Learn About Our Team and Where It All Started
A Plus Insurance and Technology
Our Simple Business Axioms
- Service through Education.
- Don’t worry about the money.
- Keep it Simple.
- Always Look for the Win-Win.
- Focus on being of service to others while being honest and sincere.
- Let all you do be done in Love- 1 Corinthians 16:14
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Our History
A Plus was established in 1999 in Colorado Springs, CO.
Shawn Christie, and his wife Amy, are its owners. We are a family owned and operated insurance broker.
We offer a full range of products to service a wide spectrum of personal insurance needs, as well as business insurance needs. It is our objective to provide quality, low-cost coverage to meet the needs of our clients.
Testimonials
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Meet Our Team!
Alexandra Vileikis
CSR/Marketing Specialist
More about Alexandra!
Alexandra was born in Chicago, Illinois spent part of childhood on St. Thomas in the USVI, before landing in the upstate of South Carolina. She was a pastry chef until covid started, and after that worked for a cryptocurrency company. In 2021, her entire life changed after being diagnosed with ALS. After several months of living the retired lifestyle, she chose to work again. The only thing she knew was she wanted a job where she could be creative and help others. Her current role was the perfect fit. Her marketing duties allow her to use her creative side, while the rest of CSR position allows her to serve others. She has only been with A Plus for a short period, but she enjoys being a part of such a great team and business. Alexandra loves learning new things, and she is doing a lot of that these days as she works towards becoming a licensed agent. Her passions are cooking, rowing, science, and Yellowstone. Favorite quote: “If you care about someone, and you got a little love in your heart, there ain’t nothing you can’t get through together.” -Ted Lasso
Marlon Moss
Agent/Marketing Specialist
More about Marlon!
What can we not say about Marlon? He is our creative genius with an imagination that meets no limits. His first love is people. He loves to help others and spends hours each month busy in his volunteer work. When he isn’t doing that, he is busy brainstorming marketing schemes and ways to make Shawn’s visions come to life. When not doing that, he is writing screenplays, filming and editing movies with his wife and co-worker Veronica. If you ever meet him, tell him a Dad joke, and he will love you forever.
Veronica Moss
Marketing Strategist/Content Creator/Agent
More About Veronica!
Veronica is one of our newest members of A Plus Insurance and is excited to be a part of the team. Born and raised in Baltimore, MD, she spent her school years in several visual art programs and has since been passionate about creating and helping bring the creative visions of others to life. Since moving to the south, she has met many unexpected new loves, including but not limited to: the word y’all, chicken biscuits, pimento cheese sandwiches, and her husband of nearly 11 years, Marlon. They reside in Easley, SC where she has spent the last few years as a freelance graphic artist and social media content creator. She loves spending time with Marlon in their weekly volunteer work, creating films, stories, multimedia content, and eating weird foods. Their only source of contention is during football season where she roots for the Baltimore Ravens, and he at odds with his support for the Miami Dolphins. Fun facts: She will never be found without a cup of coffee in her hand, and must have sushi at least once a week.
Katie Sopko
Operations Manager/Personal/Business Lines Agent
More about Katie!
Life began in Detroit Michigan. Raised in Greenville, South Carolina. She graduated from Easley High school. Katie has always enjoyed working in the customer service industry. She obtained a degree in medical office/billing and coding from Tri-County Technical College. She was introduced to the insurance industry in 2020 by Owners Amy and Shawn. She works part time and fills in where needed. Her passions include spending time with her family/friends, traveling, baking, hiking and food. Katie looks forward to assisting her customers with all of their insurance needs and questions.
Lauren Mckenzie 
Broker/Content & Marketing Specialist
More about Lauren!
Lauren was born and raised in Wasilla, Alaska. She graduated Wasilla high School and attended the University of Anchorage Alaska pursing a degree in Environmental Science. Lauren traveled after college but always made it back to her home town. She enjoys the outdoors; camping, hiking, fishing, wildlife and spending time with family. Lauren became an agent with A Plus Insurance in 2019, She has a friendly personality and loves getting to know our customers and assist them with all of their insurance needs. Lauren looks forward to more traveling in the future, continuing her education, and making the most enjoying Alaska and surrounding family.
Crystal Sullivan 
Broker/Senior Agent
More about Crystal!
Crystal was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado but grew up in Wasilla, Alaska. She graduated from Wasilla High School, then graduated from Colorado Mesa University with an Athletic Training Degree and EMT Certificate in 2015. Crystal is now working towards future goals of being a part of the Military. She enjoys lifting at the gym every morning before work, learning new ways how to cook for her family, watch shows on Netflix, and painting. Her bundle of joy is a black cat named Kingsley. Crystal was recently brought on in 2016 to A Plus Insurance. Proudly and actively working each day to serve customers and their insurance needs. Favorite Color: Teal NBA Team: Denver Nuggets Favorite Quote: Stay positive, work hard, make it happen.
Jola Robbennolt
Broker/Senior Agent
More About Jola!
