About Us
GMI Agency, LLC, also known as GMI Insurance, is locally owned & operated.
Let us introduce you to our agents:
Paige Worth
Paige Worth, our Office Manager, is a licensed Property & Casualty Insurance agent and Customer Service Agent for GMI Insurance. She has studied at both Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne and Ivy Tech, and joined the agency with over four years of customer service experience. A natural caretaker, Paige has been actively helping others all of her adult life. While she grew up in Angola, Indiana, she now resides in Decatur with her blended family. She enjoys playing volleyball, listening to music, and spending time with her husband, Dan, their beautiful daughter, and three adorable little boys.
Kelli Richards
Kelli Richards is a licensed Property & Casualty Insurance agent and Agency Manager for GMI Insurance. With over 35 years in the insurance industry, Kelli offers considerable Insurance expertise to GMI Insurance and its clients. In addition to her extensive experience in Insurance, she also has a diverse background in office administration and professional client servicing, having worked in musical instrument retail, wholesale & manufacturing, property management, food manufacturing & distribution, as well as radio. Born in Anderson, she moved to Fort Wayne to attend International Business College, and has called Fort Wayne home ever since. When she’s not working, she enjoys live entertainment of all kinds, Chicago Cubs baseball, visiting the ocean … and she’ll never pass up an opportunity to spend time with her very close-knit family.
Verlin Bulmahn
Verlin Bulmahn is a Purdue University graduate, BS ’72, Ag Econ, worked 16 years for Federal Land Bank in farm mortgage lending and has been in the insurance industry since 1989 as an agent licensed in Indiana in Property & Casualty insurance. Verlin and his wife, Marilyn, reside on a multigenerational farm near Decatur Indiana, where he also has his home office. Their hobbies include enjoying the rural life style & agriculture, reading, cooking and occasionally traveling to new destinations to explore.
Craig Fruechte
Craig Fruechte is a 6th generation farmer, with over 15 years of experience farming grain and livestock in Adams County, just outside of Decatur, where he maintains his home office. He is a 2013 graduate of Vincennes University, having earned a degree in Agri-Business, as well as a Dale Carnegie graduate. Prior to joining GMI Insurance as a Property & Casualty Agent, he worked for 10 years at Agri Stats. Craig and his wife, Mindy, were married in 2003, and enjoy spending time with their son and daughter.
Jeff Simshauser
Jeff Simshauser is a licensed Property and Casualty Insurance Agent for the state of Indiana. Having grown up on the family farm, he has over twenty years of experience in grain farming. He is also knowledgeable in construction and the concrete business. Jeff and his wife, April, were married in 2003. They have two daughters, whom they are raising in their rural home, just outside of Monroeville.