Our Team
E. David Bates, III
- Bates, Roberts, Fowlkes & Jackson Insurance agent
- President and founder of Bates Insurance (1963-2000)
- Served two years in the United States Navy
- Birmingham native, Mountain Brook resident
- Graduate of the University of Alabama
E. David Bates, IV
- President of Bates, Roberts, Fowlkes & Jackson Insurance
- Received his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation in 2000
- Served on the Executive and Commercial Lines Committees for the Birmingham Independent Insurance Agents Association
- Mountain Brook native and current resident
- Graduate of the University of Maryland
H. Stratton Fowlkes, IV
- Executive Vice President of Bates, Roberts, Fowlkes & Jackson Insurance
- Prior to joining the agency, Stratton spent 19 years in banking, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of National Bank of Commerce’s Professional and Private Banking Department
- Member of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club, Rotary Club of Birmingham, MGMA Birmingham
- Graduate of the University of Alabama
Ben I. Jackson, Jr., CIC, CRM
- Senior Vice President of Bates, Roberts, Fowlkes & Jackson Insurance
- Proficient in many lines of insurance: Property & Casualty (Business, Home, Auto, and related insurance), Life (both term and permanent), Disability, and Bonding
- Obtained Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation in 1991 (www.scic.com), and the Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designation in 2013. Ben is one of only 6,000 CRMs nationwide
- Has been helping insurance clients with personal attention since 1987
- Graduate of The University of the South (Sewanee), and the University of Alabama’s Masters of Business Administration program
Thomas A. Roberts
- Chief Financial Officer of Bates, Roberts, Fowlkes & Jackson Insurance
- President of Sevier, Fowlkes & Jackson Insurance (1984-2004)
- Received his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation in 1993
- Member of The Monday Morning Quarterback Club
- Graduate of the University of Alabama
Lee Headrick
- Bond Manager at Bates, Roberts, Fowlkes & Jackson Insurance
- 20 years’ experience with Surety and Fidelity
- Extensive experience with Court bonding
- CISR designation May 2002
- CPIA designation May 2016