Jola was originally born in South Dakota. She moved out to Colorado after high school, where she stayed for many years to raise her family, in Colorado Springs.In 1998, she made a move up Alaska to start a new adventure where she still resides in the Mantansuka Valley area.She began working with A+ Insurance in 2012. She is an integral part of the A+ Insurance family as an agent who writes and services policies with all of our carriers. Many of our clients enjoy her warm, friendly nature, and appreciate the time that she spends on the phone with them to make sure their questions are answered thoroughly and completely. Some of her interests include spending time with her family, gardening, and baking. She also enjoys taking the time to enjoy her motor home and traveling to see new people and places.
Amy 
Christie
Owner/Founder/Agent
More about Amy!
Amy was born in Colorado Springs, CO. She has lived a large portion of her life in the Colorado Springs area, graduating from Sierra High School, then graduating from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with an Organization Communication degree in 1999. Amy began her insurance career by working for a life insurance brokerage, Eterm.com, in 1999. There she became licensed in several different states both residential and nonresidential licenses. In 2001, she moved on to working side by side with her husband, Shawn, selling life and health insurance, and auto insurance. She is an active member of the community and has been even seen out on the local football field helping coach park and recreation teams. Interests include spending time with her family, traveling, gardening, and cooking. Her goal each day is to make finding an insurance policy or making a change to an existing policy as quick and efficient as possible for her clients in a polite, knowledgeable and professional manner. She understands that people do not want to spend all day dealing with insurance. Favorite Quotes: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” & “I meant what I said, and I said what I meant, an elephant is faithful, 100%.” – Horton, Dr. Seuss.
Shawn 
Christie
Owner/Founder/Agent
More about Shawn!
Shawn was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has had an entrepreneurial spirit from the beginning. He started his own business at the age of 10. In 1999, he began to work as an insurance broker for one of the first online insurance Brokerage houses. There he obtained all of his residential and non-residential insurance licenses to sell insurance in 14+ states. In 2000, he set out on his own and began to build a book of business. Through the prompting of his clients, he brought on additional lines of insurance (Auto, Home, Business, etc) and A Plus Insurance was created. Shawn has continued to integrate technology into the company to make business smooth and seamless from both an agent and a client perspective. He continues to strive to make doing business with A Plus Insurances fast, efficient, and effective as possible for our clients. His agents have served and delivered the highest level of customer service to over 26,000 clients in 16 states. His hobbies include spending time with his family, working on SEO, taking the time to learn new things, Reading, and catching a nap on the weekends (when time permits). Inspirational figures: Winston Churchill, His Son, and His Beautiful Wife and business partner Amy. (not necessarily in that order)
What Else Should You Know About A Plus Insurance?
In The Beginning
Our company originally began as a “Life and Health” shop, but experiencing sheer encouragement from our existing clientele,
we began to seek companies that could offer affordable auto insurance coverage.Progressive Insurance was the first company to issue us an auto contract (and we are still very grateful). As we started to grow our book of Property and Casualty clients, we slowly added additional companies including, but not limited to Bristol West, Mendota, Viking, Dairyland, Travelers, and much more. Once again, at the urging of our clientele, we began to offer Home Owners, motorcycle, business insurance coverage. Ironically now we sell very few “life or Health” policies at all and are almost exclusively a Property and Causality brokerage.
We constantly strive to do the research with different companies to find out if they are going to be a good fit for our clients, both from a financial and coverage standpoint. Another goal of our agency is to provide outstanding customer service, prompt responses, and the ability to answer questions.
Our Products
We specialize in personal auto, home, and motorcycle insurance, but also include boat, RV, and business liability insurance.
At A Plus we have the ability to shop multiple companies, to try to find the most competitive rate for a client’s situation. We also have many carriers that can offer SR22 filings on both auto and even motorcycle policies. If you do not have a vehicle, we also offer NonOwners or even Broad Form policies.
Our goal is to provide solutions that better protect the future of our customers. Teamwork, Integrity, Excellence, Passion, and client engagement are tenants of success at A Plus Insurance. Above all, we make sure that our interests are aligned with those of our clients.
A Plus Insurance and Technology
We utilize modern technology to provide exceptional and unmatched service to our valuable clients.
Not only do our prospective clients have the ability to do an online quote, but our knowledgeable staff is available via phone and email. Once we activate a policy, we have the technology to immediately send over proof of insurance documents via email or fax. Additionally, we also utilize an electronic signature system for applications Which helps cut down on unnecessary paper waste. We have a very low-pressure approach to sales and about 75% of those who call us for quotes can save by switching.
Our Service Areas
We now insure thousands of clients homes, cars, boats, motorcycles, and businesses. We have expanded our offering coverage in 35 states. (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin, and more!) We also may expand into other states in the near future.
We are confident in the customer service and products that we offer at A Plus Insurance but don’t just take our word for it, the best way to judge the quality of our services is to check the other client’s reviews.
Want to Contact Us Directly?
Phone: 719 392 4000
Email: sales@learnandserve.org
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Last Updated on June 25, 2022 by Shawn Christie