Sixteen years of handshakes
in Kelso, Washington.

Patti Thorstenson started writing policies in 2009. She went independent in 2025, and the practice has been built on referrals ever since.

Patti spent her first sixteen years as a captive agent at American National, where she learned the trade end to end, auto, home, life, annuities, commercial. In 2025 she founded Legacy Insurance Group as an independent agency so she could shop the wider market on her clients' behalf, instead of writing whatever the home office had on the shelf.

The result is the same agent her clients have always known, with access to more than a hundred carriers behind her. The handshake didn't change. The shelf got bigger.

Woman-owned.

It still matters in this industry. Most independent agencies are not. Legacy is.

Built on referrals.

Patti has never run a paid lead campaign. The agency grew because clients sent their friends, their parents, and eventually their kids. That's the only growth model we trust.

Patti Thorstenson, founder of Legacy Insurance Group

16Years in the business

Independent: Access to more than a hundred carriers, with no obligation to push any one of them.
Woman-owned: Founded and led by Patti Thorstenson, with a team of three in Kelso.
Built on referrals: No paid lead campaigns. The agency grew the slow, honest way.

The team

Three people in the office. You can ask for any of us by name.

Founder · Multi-line agent

Patti Thorstenson

Sixteen years writing personal, commercial, life, and annuities. Calls every prospect back herself.

Independent since 2025. Born and raised in the area, with a client list built one referral at a time.

On staff

Jessica

Service · Claims liaison

Handles ID cards, billing questions, and the day-to-day. The one most likely to pick up your service call.

Rachel

Operations · Renewals

Watches every renewal as it comes through. If your situation has changed, Rachel notices first.

Community & values

What we do
when we're not at the office.

Patti is active in her church and teaches a weekly Bible study. She and her husband support a local maternity home ministry, raise a large family between them, and spend most weekends on the water or on a trail somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. Her sister works in the agency. Her nephew helps out. Her son may join the practice next.

Faith, family, and the outdoors aren't a marketing angle here, they're the reason the agency carries the name Legacy, and the reason a verse from Proverbs sits on the back of every business card.

"A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children." - Proverbs 13:22

Come say hello.

The office is on Elm in Kelso. Coffee's usually on. Bring your declarations page if you have one.

(360) 423-0444 Send a message

Sixteen years of handshakesin Kelso, Washington.