Employee Benefits, Explained and Advocated For
We help employers control benefit costs and help employees understand and use their coverage. Based in Norman, OK.
We help employers control benefit costs and help employees understand and use their coverage. Based in Norman, OK.
Healthcare reform has made employee benefits harder to buy and harder to understand. Employers are making a significant financial investment, and employees often don't know the full value of what they've been given.
At Borden & Associates, we act as a true advocate on both sides. We translate "insurance-ease" into clear, bottom-line information employers can use to make informed decisions. And when the medical bills arrive, we help employees work through them too.
Our goal is twofold:
With Borden & Associates, your employees' benefits are personal. Very personal.
"We're bilingual – we speak insurance!"
Rising healthcare costs make every plan decision count. We'll review your benefits with you, explain your options in plain language, and help you choose plans that control cost while still offering quality coverage to your team.
Benefits only matter if people understand them. We help employees and their spouses understand what their coverage includes, and we act as their advocate when medical bills and claims get confusing, so the investment their employer makes actually pays off.
Need coverage for yourself or your business? We also offer personalized business and individual insurance assessments.
Borden & Associates is a family-run employee benefits agency in Norman, Oklahoma. For about 18 years we've helped Oklahoma small businesses offer group health, dental, vision, and life coverage. We take a family approach to the work, so we focus on businesses with fewer than 100 employees, where we can actually get to know the people we serve. Our job doesn't end once a plan is in place. When your employees have a claims question or concern, they can call us directly, and we'll help them sort it out.

Mickey has spent close to 30 years in the insurance industry, and she knows that behind every policy is a family counting on it. She founded Borden & Associates around 2008 on a simple idea: treat every client like family. Business owners would get honest guidance, and their employees would get a real person to call when they had a question.
That idea built the agency. It also brought her son Steve into the business in 2010, and he took over in 2020. Mickey is still involved today and brings decades of experience and the same personal touch she started with.
Away from the office, family comes first for Mickey too. She has family in Texas (we don't hold it against them that they're Longhorns fans) and in Washington state, so she's happy to talk about Oklahoma, Texas, or the Pacific Northwest whenever you have a minute.

Steve grew up in Norman, moved out of state for his dad's job, and came back to Oklahoma for college. Norman has been home ever since. He joined his mom at the agency in 2010 as an insurance broker and took over as owner in 2020. Steve and his wife have been married for over 22 years and raised their three daughters in Norman schools. All three graduated from Norman High, and their middle daughter graduated from the University of Oklahoma.
Have questions about your company's benefits or your own coverage? Send us a note or call, and we'll set up a free, no-obligation assessment.
Monday - Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: Closed