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Michael J. Hargis
State Farm Insurance Companies
Mike Hargis, CLU ChFC CASL, began his State Farm career as an agent in Tennessee in 1979.
He qualified as a Top 100 New Agent in 1980. Mike moved into agency management in 1981.
He held numerous vice president roles in Texas and South Carolina. Mike is currently an area
vice president serving Texas and Louisiana agents. Mike appointed all of the current 50 Texas
agency field leaders. Texas has 40 percent of the State Farm Top 100 New Agents out of 1,200
companywide. Texas also had 13 MDRT agents in 2012. During Mike's watch, more than 700
agents have been recruited in Texas; the agency force has grown from 1,400 to more than 1,700.
Mike earned his B.S. degree in biology from Austin Peay in 1974 and his M.A. degree in
education from Middle Tennessee in 1976. Mike and Teresa have been married for 42 years;
they have two children, both employed by State Farm: Michelle, an Arkansas agent, and
Townsend, a Virginia sales leader.