Hecht-Stout Insurance, based in Dunlap, IL, offers personalized protection for your family, business, and assets. With over six decades of expertise, we navigate unique risks to provide peace of mind and customized insurance solutions. Led by owner Gregory Gerontes, who brings 30+ years of industry experience, we combine the personalized service of a small brokerage with the depth of products from a larger firm.
Our focus on risk management ensures comprehensive, affordable coverage for clients across the region, helping you safeguard against the unexpected.
You can count on us for high-quality services because our professionals have been in the industry long enough to know what matters most to you: good customer service and quality guidance.
Personal Insurance
Hechtstout Insurance in Dunlap, IL, strengthens your financial foundation by offering personal insurance that protects your assets and provides peace of mind.
Located in Dunlap, IL, Hechtstout Insurance supports your financial security by providing comprehensive business insurance, helping safeguard your company’s assets and stability.
Hechtstout Insurance, based in Dunlap, IL, specializes in creating customized employee benefit plans designed to attract, inspire, and retain valuable talent within your organization.
While on vacation in Europe, you lose the tote bag with everyone’s passports.
Solution
Your homeowner's policy can help with the cost of replacing passports and other valuable papers.
Fire Coverage
Risk Factors
You act quickly and prevent a grease fire from getting out of control, but smoke damages the counters and cabinets in your kitchen.
Solution
Property coverage in your policy can help if your house is damaged by fire or smoke.
Theft Coverage
Risk Factors
You return from a family vacation to discover thieves have stolen electronic equipment from your media room.
Solution
If your possessions are stolen, damaged, or destroyed in an insured loss, your coverage can help replace them up to the policy’s stated limits.
Medical Payments Coverage
Risk Factors
A guest at your annual Fourth of July barbecue trips on the steps between your deck and the lawn fracturing his wrist when he falls against a stone retaining wall.
Solution
Medical payments coverage can cover the medical costs if a visitor is hurt on your property, regardless of liability.
Additional Living Expenses Coverage
Risk Factors
You heard the warning sirens and escaped uninjured, but you can’t live in your house while tornado damage is repaired.
Solution
Coverage for additional living expenses can help with the extra cost of a temporary relocation caused by a covered event.
Personal Possessions Coverage
Risk Factors
You mastered the basics of surfing during lessons in Hawaii, but your wedding ring is stolen.
Solution
With personal possessions coverage, lost jewelry is covered up to your policy limits.
Property coverage
Risk Factors
You’ve lit several candles — which unintentionally start a small fire in your apartment.
Solution
Property coverage under your renter's policy may help if a personal property like a sofa and a bookcase are damaged by fire.
“Hecht-Stout's staff has always more than met our expectations. We so appreciate the excellent service they have given us over the years”
Jill C
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Gregory Gerontes and his team are exceptional. They are very kind, professional, and go out of their way to meet your needs. I would highly recommend Gregory for all of your insurance.” I highly recommend them.
Robert Adams
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“We recently suffered damage to our medical practice’s entire computer data system. Hecht-Stout Insurance stepped in and was right there for us when we needed them the most.”
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