First Insurance Funding Names Miller Senior Sales VP

Northbrook, Ill.-based premium financer First Insurance Funding Corp. has named Jim Miller its senior vice president of sales. Miller will be responsible for the management of First’s sales efforts across the United States, which include identifying agents who might benefit from First’s offerings, establishing relationships in key accounts, assisting First’s sales team in procuring agreements with agents, and managing the sales force to ensure the satisfactory completion of the company’s annual sales goals.

Miller comes to First from the Premium Acceptance Corp., where he was a vice president. Miller’s commercial premium finance background has also included positions in various branch, regional and national management capacities in Illinois, Texas and Florida.

First operates in all 50 states and had a $2.3 billion loan volume in 2003.