Jeff is a 1979 graduate of The University of Richmond. He began his insurance career as a broker with Flat Top Insurance Agency in Bluefield, WV, a regional brokerage firm serving the insurance and surety needs of the mining industry. In 1996, the firm was acquired by Acordia, where Jeff served as Senior Vice President and Profit Center Manager of their Bluefield, WV office. Subsequently, Acordia was acquired by Wells Fargo Insurance Services, where Jeff continued in his role as Senior Vice President.
In 2009, Jeff joined Willis of Tennessee, Inc. as Senior Vice President, where he specialized in the production, placement and servicing of insurance and surety programs for large private and public mining companies. He designed self-insured, large deductible and guaranteed cost workers compensation programs, as well as large deductible and fronted general liability and automobile liability placements. He was a member of Willis’s Exceptional Producers Council in both 2009 and 2010.
In 2011, Jeff joined the risk management department at Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., where he served as Vice President of Total Risk Management. He was responsible for managing the risks and costs associated with asset protection programs for a publicly traded company, including workers’ compensation, property/casualty, marine, directors and officers, fiduciary and corporate surety bonds. While at Alpha, he was a member of Zurich North America’s Energy Risk Management Council from 2014-2015. Since 2015, Jeff has served as a Senior Consultant with Insurance Management Concepts where he has worked with corporate clients on surety bond placements and workers’ compensation loss portfolio transfers.
