Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company is excited to invite you to the 2025 FB Commercial Conference.
The conference will be held in Steamboat Springs, CO at the Steamboat Grand. We look forward to hosting in this beautiful location. See you in Steamboat Springs!
More Agenda Details Coming Soon.
Wednesday, April 2
| 3:00-5:00 PM | Registration Opens – Burgess Creek Foyer | |
| 5:00 PM | Cocktail –Korbel 1 | |
| 6:00-8:00 PM | Dinner –Korbel 1 |
Thursday, April 3rd
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast –Mountain View Foyer | |
| 7:45 AM – 8:00 AM | Sponsor Showcase –Burgess Creek Foyer | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Welcome Jim Geesey and Donny Kaneshiro |
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| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Supply Chain Disruptions, Inflation, Storms, Rising Claims Severity and Other Factors Driving the Cost of Commercial Insurance Lorie Graham |
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| 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM | Risk Transfer and Tendering Defense Evan Robinson and Tom Drennan |
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| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Break and Sponsor Showcase | |
| 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Emerging Farm Innovation and Risks in Commercial Farming Sarah Kuhn |
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| 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Panel discussion – Underwriter of the Future: Balancing Technology and Instinct in a Data-Driven World Andy Hartman – moderator/panel, Josh Perry, Shari McCarthy |
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| 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | State of the States | |
| 12:45 PM | Adjourn and Lunch on your own |
Friday, April 4
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast –Mountain View Foyer | |
| 7:45 AM – 8:00 AM | Sponsor Showcase –Burgess Creek Foyer | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Introduction | |
| 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM | Commercial Roundtable | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Next Years Host Mary Yang, Shari McCarthy |
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| 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM | Break and Sponsor Showcase | |
| 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Keynote Speaker: Tom Meier, Executive Coach Work/Life Integrity, Mindset Adaptation, Changing and Growing Commercial | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Break | |
| 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion – Mitigating Weather-Related Exposures in Commercial Scott Applequist – Moderator, Panel – Tim Benn, Daniel Ellis, Laura Hidle |
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| 12:00 PM | Conference Wrap Up / Adjourn |
All of these airports are located in Mountain areas- so time is weather dependent as well.
Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN), Hayden, CO: 40 minute drive
Granby-Grand County Airport (GNB), Granby, CO: 1.5 hour drive
Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE), Gypsum, CO: 2 hour drive
Laramie Regional Airport (LRA), Laramie, WY: 2 hour drive
Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (ASE), Aspen, CO: 3 hour drive
Denver International Airport (DEN), Denver, CO: 3.5 hour drive
Deadline for hotel reservation is February 28, 2025. Our reservation block dates are April 2 – April 4.
Please use the following website unique to the conference to reserve your rooms: Mountain West FB 2025 Commercial Conference
If any guests prefer to book their reservation by phone, they can call 877-269-2628 to speak with one of Reservation Specialists.
Please reference the 2025 FB Commercial Conference to ensure you receive our group rate.
