurance, a division of

American Financial Insurance Services, is the Chief Executive Officer of the

agency. He is a 1974 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in

finance. He did graduate studies in business administration at Corpus Christi

State University. He was an assistant to the Workers Compensation Rate

Development Department at the Texas State Board of Insurance in Austin. He

obtained his CPCU and CIC designations after joining Borden Insurance in 1975.

He has been the Surety Manager for Marsh & McLennan in Corpus Christi and

later Vice President and Manager of Marsh & McLennan operations in Corpus

Christi. His duties included responsibility for handling energy related

industries, contractors, broadcast and financial institutions. He is a former

member of the Texas Windstorm Advisory Board and past president of the

Independent Agents of the Coastal Bend. He currently serves on the advisory

board of Texas Mutual Insurance Company. His volunteer activities include

serving as a Sea Scout and Boy Scout leader, Vice President of Risk Management

of the South Texas Council of the Boy Scouts of America, past president of the

Friends of the Museum of Science & History, Director of the Texas State

Aquarium, past president of the Coastal Bend Chapter of the American Diabetes

Association, past president of the University of Texas Ex-Students Association's

Coastal Bend Chapter, Trustee of the Morris L. Lichtenstein Medical Research

Foundation and a member of the UT Marine Science Advisory Council.

Murray Bass

Vice President/Producer

Phone: 361-693-1779

Murray Bass III, is a Corpus Christi native and holds a Bachelors in Business

Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Murray began his

insurance career with Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs, the nation's seventh largest

insurance intermediary, where he served as their Director of Benefits &

Financial Services in the Corpus Christi office from 1997 to 2005. After leaving

Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs in January of 2005, he formed his own agency, Benefit

Solutions, which later merged with Borden Insurance on January 1, 2009. He

offers comprehensive employee benefits advisory services to small, middle and

large market companies. Murray has provided his experience and expertise to

companies in varying industries including manufacturing, service, oil & gas,

legal, medical, and trucking and in organizations varying in size from 10 to

2000 employees. He is also active in many community and national organizations.

He is a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters, the Coastal

Bend Association of Health Underwriters, sits on the Broker Council for Blue

Cross Blue Shield and Humana and is a member of St. Pius X Church. He is a past

President of the Corpus Christi chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association

and a past board member for CCA Texas

Jason Gilbert, CIC

Vice President/Producer

Phone: 361-693-1777

Jason Gilbert, CMIP, CRIS is a Nueces County native who has been in the
insurance industry for 17 years. He began his career with Humana Healthcare in
1994 and has been an independent agent in Corpus Christi for 10 years. In
February 2010, he began working for Borden insurance. He currently holds a
Certified Marine Insurance Professional designation (CMIP) and a Construction
Risk Insurance Specialist designation (CRIS) and is working towards his
Certified Insurance counselor designation (CIC). He is a member of the Corpus
Christi American Petroleum Institute and an active member of St. Helena Catholic
Church. When Jason is not working, he finds himself spending quality time with
his wife and six children as well as studying and competing in the art of
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. His volunteer works include raising money for Palmer Drug
Abuse Program and coaching Upward basketball for the youth in the community.

Wally Goodman, CIC

Vice President/Producer

Phone: 361-693-1769

Wally Goodman, Vice President, has been employed in the Property and Casualty
Insurance Industry for over 40 years. He has been a property and casualty
insurance agent in Corpus Christi since 1976. During that period he provided
insurance, risk management services and advice to many clients. While he has
broad knowledge of the property and casualty clients needs he does most of his
work helping business clients. He is especially good at handling clients who
have habitational exposures. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Business
Administration (BBA) from Stephen F. Austin State University. After entering the
insurance business he studied for and attained the professional designations of
Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Certified Insurance
Counselor (CIC). He has volunteered for many insurance industry jobs. He has
been President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas and the Independent
Insurance Agents of the Coastal Bend. From 2007 to 2010 he served on the Board
of Directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (Wind Pool). During
his time in Corpus Christi, he has participated in many community based
charitable organizations such as the March of Dimes and The United Way.

