Industry First
We do not generalize. Each industry pod is staffed by people who have placed hundreds of programs in that sector, know the carriers that lead it, and understand the exposures that actually break.
About Benchmark
Where risk meets strategy.
Benchmark Insurance Group is a Texas-based commercial brokerage and risk advisory firm. We work with real estate investors, construction operations, hospitality groups, and complex commercial organizations to design insurance programs that go well beyond basic coverage.
Boutique scale, brokerage access
Licensed in 42 states
Our Team
Led by operators, not account managers.
You work directly with the principals who structure your program, manage your claims, and show up at renewal.
Jivar Foty
Founder & President
The visionary founder of Benchmark Insurance Group, one of Texas’s fastest-growing wholesale and retail brokerages specializing in real estate, construction, and hospitality. Jivar launched Benchmark to bring innovation, transparency, and data-driven strategy to an industry built on legacy systems.
Haitham Foty
Corporate Controller
Oversees financial operations, budget strategy, and internal controls, keeping Benchmark fiscally disciplined and operationally scalable as it expands nationwide. His background in financial planning and regulatory compliance underpins the firm’s rapid, sustainable growth.
Our Approach
Three principles that shape every program.
Independent Counsel
We represent you, not a carrier. With access to 100+ A-rated markets, we have the leverage to negotiate hard and the independence to recommend what is right, not what is available.
Active Management
A bound policy is the starting point. Our service tracks (claims advocacy, loss control, mid-cycle audits, renewal strategy) keep the program performing as your business changes.
Why Benchmark
The Benchmark Difference, in Numbers.
100+
A-Rated CarriersReal market leverage
$6B
Property Value PlacedAcross commercial portfolios
24/7
Claims ConsultingWe stay in your corner
Up to 50%
Admin ReductionThrough structured programs
Our Family of Companies
Part of a broader platform.
Benchmark operates alongside a family of companies and capital partners spanning real estate, construction, and investment, giving our clients expert-level reach well beyond insurance.
Banking & Capital Partners
Memberships & Associations
Active where our clients build.
Proud members of the industry associations that move Texas real estate, construction, and hospitality forward.
Get in Touch
Let an advisor structure your program.
Tell us about your business. One of our advisors will follow up within one business day to set up a coverage review at no cost to you.
Call us directly:
(281) 569-4353
Visit:
827 N Loop W Suite B, Houston, TX 77008
Why Benchmark Is Different
We Were Built by Operators Who Were Tired of the Way Brokers Treated Operators.
Benchmark exists because the people who started it had run businesses and watched how their incumbent brokers handled them at renewal. The advisory model on this site is the opposite of that experience.
Houston-headquartered, licensed nationwide
Our office is on N Loop W. Our principals work from it. Texas brokerages run differently than coastal generalists, and the Texas context shows up in every placement we do.
Risk advisors who happen to place coverage
We model exposures before we go to market. That is the order of operations every other broker reverses, and it is why their renewals get marked up.
Senior people on every account
There is no junior pass-through at Benchmark. The advisor on your call is the person who structures the program, manages the claims, and shows up at renewal.
100+ A-rated markets
We carry the carrier access of the national agencies and operate at the response speed of a boutique. That combination is the reason clients leave incumbents to work with us.
How We Were Built
Benchmark is what an insurance brokerage looks like when operators design it.
We were not built by carriers, we were not built by consultants, and we were not built by venture capital. We were built by Texas operators who wanted the kind of advisory their incumbent brokers never delivered.
Operator origin
Our principals own and operate businesses outside the brokerage. The advisory perspective on this site is what we wanted from our own brokers.
Houston headquartered
Our office is on N Loop W. The principals work from it. The advisors live in Texas, work the Texas market, and understand the Texas exposure landscape.
Nationally licensed
Licensed in 42 states. Multi-state operators get coordinated coverage that does not break at state lines.
Carrier breadth
100+ A-rated markets. Curated per vertical so the carriers we deploy compete hardest for your specific risk class.
Boutique service model
Senior people on every account. No junior pass-through. The advisor on your call is the principal who structures the program.
Year-round advisory
Risk management, claims advocacy, and loss control run continuously between renewals. Policies are checkpoints, not the whole job.
Who Becomes a Benchmark Client
Operators who got tired of being treated like a renewal.
Most of our clients came from a national agency where they felt like a number. The common thread is operational complexity and a desire to work with senior people who actually understand the business.
- Real estate principals with multi-asset portfolios
- Construction GCs and developers with active bonding lines
- Hospitality, F&B, and multi-unit operators
- Energy and oilfield services contractors
- Family offices and private equity operating companies
- Mid-market manufacturers and distributors
What Sets Us Apart
Texas rooted
Senior bench
Advisory first
Continuity
Boutique scale, brokerage access, operator perspective.
Houston headquartered
We live the Texas operating context. The hurricane corridor, Permian basin, lender refi cycles, and nonsubscriber math are built into how we underwrite.
Principals on every file
The advisor on your call is the structurer, the claims advocate, and the renewal lead. One relationship, not a handoff chain.
Risk modeling before market
We model the exposure before we go to market. That order of operations is why our submissions get sharper pricing.
Same team, every year
Your advisor in year five is your advisor from year one. Carrier relationships compound. Loss runs improve. The math gets better.
Meet the team
Boutique scale, brokerage access. Built for Texas operators.
Tell us what you run and we will introduce you to the principal who works your industry.