Swingle Collins & Associates Names Baron Cass and Linden Chalfant Nelson as Shareholders

DALLAS, TX – Swingle Collins & Associates named Baron Cass and Linden Chalfant Nelson as shareholders on April 19, 2024, to further strengthen the agency’s commitment to growth and remaining independently owned.  

Baron Cass is a Commercial Risk Advisor who joined the agency in 2018 and has focused on real estate, hospitality, and other commercial markets. Before joining Swingle Collins, he spent six years in the oilfield services and finance industries. He is a certified Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist (CLCS). Baron graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and he currently serves on the Tartan Classic Board for the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Linden Chalfant Nelson works as a Personal Risk Advisor to successful individuals and their families to create comprehensive, custom insurance solutions that align with their lifestyle needs. She joined Swingle Collins in 2018 after a decade on the carrier side of the insurance industry. Linden is a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and was one of the first thirty agents in the country to earn her Certified Personal Risk Manager (CPRM) designation. She also holds a Chartered Private Risk and Insurance Advisor (CPRIA) certification. Linden is one of D Magazine's Best Insurance Agents in Dallas and supports several nonprofit organizations, including Community Partners of Dallas, Children’s Cancer Fund, and Alzheimer’s Association.

Baron and Linden join the 20 current shareholders who maintain an entrepreneurial spirit and promote Swingle Collins’s core values of expertise, passion, collaboration, advocacy, and empathy among their employees and partners.