Learn more about the 30-year history at RetireMax Insurance.

We began with a lot of doorbell-ringing.

In 1984, James Francis started in the insurance industry after looking for a career change. James began selling life insurance, health insurance, long-term care insurance and Medicare Supplements out of his laundry room where he made a small desk. Those early years were a lot of doorbell ringing all over Chicagoland and out in the farmlands of Illinois. Business hours started at eight in the morning and went all day, sometimes six or seven days a week.

In 1993, as his business grew, he outgrew that little desk in the laundry room. It was at that time that RetireMax Insurance was created! He upgraded from the laundry room office to a 70 square foot office that he rented.

We’re a multi-generational, family-owned agency.

In 1995, RetireMax Insurance found an 800 square foot office with a store front location in Midlothian, IL. In 2001, the agency expanded by adding a division for home and auto insurance. Joe Francis, James’ son currently oversees the Home and Auto Division as well as the Commercial Lines Division!

In 2017, RetireMax Insurance moved into their Orland Park office location providing the largest office yet! We’ve come a long way from a desk in the laundry room, and we’ve earned a lot of business and made a lot of life-long relationships with clients since our founding.

The Independent Agency Advantage

Here’s what makes our insurance agency different.