page_title: James Metzger
section_title: Whitmore Agency
hierarchical_section_title: James Metzger / Whitmore Agency
caption_attribution_description: English: Annette Wolfe and James C. Metzger circa 1990
context_page_description: James C. “Jim” Metzger is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of The Whitmore Group, Ltd., a leading Long Island insurance brokerage and financial services firm that opened during 1989. Metzger is a former All-American lacrosse player at Hofstra University and an multi-sport athlete at Half Hollow Hills High School in Dix Hills. His high school lacrosse jersey and university lacrosse jersey have been retired at both schools.
  Metzger grew up in Melville, New York, where his success as an athlete in the early part of his life was a strong influence on his later approach to business. His personal blog is titled "Everything I ever needed to know about business I learned on the sports field." Sports during the early years of his life also had a major impact on the focus of Metzger's philanthropy.
context_section_description: Metzger entered the insurance brokerage business during 1983 and he founded The Whitmore Group, Ltd. during 1989. Various media, including Long Island Business News, reported during 2011 that The Whitmore Group, now known as Whitmore Agency, was the seventh largest insurance brokerage business on Long Island.
  Over the years, Whitmore Agency, has steadily built the business to extend beyond insurance brokering. Besides a broad range of personal insurance services, the company focuses on special industries that include funeral services, transportation and livery, restaurants and hospitality, construction and bonding, fine arts and collectables, and the cannabis industry. Its business services encompass Whitmore Advisors, Whitmore Business Solutions, Equipment Management Maintenance Program and Whitmore Hospitality Group.
  Located in Garden City, New York, the company has more than 70 employees.
caption: Annette Wolfe and James C. Metzger in 1998.
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