We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.
We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.
The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.
Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.
We are committed to corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
Ted Grace joined Stephens Insurance in 2012 and currently serves as an Executive Vice President and an Advisor in the Property & Casualty division. His primary role is to create risk financing solutions to optimize the combination of risk transfer, risk retention, and captives solutions for clients and to oversee the placement, management, and delivery of $60M of insurance premium for clients operating both domestically and internationally.
Grace has over 42 years of experience in the insurance industry. Prior to Stephens, he spent 15 years developing his company, the Grace Group. His experiences include developing Risk Management programs for the manufacturing, transportation, retail, construction and professional service industries, as well as developing complex Property & Casualty programs, combining self-insurance and insured risk transfer programs.
Grace earned an MS in Insurance and Risk Management from Georgia State University and a BA in Marketing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.