About

Commercial insurance, built on relationships

Wally Wilson manages large commercial accounts for major manufacturing and industrial clients, alongside small business accounts, personal lines and the relationships that hold them together. He attributes much of his success to “a deep love for people and an unwavering commitment to integrity and honesty.”

Large commercial accounts

Manufacturing and industrial clients, with knowledge of captives, large retention and self-funded aggregates.

Small business and families

Small business accounts and personal lines, handled with the same attention as the largest client.

Specialty programs

Decades in excess and surplus lines and dedicated group programs for rodeos, carnivals, water parks and durable medical equipment.

Wally Wilson on a historic small-town main street

Wilson Risk Partners, Inc.

Founded in 2023. Four times the size today.

Wally Wilson opened Wilson Risk Partners in April 2023 with $950,000 in revenue. In 2024 he affiliated the agency with Heffernan, an insurance firm based in Walnut Creek, California, choosing that partnership over aggregators or equity groups. Three agencies within a 50-mile radius have since joined, and revenue now tops $4 million.

$4M+

Revenue today, from $950,000 at launch

7 to 19

Employees, which he counts among his most rewarding results

3

Agencies acquired within 50 miles

Career

From Joplin to Pittsburg

Born in Joplin, Missouri, Wally Wilson started at his father's insurance agency there in 1970, the year he graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee. He moved to Kansas City in 1986 and built a long career in excess and surplus lines and group program development before coming to Pittsburg in 2016 to lead Ryan Insurance.

“Our belief is that if an entity profits FROM its community, that entity should be willing to reinvest those profits IN the community.”
Wally Wilson, announcing Ryan Insurance's return to local ownership, January 2024

Appointments

  • 2023 to presentPresident, Wilson Risk Partners, Inc., Pittsburg, Kansas
  • 2025Ryan Insurance and the Dittmann agency combine as Ryan-Dittmann Insurance, led by Wally Wilson and Kip Bollinger
  • January 2024Led Ryan Insurance's return to local ownership, with a satellite office in downtown Pittsburg's redevelopment on Broadway
  • 2016Joined Ryan Insurance in Pittsburg, Kansas, later serving as Vice President
  • Kansas CityExcess and surplus lines and dedicated group programs, including 19 years with Med James, a wholesaler in Overland Park, and work with Haas Wilkerson in Fairway, Kansas
  • 1970Began at his father's insurance agency in Joplin, Missouri

Education and service

  • 1970BA, Political Science and Government, University of the South, Sewanee
  • IndustryKansas Governor's Board of Workers' Compensation; NCCI; Kansas Insurance and Financial Services Education Foundation
  • Mid-1970sBoard of Directors, Commerce Bank, Joplin
  • CommunityOur Lady of Lourdes, and support for local organizations and charities through donations and active participation
Wally Wilson at an airport window at dusk

Away from the office

Golf, travel, and Joplin roots

Away from work, Wally Wilson enjoys playing golf and travelling. Born in Joplin, Missouri, he built his career there and in Kansas City before settling in Pittsburg, Kansas, where he leads his agency today.

Contact

Talk to Wally

For commercial accounts, business coverage and general enquiries, send a message here and it will reach him directly.

Wally Wilson
  • Ryan-Dittmann Insurance
    2308 S. Broadway Avenue, Pittsburg, Kansas