Grinnell Mutualhttp://www.GrinnellMutual.comGrinnell Mutual News FeedGRINNELL MUTUAL ANNOUNCES SUCCESSION PLANhttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/succession-plan<p>Grinnell Mutual believes that planning for the future is one of the most important things a company can do. With that in mind, the company has announced its succession plan in advance of President and CEO Jeff Menary&rsquo;s retirement. No date has been set for Menary&rsquo;s retirement, and he expects to continue at the company for the next few years as CEO.</p> <p>Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Dave Wingert assumes the role of president of Grinnell Mutual.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wingert has served as Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s executive vice president and chief operating officer since 2017. He also served as interim president from September 2017 to June 2018, while Menary recovered from West Nile virus.</p> <p>Roby Shay, formerly vice president of Enterprise Solutions and chief information officer since 2015, joins the executive leadership team as COO while retaining his CIO title.</p> <p>&ldquo;Putting a leadership succession plan in place well in advance will help create a smooth transition when the time comes,&rdquo; said Menary, who was named president and CEO in March 2017. &ldquo;It also ensures a continuity of leadership as Dave, Roby, and I work even more closely together to steer Grinnell Mutual though exceptionally challenging times and to chart a strong, profitable future for the company.</p> <p>&ldquo;I want the next leaders to have more success than any before them, to go above and beyond previous leaders, including me,&rdquo; Menary continued. &ldquo;It's a succession plan in the truest sense &mdash; making sure we have the best people in place, ready to help this company move forward. I&rsquo;m very proud of both Dave and Roby, and very proud of the entire senior leadership.&rdquo;</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyTue, 16 Jan 2024 10:40:55 GMTGrinnell Mutual CFO honoredhttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/grinnell-mutual-cfo-honored<p>Chris Hansen, Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance has been named one of <a target="_blank" href="https://thetopcfos.com/the-top-25-cfos-of-iowa-for-2023/">Iowa&rsquo;s top 25 CFOs</a> by TOP CFOs (formerly Finance &amp; Investing), a research and information source for news related to banking, finance, markets, and other topics relevant to CFOs.</p> <p>Hansen joined Grinnell Mutual in 1999 as an internal auditor. He began his accounting career in 1996 in public accounting with Mosebach, Griffith &amp; Company (now CLA), followed by a position at McGladrey &amp; Pullen (now RSM). <img src="/Upload/Assets/Images/Chris-Hansen.small.jpg" alt="Chris Hanson headshot" style="float:right;padding:1em;" /></p> <p>During his career at Grinnell Mutual, Hansen has served as internal auditor, senior auditor, Director of Audit Services and Chief Audit Executive. He was named as a vice president and CFO in August 2014.</p> <p>&ldquo;I am not surprised that Chris was recognized as one of the top CFOs in Iowa,&rdquo; said Grinnell Mutual President and CEO Jeff Menary. &ldquo;He certainly demonstrates accounting expertise, but I am just as impressed with his outstanding business acumen. His contributions make a huge impact for Grinnell Mutual.&rdquo;</p> <p>Hansen graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Northern Iowa and received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa while working at Grinnell Mutual. He holds the Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designations.&nbsp;He and his wife, Jodi, have two adult children and live at Lake Ponderosa outside Montezuma, Iowa.</p> <p>Hansen has served his community as a board member and Treasurer of Grinnell Community Day Care &amp; Preschool, Grinnell-Newburg Educational Excellence, and the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation. He was also the co-founder of the non-profit organization Iowa Intensity Youth Sports, Inc., and was a participant of the Poweshiek Leadership Program.</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyMon, 11 Dec 2023 14:10:13 GMTGrinnell Mutual exceeds United Way giving goal — again http://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/2023-united-way<p>Grinnell Mutual employees and matching funds from the Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation raised almost $152,000 in pledges and matching contributions during the company&rsquo;s 2023 United Way fundraising campaign.</p> <p>Employees pledged over $84,000, exceeding the company&rsquo;s goal, as they have for at least eight consecutive years. They also broke their previous United Way donation record by over $7,000! The foundation contributed a $67,500 match.</p> <p>&ldquo;We have outstanding employees at Grinnell Mutual. Their long-standing support of philanthropic endeavors, including the United Way campaign reflects their generosity and compassion for others,&rdquo; said Grinnell Mutual President and CEO Jeff Menary.