| Laura | Hidle | Vice President, P&C Underwriting | Alfa Insurance |
| Kelley | Phelps | Supervising Commercial/Farm Underwriter | Alfa Insurance |
| Cindy | Strickland | Manager-Farm and Commercial Underwriting | Alfa Insurance |
| Janice | Nieman | Senior Manager Research and Product Development | American Agricultural Insurance Company |
| Sarah | Kuhn | Senior Research and Product Development Analyst | American Agricultural Insurance Company |
| Scott | Applequist | Actuary and Property/Casualty Product Leader | American Agricultural Insurance Company |
| Tom | Drennan | Senior Claims Manager | American Agricultural Insurance Company |
| Evan | Robinson | Claims Manager | American Agricultural Insurance Company |
| Lorie | Graham | SCP and CRO | American Agricultural Insurance Company |
| Michelle | Hubicki | Reinsurance Underwriter | American Agricultural Insurance Company |
| Winston | Williams | Commercial Underwriting Manager | Colorado Farm Bureau Insurance Company |
| Ashley | Siegrist | Commercial Business Development Consultant | Farm Bureau Financial Services |
| Ron | Freiburger | Commercial Business Center Director | Farm Bureau Financial Services |
| Tony | Wiita | Sr Commercial Underwriter I | Farm Bureau Financial Services |
| Brad | Anderson | Commercial Underwriter | Farm Bureau Financial Services |
| Jesse | Rhoads | Commercial Business Center Director | Farm Bureau Financial Services |
| Micala | Dunn | Commercial Business Center Director | Farm Bureau Financial Services |
| Shelley | Brunson | Commercial Lines Underwriting Supervisor | Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Idaho |
| Nichole | Curran | Commercial Underwriter | Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Idaho |
| Mary | Yang | Director of Innovation, Client Solutions and Agency Development | Farm Bureau Insurance of MI |
| Todd | Clark | Director of Staff Underwriting & Data Farm/Commercial Division |
Farm Bureau Insurance of MI |
| Shari | McCarthy | Director – Commercial Underwriting | Farm Bureau Insurance of MI |
| Danielle | Monforton | Commercial Claims Supervisor | Farm Bureau Insurance of MI |
| Nathan | Perna | Commercial Underwriting Manager | Farm Bureau Insurance of MI |
| Matthew | Allen | Commercial Underwriting Manager | Farm Bureau Insurance of MI |
| Nick | Ottney | Manager, Commercial Field Sales | Farm Bureau Insurance of MI |
| Shanna | Chandler | Ag/Commercial Underwriting Manager | Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc. |
| Sharon | Brown | Lead Commercial Underwriter | Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance |
| Josh | Perry | Commercial Underwriting Manager | Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance |
| Don | Hunt | Manager, Commercial Field Underwriting | Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance |
| Andy | Hartman | Director, Underwriting Administration | Kentucky Farm Bureau |
| Donny | Kaneshiro | VP of Operations & UW | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Casey | Barking | Senior Commercial Underwriter | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Amanda | Asher | Commercial/Farm & Ranch Manager | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Erik | Maki | Commercial Underwriting Supervisor | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Leticia | Gomez | PL UW Manager | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Jessica | Smith | Commercial Underwriter | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Jamie | Terry | Vice President of Organizational Development | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Amanda | Olaveson | Farm/Ranch Underwriting Supervisor | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Jim | Geesey | CEO | Mountain West Farm Bureau |
| Dennis | Carroll | Commercial Farmowner Underwriting Supervisor | North Carolina Farm Bureau |
| Seth | Boye | Commercial Underwriting Supervisor | North Carolina Farm Bureau |
| Tim | Benn | Director Underwriting | Rural Mutual Insurance Co |
| Jenny | Gondeck | Manager – Commercial Lines Underwriting/Premium Audit | Rural Mutual Insurance Co |
| Benjamin | Bisone | Product Specialist | Rural Mutual Insurance Co |
| Chastity | Dantzler | Multi-Line Underwriter | South Carolina Farm Bureau Ins Co |
| Randall | Graham | Regional Underwriting Mgr | South Carolina Farm Bureau Ins Co |
| Cathy | Foster | Senior Account Underwriter | South Carolina Farm Bureau Ins Co |
| Kirk | Swearingen | Vice President | Tennessee Farm Bureau |
| Nicole | Hight | Product Specialist | Tennessee Farm Bureau |
| Rick | McDonald | Assistant Vice President Property Claims | Tennessee Farm Bureau |
| Daniel | Ellis | Commercial Underwriting Manager | Texas Farm Bureau |
| Krista | Komro | Director of Field Services | e2Value |
| Bobbie | Stokke | Reinsurance Territory Manager | FM Boiler Re |
| Andy | Stroud | Reinsurance Territory Manager | FM Boiler Re |
| Tory | Jackson | Inside Sales | Guidewire Software |
| Christina | Teager | Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions | |
| Bill | Benedetti | Strategic Account Manager | Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions |
| Ryan | Phillips | Platform Sales Executive | LexisNexis Risk Solutions |
| David | Anderson | Senior Director | LexisNexis Risk Solutions |
| Adam | Felt | VP of Business Development | Mueller Services, Inc. |
| Mike | Bucelli | EVP of Business Development | Mueller Services, Inc. |
| Carlton | Chamberlain | VP of Business Development | Mueller Services, Inc. |
| Casey | Vidika | Account Executive Commercial Lines | Verisk |
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