Why Fiber Optic Guard Insurance exists
Fiber Optic Guard Insurance is a specialty brand of Wexford Insurance, LLC, built for the crews that build broadband. We are not a general agency that happens to write a fiber account now and then — we write the fiber optic contracting trade specifically, and we place it with carriers that actually want the class.
The insight the brand is built on is simple: a directional drilling crew, an aerial installation crew, and a fiber splicing crew look almost nothing alike to an underwriter. One runs horizontal bores under streets and carries a real pollution exposure when a bore strikes a gas or sewer line; one works at height off poles and bucket trucks near overhead power; one does precision fusion-splice work where the signature risk is a faulty splice or as-built error, not heavy equipment. A policy rated to a generic “contractor” misprices one and leaves another exposed. We separate the work and rate each model to what it actually does — and we know the exposures most generic forms ignore, like the frac-out that surfaces drilling fluid where it should not be. That focus is the whole point of Fiber Optic Guard Insurance.
These crews also travel — they follow the work across state lines, living in one state and building in another. We are licensed across 48 states and place coverage through a 24-carrier specialty panel, so coverage can follow the crew as the work moves. Whether you want to talk through a renewal, a new venture, or a prime or BEAD contract that just landed on your desk with insurance requirements you do not recognize, that is a conversation we have every day.
Who we are
Nate Jones, CPCU
Founder, Fiber Optic Guard Insurance
Nate Jones considers himself to be the “insurance nerd” of our company. He is a graduate of Indiana State University where he majored in Insurance and Risk Management. Before starting Wexford Insurance, Nate worked on numerous sides of the insurance industry as an Underwriting Manager and Risk Management Consultant.
Nate holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation and reviews the coverage and state content across this site. Reach him through the Fiber Optic Guard Insurance quote form or by phone at 317-942-0549.
Kami Jones
Co-Founder, Fiber Optic Guard Insurance
Kami Jones is by far the most detailed and creative person at our company. Before starting Wexford Insurance, Kami worked as Client Service Manager in the industry.
Part of the Wexford family
Fiber Optic Guard Insurance is one of several specialty brands operated by Wexford Insurance, LLC (NPN 19887690), each built for a single trade so the coverage and the underwriting conversation fit the work. Our sibling contractor brand is Pool Guard Insurance. When you work with Fiber Optic Guard Insurance, you get a specialist who knows your trade backed by an agency that places real commercial risks every day.
