In 1956, Paul J Brooks founded Paul J Brooks Insurance Agency with the focus of offering extensive expertise of the insurance industry, along with superior service, to better meet the client’s needs.  Larry Brooks and Bob Lacey purchased the agency in 1978 and continued with Paul’s vision. The agency was acquired by a regional operation in 2000. 

With the focus of getting back to the principles Paul Brooks founded the agency on, Tom Harding and Larry Brooks partnered in 2009 to purchase back the operation and combine it with Tom’s book of business; thus, forming Harding Brooks Insurance Agency. 

2014 saw us expand operations into Syracuse, NY.  Mike Peplinski leads our team in Syracuse.  The focus of that location is an exclusive national insurance program specifically customized for the Collateral Recovery/Repossession industry.  Mike Peplinski became partners with Tom Harding in Harding Brooks Insurance Agency in 2020.  To continue to expand our current offerings to our clients, in 2021 we opened an office in Scranton, Pennsylvania and partnered with The C3 Group.