The Team
Covered By Cori was built around years of experience in the Insurance, Cattle, and Equine Industries. We are dedicated to providing our customers with a 5-star, white glove claims experience when it matters most. Covered By Cori Agents are most passionate about protecting your legacy for generations to come.
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Cori E. Thomas
Founder & CEO
Cori has been in the insurance industry her entire life.
She has insured thousands of horses all over the world. From playday ponies to multi million dollar breeding horses. Her passion to protect people's legacies has led to a remarkable success in the equine industry.
Cori is known for her honesty, integrity, empathy, and her reliability.
Growing up in Ft. Worth, TX. Cori was an avid horse lover with parents who were not horse people. Her father was a conductor for Union Pacific Railroad and her mother was a 2nd generation Allstate Agency owner. As a freshman in college Cori began working as a loper in the cutting horse industry where her love for good cow horses matured.
Cori attended Abilene Christian University her freshman year of college on a cheerleading scholarship but quickly traded in her college cheerleading uniform for a Jeff Smith saddle and made her way to Clarendon College where she would compete on the Ranch Horse Team for 2 years. Cori was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. After her diagnosis and treatment, she chose not to return to school. Instead, she obtained her insurance license and went to work at her family's Allstate Agency in Saginaw, Texas.
After a few years Cori took over the family business and grew it exponentially. Winning numerous awards and was one of the youngest woman-owned Allstate Agency owners in the nation. She was responsible for protecting over 4500 households across Texas. Although Cori valued this time in her life, she quickly realized that corporate America was not fulfilling her passion for the Equine and Cattle industries' needs.
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Cori sold the Allstate Agency in 2018 to chase her dream of insuring horses and cattle and started Covered By Cori LLC from scratch. To date, her agency now insures over 7000 horses across the United States and Canada.
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Cori resides in Dalhart, Tx with her husband, Tyler Thomas and their two children, Taylen & Kanyon.
817-454-3443
Kristen York
Licensed Agent
Born with the crazy horse girl gene, Kristen York has spent her life immersed in the horse industry. From earning her B.S. in Equine Science at Colorado State University to helping Silver Spur Ranches win the prestigious AQHA Zoetis Best of the Remuda Award, Kristen has worn many hats—breeder, owner, showman, and now agent.
She’s shown cutting and reined cow horses at the top level and would still rather be at a horse show than anywhere else—a mindset that’s served her well in both the arena and the business world. Her son, Kasen, lives in Wyoming where he trains horses and cowboys for Silver Spur Ranches. Kristen now calls Weatherford, Texas home and made sure there’s plenty of space for Kasen to bring the whole barn when he visits.
As an agent with Covered By Cori, Kristen has expanded her book of business while continuing to build her horse program. She owns My Pistols Hott, who stands at Valley Equine, adding another layer of hands-on experience she shares with her clients. Always eager to grow and learn, she has horses competing in most of the performance arenas—or anywhere there’s a cow involved.
With rope horses in training with Brett Stoops, cutters under Jaime Snider, and Kasen starting the young ones, chances are you've seen a horse that came through her program.
970-449-3047
Bailey Jo Lacy
Agency Manager
Bailey Jo Jeffries was born and raised in Augusta Kansas, attended Kansas State University where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in animal science with a certificate in equine science. Bailey grew up showing cutting horses, but it was her time at K-State that sparked her interest for the equine reproductive industry. She followed that passion by accepting a breeding internship at the 6666’s ranch in Guthrie TX, where she gained more knowledge and experience. Bailey made the move to Stephenville in September of 2019 to her new home at Brazos Valley Stallion Station where she was the processing lab manager. Bailey has been an agent with Covered By Cori since 2022, she absolutely loves her job and is excited to use her knowledge and experience in the equine industry to serve horse owners and ranchers as the agency manager! In Bailey’s free time you can find her showing her working cow horse, spending time with family or
tagging along with her fiancé to shoe horses.
