Mary Murphy is a proud third-generation family member in the insurance industry. Mary’s grandfather was the founder of Murphy Insurance, located in Lockport, NY. The agency was founded in 1925 and has continued on through Mary’s father, Donald, before she joined the company 1984, and purchased the agency from her father in 1998, upon his retirement.
Mary will be operating and overseeing the Lockport, NY location, in the same office that Murphy Insurance operated from over the years.
Mary is a life long resident of City of Lockport. She has been active in several community and civic organizations including, the Kenan Center (past board chair), YWCA of the Niagara Frontier (past board chair), The Zonta Club of Lockport and DeSales Catholic School and is a current board member of the Grigg Lewis Foundation. She is a graduate of State University of New York at Oswego with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She is also a graduate of the University at Buffalo’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Program. Mary resides in Lockport with her husband, Kevin Minderler, and is the proud mother of two sons.
BA State University of New York at Oswego
University at Buffalo CEL Core Program – Class of 2014
Licensed Insurance Broker Property & Casualty, Life & Health – New York
Notary Public
All Personal Lines
Commercial Insurance
Worker’s Compensation
Life Insurance
Member of Safeco Advisory Council
- Constituent Agent
Member of IABNY – Trusted Choice
Past IIABNY Legislative Committee Chair
Past Agent Advisory Council Member:
- Hanover Insurance, NYCM, MSA
The Kenan Center
YWCA of the Niagara Frontier
Zonta Club of Lockport
Greater Lockport Development Corporation
DeSales Catholic School
The Niagara Area Foundation
Niagara USA Chamber
- Business Person of the Year
Lockport Business Association
- Small Business Person of the Year
DeSales Catholic School
- Distinguished Alumni
Buffalo Business First
- 40 Under 40
Association of Fundraising Professionals, WNY Chapter
- Distinguished Honoree