The ripple effect of small businesses on the Tucson economy | Business News

There are more than 65 Farmers Insurance agents in the general Tucson area. Add in State Farm, Allstate, and all of the other insurance carriers, and the number of insurance agents from which to select is easily in the hundreds.

When we talk about businesses building Tucson, all of these agents are small business owners who are contributors to the economic health and growth of the Tucson region. They all pay business and personal taxes, employ people and use independent business services.

In the course of their business, when the unforeseen does happen to a client, each one of these agents employs other businesses. It could be car repairs or new car sales, home repair or new construction, or any multitude of other companies that help fix the insurance-covered problems.

The ripple effect of even the smallest business impacts the economic health of a region.

Sandi Eghtesadi is a Farmers Insurance agent who, both individually and through her agency, touches a lot people and impacts Tucson in many ways.

Eghtesadi has been a Farmers agent for 31 years. She has consistently ranked in the top 3% of agents nationally, and was the No. 1 life insurance agent for all 13,000 of Farmers Insurance agencies in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She still has clients that signed on with her 31 years ago, and many of her clients are represented by three generations of family members.