316-807-2384
Brooke Johnson
Licensed Agent
Brooke’s story starts in New Mexico and Florida, but for the past 12 years, she’s proudly made Weatherford, TX her home. With a passion for roping that began in childhood, she earned a breakaway roping scholarship to New Mexico State University and later graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Marketing from Colorado Tech.
Growing up in the roping pen and spending time on horseback instilled a lifelong love for the equine world in Brooke. Today, she balances her time between competing, training, and sharing this passion with her wonderful daughter, Bristol Sage, who is following in her footsteps.
You can often find Brooke at rodeos, roping events, barrel races, or shows, always ready to chat and make new friends. She’s excited to support all your equine and livestock needs, so don’t hesitate to say hello when you see her around!
817-266-3181
Michaela Suter
Licensed Agent
Michaela has been passionate about agriculture since she was a young girl. Raised in a blue-collar family in the mountains of Sedalia, Colorado, she learned the value of hard work early on and developed a deep appreciation for rural life. While earning degrees in Agricultural Business and Agricultural Communications from the University of Wyoming, she stayed active in the ag community—showing cattle and participating in farm & ranch associations. After college, she began her career at Billings Livestock Commission, where she organized and coordinated cattle and horse sale operations.
Outside of work, Michaela enjoys fishing and exploring the Montana outdoors with her dog, Lucy May. She’s dedicated to protecting the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers by helping them find the right insurance coverage. Michaela looks forward to putting her experience to work for you and your livestock insurance needs.
303-591-1146
Rachel Sanders
Licensed Agent
Rachel’s journey started out in California where she was born and raised. Her love for horses started very early in life. Growing up, she was part of youth rodeo associations and absolutely loved to rope. After she graduated high school she picked up her life and moved to Texas. 12 years later she lives in North Texas and is very involved in the equine industry. Rachel still lives to rope and is at a roping almost every weekend with her boyfriend. They both share a deep love for this industry and also sell a very few select horses a year. Rachel’s experience in the equine industry has been a big part in the decision to become a licensed agent. Rachel has known Cori for about 6 years and has seen her passion and dedication for her agency “Covered By Cori” and has decided to join the great agency.
During Rachel’s free time you will find her in the roping arena or on the lake enjoying time with the people she loves. She is very proud to have the opportunity to be apart of the great legacy that is Covered By Cori.
940-281-1243
Brittney Sporer
Licensed Agent
Hello! I’m Brittney Sporer. I was born and raised in Central California, where I grew up showing livestock and earned my degree in Agriculture Business from Fresno State University. After several years with the California Department of Food & Agriculture, I followed my passion for the western lifestyle to Stephenville, Texas, the heart of cowboy country. I’m a National Finals Rodeo Qualifier in barrel racing and a multiple time circuit finals qualifier. In recent years, I’ve enjoyed slowing down to share the rodeo road with my daughter at junior events and watch my husband rodeo professionally. These days, I split my time between Wyoming and Texas with my husband and daughter. When I’m not in the arena, I co-own a restaurant in Wyoming and run my business, Prestige Performance Horses. I am proud to be part of Covered By Cori Insurance, where I look forward to helping clients protect their horses, cattle, and their livelihoods with coverage they can trust.
661-343-5113
Katie Duncan
Licensed Agent
Katie was born and raised in small town Indiana. She knew horses were my lifelong passion from the start. She started showing horses at a young age, and soon delved into the rodeo world and she has been breakaway roping & jockeying barrel horses ever since then. Rodeoing eventually led her to western Oklahoma, where she attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University on a rodeo scholarship. Katie obtained her Bachelor’s in Agriculture with a minor in Business, May of 2024. During that time, along with her love of horses, she also became extremely passionate about the cattle industry. In her free time, you can catch her chasing after her 3 year old son, in the roping/barrel pen, or behind a camera lens. Katie understands that our horses/cattle are not only our livelihoods, but they’re part of our family. And knowing they’re protected puts us at ease. Katie Is extremely excited to put her experience & knowledge to use to help protect your legacy!
765-635-9792