</p> <p>&ldquo;Even in uncertain economic times, they came through for their communities. Our staff truly cares about helping others. That makes them very special and is the foundation for our company&rsquo;s success.&rdquo;</p> <p>Funds from the campaign will be distributed to several different community United Way, United Funds, and Community Chest organizations where Grinnell Mutual employees live.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Director of Advertising and Community Relations Barb Baker said, &ldquo;Each year we appeal to our employees to give generously to their local communities, and our staff members continue to rise to that challenge. Our United Way fund drive provides much needed financial support to dozens of communities across our corporate footprint. We are very proud that our employees are passionate about helping their neighbors.&rdquo;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyTue, 24 Oct 2023 09:03:44 GMTGrinnell Mutual internship program honoredhttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/2023-rise-internship-award<p>For the fourth year in a row, Grinnell Mutual has been named by <a target="_blank" href="https://riseprofessionals.com/">Rising Insurance Star Executives</a> (RISE) to its <a target="_blank" href="https://riseprofessionals.com/elite-50-internships/">&ldquo;Elite 50&rdquo;</a> list of the top places to intern in the insurance industry.</p> <p>RISE created its &ldquo;Elite 50&rdquo; designation to provide young insurance professionals with a reliable guide to companies where they can build experience and form relationships with industry mentors and peers.</p> <p>&ldquo;We are honored to receive this award for the fourth time,&rdquo; said Jeff Vogts, Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s vice president of Talent Development. &ldquo;Over the last seven years we have focused on our company culture and taken active steps to be an employer of choice within the financial industry. Our internship program is designed to show students the variety of insurance careers that exist and provide the best possible training and mentorship. Grinnell Mutual is a company that is committed to talent and to growing future leaders.&rdquo;</p> <p>To make RISE&rsquo;s &ldquo;Elite 50&rdquo; list, companies must receive high marks in 12 categories:<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul class="bulleted"> <li>Excellent Compensation &amp; Benefits</li> <li>Best Quality of Life</li> <li>Superior Networking Opportunities </li> <li>Highly Rated Training </li> <li>Best Intern-led Projects </li> <li>Superior Overall Career Development </li> <li>Most Real-life Experience </li> <li>High-quality Assignments </li> <li>Most Dynamic Rotational Program </li> <li>Excellent Personal Development </li> <li>Top-rated Mentorship Experience </li> <li>Most Comprehensive Program </li> </ul>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyMon, 18 Sep 2023 05:00:00 GMTGrinnell Mutual named Top Workplace for the 13th consecutive yearhttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/2023-top-workplace<p>Grinnell Mutual was named the fourth-best large Iowa employer in the 2023 Des Moines Register/Engergage Top Workplaces survey.  It is one of only two companies in the Large Employer category that have earned a spot on the list every year since the award's inception.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>In February, Grinnell Mutual was named a top workplace in Energage&rsquo;s Top Workplaces USA, ranking 75th nationally.<img style="float: right;" alt="Top Workplace logo" height="214" width="250" src="/upload/assets/images/TWP.USA-2023.png" /></p> <p>The Register and WorkplaceDynamics evaluated survey responses from 36,000 employees of participating employers. Top Workplaces are categorized by number of employees in Iowa and chosen based on employee feedback.   &nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&ldquo;Once again we&nbsp;are honored to be recognized as one of Iowa&rsquo;s Top Workplaces. We have received this recognition&nbsp;for the 13th&nbsp;consecutive year,&rdquo; said Jeff Menary,&nbsp;Grinnell Mutual&nbsp;president and CEO.&nbsp;&ldquo;At Grinnell Mutual we recognize that the reason for our long-term success is the outstanding work performed by our staff, which is why their happiness and job satisfaction&nbsp;are top priorities at Grinnell Mutual.&nbsp;Our employees care about their company,&nbsp;our customers,&nbsp;and their co-workers.&nbsp;If you&nbsp;truly&nbsp;care about&nbsp;and trust&nbsp;your employees, they&rsquo;ll&nbsp;make great business decisions and provide best-in-class service to your customers.&rdquo;</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://grinnellmutual.com/about-us/careers">Find out</a> why Grinnell Mutual is such a great place to work. &nbsp;</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyMon, 18 Sep 2023 05:00:00 GMTGrinnell Mutual hosts 115th Annual Meeting, electionshttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/115th-annual-meeting-and-elections<p>Grinnell, Iowa &mdash; Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s 115th annual business meeting convened on June 28, 2023, in Grinnell, Iowa, at the Grinnell Mutual Bartelt Conference and Education Center.</p> <p>The secretary of the board of directors presented the financial statements and elections were held.