David Shepherd

David Shepherd founded Shepherd Insurance in 1977 to provide personal insurance and top-notch service to friends and neighbors. He started the business with zero clients and is now one of the Top 50 largest P&C agencies in the country. Almost four decades later, his agency has grown to include employee benefits and financial products.

Dave serves as the Chairman of Shepherd Insurance and gives credit for the agency’s continued success to the amazing team that has been built at Shepherd. Because of them, the company was recognized in 2013-2015 as Top 100 U.S. Agency by Insurance Journal, 2014 Agency of the Year by IIAI (Big “I“), 2014-2015 Top 5000 Fastest Growing Companies by Inc. Magazine, and 2014 Top Ten Independent Agencies in Indiana by Indianapolis Business Journal. Dave was honored by Business Insurance by being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.

Dave is a native Hoosier and a proud Carmel High School alumnus in Carmel, Indiana. He graduated as an All-SEC Academic All-American basketball player from the University of Mississippi