Our Story
Three Generations in the Business of Protecting People
In 1954, Paul Haas, Sr. began his insurance career in West Hartford, Connecticut, building his agency on a simple idea: know your clients, tell them the truth, and be there when it counts. In the early 1970s he moved the agency to Glastonbury, where the Haas name has now served clients for more than fifty years — and where Tim's brothers Paul Jr. and Peter, joined by Peter's son Ben, carry that legacy into a third generation today.
Tim Haas took his own road into the family business. After a corporate career with AT&T and Lucent Technologies and startup ventures in California and Ottawa, he entered insurance in 2000, and in 2004 purchased an Allstate agency in New Fairfield. Working inside a single carrier, he saw the limitation firsthand: one company's products can't fit every family. In 2010 he went independent — free to shop dozens of carriers and recommend what actually fits.
A few towns north, the O'Brien Insurance Agency had served New Milford since 2010 — a family-run independent agency that built a fiercely loyal client base the old-fashioned way: by picking up the phone and following through. In 2025, Tim and Anne Haas purchased O'Brien Insurance and joined the two legacies as Haas O'Brien Insurance Group — one independent agency, two offices, built on the same idea Paul Sr. started with seventy years ago. And the O'Brien name didn't leave: Collin O'Brien serves on the team today as our New Business Specialist.
We work for you, not the insurance companies.
Why clients stay:
- We shop it for you. Dozens of carrier relationships, including AIG Private Client, Chubb, and PURE for complex households.
- We answer. Two local offices during business hours; Kelly, our 24/7 virtual receptionist, every other hour.
- We review before you ask. Renewals get looked at before they hit your inbox.
- We explain everything. Options compared side by side, in plain English, before you decide.
To talk with a licensed agent, call (860) 350-5505.
We tell the truth — even when it costs us the sale.
Insurance done right isn't a transaction — it's ongoing stewardship of a family's or a business's financial safety. Our job is to understand what you're carrying: the mortgage, the teenage driver, the business payroll, the aging parents. Then we put the full market to work on it and stand behind the recommendation.
That's why we won't sell you the cheapest policy if it leaves your family exposed. State-minimum coverage saves a few dollars a month and can cost you everything you own in one bad afternoon. Plenty of places will write it anyway. We're not one of them. Clear guidance. Solid protection. That's the whole business model.
Supporting Our Neighbors
Working with Your Community
Giving back locally isn't a marketing line here — it's most of the calendar. Haas O'Brien and its team support area veterans' organizations, local food banks, the Danbury Animal Welfare Society, New Fairfield Sherman Animal Welfare, Catholic Charities, and local parishes and schools.
Tim is a past president of the New Fairfield Lions Club and Past Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus Council 185; Tim and Anne both sing with the Connecticut Choral Society. And each summer, the agency hosts college interns learning the business the way the Haas family did — from the inside.
Meet the Team
Tim Haas
Principal
Anne Haas
Principal
Bill Mitchell
Senior Account Manager
Barbara Kulp
Account Manager
Bea Phinitsovanna
Account Manager, Commercial Lines
Collin O'Brien
New Business Specialist
Celeste Walker
Operations Manager
Trisha Skubel
Client Services
Kelly — Virtual Receptionist
Kelly answers our phones after hours, over lunch, and whenever the whole team is already helping someone — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She's an AI assistant, and a good one: she takes down exactly what you need and makes sure a licensed team member gets back to you fast. Ask her anything; if she can't help, a human will.
Our Network
A Renaissance Alliance Member Agency
Haas O'Brien Insurance Group is a member of Renaissance Alliance, a network of leading independent agencies. Membership gives our clients the carrier access and market strength of a large regional agency — with the service of a local one.
Get in Touch
Contact
Hours of Operation
Monday ‐ Friday: 9:00am ‐ 5:00pm
Saturday, Sunday: CLOSED
Phones answered 24/7 — after hours, Caroline,
our virtual receptionist, takes your request and the team follows up fast.
Addresses
4 Main St, New Milford, CT 06776107 Church Hill Rd, Building A, Suite 1B, Sandy Hook, CT 06482