</p> <p>The following board members were re-elected for a three-year term, ending June 2026: Larry Cook of Frontier-Mt. Carroll Mutual, Lincoln, Ill.; Mark Knouse of White Pigeon Mutual, Wilton, Iowa; Bill Lampe of Heritage Mutual, Preston, Iowa; and Steve Underwood of United Mutual, Washington, Mo.</p> <p>Dan Anderson, Great Plains Farm Mutual Insurance Company, Canton, S.D., was elected to fill the unexpired portion of director Kendall Lunsford&rsquo;s term, ending June 2024.</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyWed, 05 Jul 2023 09:35:16 GMTGrinnell Mutual team leader honored with Patriot Award http://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/patriot-award<p>Nicole Chesmore, assistant vice president, IT, was presented with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve&rsquo;s (ESGR) Patriot Award on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>The award is given to individual supervisors nominated by an employee serving in the National Guard or Reserve or their spouse for support provided directly to the nominating service member and their family.</p> <p>It recognizes leaders&rsquo; efforts to support citizen warriors through actions like offering flexible schedules and time off before and after deployment and granting leaves of absence if needed.</p> <p>Jeremy Wright, an IT director, with the help of Brandon Harp, a systems administrator, submitted the nomination to ESGR.</p> <p>Wright wrote, &ldquo;Since my employment began in 2018, I have always been supported in word and deed by Nicole. &hellip;[She] has always understood the value that I derive from my service in the National Guard; she sees how it is something I can bring back into work and apply in a myriad of ways.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&ldquo;Since she started working at Grinnell Mutual, Nicole has advocated for the company to update its military policy. &hellip;In early 2022, her advocacy paid off in the form of a completely revamped military policy.&rdquo;</p> <p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">Some of the benefits in the updated policy include differential pay when military pay is less than the service member&rsquo;s regular Grinnell Mutual pay; annual service obligations (training, funeral duty, exams) are considered excused and paid for up to 30 days per calendar year; and all military members, active or veteran, receive Veterans Day off.</span></p> <p>&ldquo;Working for an organization that helps provide support for those who serve in our military and their families is a privilege,&rdquo; Chesmore said. &ldquo;By providing critical resources and assistance to military families, Grinnell Mutual not only honors their sacrifice and service to our country, but also makes a strategic investment in the strength and resilience of our armed forces.&rdquo; <span style="text-decoration: line-through;"></span></p> <p>&ldquo;This support enables service members to focus on their mission with peace of mind, knowing that their loved ones are cared for and supported at home, while also providing our organization access to a highly trained and dedicated workforce.&rdquo;</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyFri, 12 May 2023 12:06:11 GMTGrinnell Mutual Road to Success Scholarship 2023 recipientshttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/2023-road-to-success-scholarship-winners<p>Grinnell Mutual, in partnership with its independent agency force, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Road to Success Scholarships (see complete listing below). This year, a $2,000 scholarship has been awarded to 40 high school seniors with Grinnell Mutual auto coverage who have excellent academic records and have been accident- and violation-free for their high school years.</p> <p>Since the program began 18 years ago, Grinnell Mutual and its agents have provided college-bound students over $1 million in scholarships through the Road to Success program.</p> <p>Congratulations to the 2023 Road to Success Scholarship recipients.</p> <h2>Illinois</h2> <p>Savanna Guebert, Chester<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Caleb Meister, Ashkum</p> <h2>Indiana&nbsp;</h2> <p>Ella Feliciano, Noblesville</p> <h2>Iowa&nbsp;</h2> <p>Quinnlyn Baker, Ollie</p> <p>Brandon Cushion, Randalia</p> <p>Aidan Eischen, New Sharon</p> <p>Brady Fischer, Sumner</p> <p>Morgan Frank, Oakville</p> <p>Aubrey Gates, La Porte City</p> <p>Jacob&nbsp; Hargens, Greenville</p> <p>Mystica Harreld, Holland</p> <p>Leah Harris, Grinnell</p> <p>Lily Hoeger, Guttenberg</p> <p>Hunter Hofland, Sioux Center</p> <p>Brody King, Hudson</p> <p>Kathryn Mayer, St. Ansgar</p> <p>Jack Meister, Moville</p> <p>Ayla Moss, West Union</p> <p>Micah Nally, Bedford</p> <p>Avery Schlenger, Cleghorn</p> <p>Emily Simpson, Libertyville</p> <p>Braden Swearingen, Forest City</p> <p>Katie Van Den Top, Hull<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <h2>Minnesota</h2> <p>Karley Braeger, Fergus Falls</p> <p>Sarah Fisher, Trimont</p> <p>Jayla Kracht, Hardwick</p> <p>Cole Sykora, Wheaton</p> <h2>Missouri&nbsp;</h2> <p>Shaylynn Pulliam, Fairdealing</p> <p>Christopher Shouse, Dadeville</p> <p>Ridge