Philosophy

Heffernan Barbary Insurance Services serves the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2006 by Jerry Becerra, CPCU, as Barbary Insurance Brokerage, then merging in 2023 to become, Heffernan Barbary Insurance Services. We are a business insurance agency in the San Francisco Bay Area evaluating, understanding, and placing liability and property insurance coverage. Our team brings many years of insurance and financial expertise to bear on our client’s behalf. We believe that our role as an insurance broker in San Francisco is to be in partnership with our clients to protect them and help them recover from unforeseen losses. 

We represent a large number of insurance carriers that write many types of businesses including high-tech, biotech, consultants, attorneys, architects, professionals, restaurants, hotels, retail businesses, caterers, non-profit organizations, delivery companies, food product manufacturers, plastic manufacturers, metal manufacturers, solar and green technology, software developers, computer modeling, apartment buildings, condominium associations, and much more. We also use our marketing expertise to locate and customize the right products to serve our clients’ needs. The HBIS clientele ranges from sole proprietorships to mid-sized companies with complex needs. 

Insurance is a promise to perform if the worst happens. We get involved in claims when the need arises to make sure our clients receive proper care. We also believe that performance is not simply being there at the time of a loss but being an active participant in our community. Our agents do volunteer work and network in the San Francisco community because it is our commitment to help businesses succeed and avoid unforeseen problems.

At Heffernan Barbary Insurance Services, we strive to create a company that supports everyone inside our organization and all the people we interact with outside of our organization.