Mark Ray

Vice President/Producer

Phone: 361-693-1761

Mark W. Ray, Vice President, also a native Texan and resident of Corpus Christi
since 1972, graduated from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State
University) in San Marcos with a bachelor's degree in Marketing. His insurance
experience spans 26 years, first as a commercial insurance agent with Swantner
and Gordon Insurance Agency, before joining Borden Insurance over five years
ago. Mr. Ray specializes in oil and gas, lawyers' professional liability and
other commercial property and casualty coverage. He is currently President of
the Independent Insurance Agents of the Coastal Bend, and also appointed to the
Windstorm Task-Force of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas Association.
In addition, Mark is currently the Regional Vice-President for IMPACT, the
political action committee for the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. He is
also an active community volunteer, serving as Chairman of the Board of the
Coastal Conservation Association Texas, trustee of the Harvey Weil Sportsman
Conservation Award Trust, the South Texas Advisory Board of The Nature
Conservancy, and is active in the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation, the Port Aransas
Rod and Reel Club, the Coastal Bend Emmaus Community and First United Methodist
Church.

Leo Duque

Personal Lines Producer

Phone: 361-693-1713

Leo Duque, a native of Corpus Christi, graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has successfully achieved a total of 11 years experience within the insurance industry. His solid foundation of experience is attributed mostly to notable insurance corporations such as Allstate and USAA, two of the nation's largest companies in his respective expertise. Leo holds an active General Lines Property and Casualty (P&C) license and specializes in assessing the financial objectives of clients and prioritizes the importance of finding optimal solutions to policy risk management for his clients. When not at work, Leo most enjoys spending time with family and rooting for the Chicago Cubs or Dallas Cowboys.

David Morales, CPCU,CIC

Retention Specialist

Phone: 361-693-1718

David Morales is a Corpus Christi native and has been in the Property and Casualty insurance industry since 1998. His experience includes working as an underwriter on the company side as well as managing a general agency and a retail agency. He is a graduate of Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. He later acquired his Masters of Business Administration (MBA), his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) certification and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. He has served on the advisory board for the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce and is active in his local church.

Jennifer C. Sosa ACSR

Producer/Benefits & HR Strategies Advisor

Phone: 361-693-1719

Jennifer Sosa, is a Benefits & HR Strategies Advisor for Borden Insurance, a division of American Financial Insurance Services. She is a Corpus Christi Native who has been in the insurance industry since 1998. She began her career with Aetna U.S. Healthcare and then joined Swantner & Gordon/Higginbotham where she managed the agencies largest accounts while leading their Account Management Team. In February 2017, she began working with Borden Insurance as a Benefits Producer. She advises services to small, middle, and large employers in any industry. She is a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters, the Coastal Bend Association of Health Underwriters. She is also an active member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. When Jennifer is not working, she finds herself spending quality time with her husband, son and dogs.

Michael Swantner

Vice President/Producer

Phone: 361-693-1766

Michael Swantner, Vice President, a native of Corpus Christi, holds both bachelors and masters of business administration degrees in risk management and insurance from the University of Georgia. He has 31 years of insurance industry experience, all in the Corpus Christi community. Over the years, he has served in numerous community volunteer positions. Currently he serves as chairman of the Corpus Christi Medical Center's Board of Trustees, volunteer with the Corpus Christi State School, chairman of the Bill Glass Ministries' Champions for Today program in South Texas, and an active member of First United Methodist Church

Duncan Guignet

Producer

Phone: 3616931750

Duncan Guignet is a Commercial Insurance Producer for Borden Insurance. He is Corpus Christi native and a graduate of Flour Bluff High School with over 12 years of experience in the Property & Casualty insurance industry. Duncan got his start working for Farmers Insurance and has worked at agencies of all shapes and sizes throughout South and Central Texas. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Duncan became part of the Borden Insurance team to help their clients navigate the complex, catastrophic claims process. He believes that the best path to success is through earning his clients' trust and always putting their interests before his own. He is passionate about sharing Borden's core beliefs of accountability, honesty, positivity, loyalty, and respect. In his free time, Duncan enjoys sitting down with a good book, traveling, and spending time with his family and friends at the beach.

Allison Cantu, CISR

Commercial Lines Assistant

Phone: (361) 882-6543