Portage, Mich.-based J.M. Wilson announced several promotions and new hires.
Sherry Ihling was promoted to senior brokerage underwriter and Jennifer Tonthola was promoted to senior transportation underwriter in the Portage location.
The company added Suzane Wolf-Pierce as property/casualty underwriter in Madison, Wis., and Sally Amman as assistant brokerage underwriter in Portage.
Karen Richter also joined the J.M. Wilson team as transportation underwriter in Westerville, Ohio.
Ihling has been with J.M. Wilson for 10 years and has 20 years of industry experience. She has a Michigan property/casualty license and a CISR (certified insurance sales representative) designation.
Tonthola has been with J.M. Wilson for 12 years and holds a CISR designation.
Prior to joining J.M. Wilson, Wolf-Pierce was a senior policy services representative for the Local Government Property Insurance Fund at an Insurance Management Company.
Amman previously was an Associate Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Kalamazoo Catholic Schools.
Prior to J.M. Wilson, Richter worked at a managing general agency in Florida as a senior underwriter for transportation and professional lines, as well as an underwriter for a specialty program. Richter holds a 2-20 license as a property/casualty general lines agent.
Source: J.M. Wilson
Topics Underwriting Property Casualty
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