People Moves: J.M. Wilson Promotes Ricks, Councell, Tokarz, Farr, Hans, Mahaffey

July 27, 2021

J.M. Wilson promoted Mary Ricks and Jennifer Councell to executive fleet underwriters in its Portage, Michigan, office, where they are responsible for underwriting new and renewal transportation fleet submissions (11 plus units), as well as building relationships with independent insurance agents and company underwriters.

Ricks and Councell have been with the J.M. Wilson team for 18 years and 14 years respectively and have held various positions in the transportation department. Most recently, they held the positions of senior fleet underwriters.

J.M. Wilson promoted Ryan Tokarz to transportation renewal underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Illinois, office.

Tokarz joined the company in December 2020 as an assistant underwriter with previous experience as an underwriting operations associate for four years, as well as a sales manager for eight years.

Mary Ricks
Jennifer Councell
Ryan Tokarz
Andrea Farr

The company promoted Andrea Farr to senior property/casualty underwriter in its Kansas City, Missouri, office. Farr is responsible for underwriting a wide variety of P/C risks, as well as building relationships with independent insurance agents and company underwriters in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

She joined J.M. Wilson in 2015 with prior experience as an underwriting supervisor for seven years. She holds the INS (Associate in General Insurance), AU (Associate in Commercial Insurance) and SM (Supervisory Management) professional designations.

Jenna Hans

Jenna Hans has been promoted to executive property/casualty underwriter in J.M. Wilson’s Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Hans is responsible for underwriting a wide variety of new and renewal property and casualty risks, as well as building relationships with independent insurance agents and company underwriters in Illinois and Iowa.

She has been with J.M. Wilson for eight years where she began as an assistant underwriter. Most recently, Hans held the position of senior property/casualty underwriter.

Seth Mahaffey

J.M. Wilson promoted Seth Mahaffey to senior transportation underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio, office. Mahaffey is responsible for underwriting a wide variety of new and renewal transportation risks, as well as strengthening relationships with independent insurance agents and company underwriters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

He joined JM Wilson in 2017 as an assistant underwriter before being promoted to an underwriter that same year.

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