Wolf, Tipton</p> <h2>Nebraska&nbsp;</h2> <p>Cadance Craig, Bee</p> <p>Megan Tramp, Crofton</p> <h2>North Dakota</h2> <p>Eli Larson, Hannaford</p> <p>Chloe Wetch, Tower City<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <h2>Ohio</h2> <p>Kaiden Howard, London</p> <h2>Oklahoma&nbsp;</h2> <p>Jacob Kurtz, Enid<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <h2>South Dakota&nbsp;</h2> <p>Richard Berndt, Brandt</p> <p>Kaylor Geraets, Humboldt</p> <p>Trey Kaul, Tyndall</p> <h2>Wisconsin&nbsp;</h2> <p>Levi Wehrle, Bloomington</p> <p><b>About Grinnell Mutual</b></p> <p>Grinnell Mutual, in business since 1909, is the 106th-largest property-casualty insurance company in the United States and the largest primary reinsurer of farm mutual companies in North America. Its products are available in 17 states.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">###</p> <p>For more information please contact:</p> <p>Barb Baker<br /><span style="font-size: 1em;">Director, Advertising and Community Relations<br /></span><a href="mailto:barb.baker@grinnellmutual.com" style="font-size: 1em;">barb.baker@grinnellmutual.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: 1em;">641-269-8616</span></p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyWed, 10 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTGrinnell Mutual named 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winner http://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/gallup-exceptional-workplace-2023<p>Grinnell Mutual has received the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third year running. The award recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures globally.</p> <p>By connecting employee engagement to every aspect of their culture, these organizations fuel the motivation and innovation that drive business results far beyond their competition around the world and give people what they really want from their careers and lives: belonging, learning, growth, recognition, a great manager, and the opportunity to do what they do best every day.</p> <p>&ldquo;Gallup&rsquo;s 2023 GEWA winners proved that even during some of the most challenging times, strong cultures are resilient and find new ways to get work done and meet customer needs. These organizations continued to make employee engagement a central cultural priority as part of their business strategy, and they maintained record levels of employee engagement while achieving or exceeding their business goals,&rdquo; said Jim Harter, Gallup&rsquo;s chief scientist of workplace management and wellbeing.</p> <p>Jeff Vogts, Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s vice president of Talent Development, said the company&rsquo;s culture of trust and respect has always been a draw for potential talent.</p> <p>&ldquo;Grinnell Mutual has built a reputation for living its corporate values every day. We call this the &lsquo;Grinnell Mutual Way.&rsquo; We continue to treat employees as what they truly are: the most important factor in our business success,&rdquo; Vogts said.</p> <p>&ldquo;The deep commitment we have to our employees and to keeping the promises we make to customers is fundamental to the way we do business. Our culture is innovative and empowering; over the last three years we have risen to address many challenges and emerged not only whole, but even stronger as both an employer and an insurer. Grinnell Mutual is a magnet company attracting, retaining, and engaging top talent in a remote work environment,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>&ldquo;If you build a business around doing what&rsquo;s right &mdash; for the company, the customers, and each other &mdash; not only does employee engagement reflect that, the bottom line does, too. We are very happy to win this prestigious award for a third year in a row.&rdquo;</p> <p>Because 70 percent of GEWA winners&rsquo; employees are engaged, those companies&rsquo; turnover rate is 43 percent lower, productivity is 18 percent higher, and profitability is 23 percent higher than at other workplaces.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s amazing what can be accomplished when your team has a collective vision and purpose. Grinnell Mutual is an employee-focused company and we are so fortunate to have the best employees in the nation. Every day we receive wonderful stories about the great service our teams provide our customers,&rdquo; said Grinnell Mutual President and CEO Jeff Menary. &ldquo;They truly care about their company, their customers, their communities, and their co-workers. I believe the work and successes of our employees is the model of how businesses should operate.&rdquo;<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Gallup&rsquo;s meta-analysis on team engagement and performance is the most comprehensive workplace study ever conducted, with data on nearly 3 million employees across 54 industries and 96 countries.</p> <p>Organizations with highly engaged employees significantly outperform their peers in important business outcomes, including customer ratings, safety incidents, shrinkage, absenteeism, quality, wellbeing, and organizational citizenship. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/471752/announcing-2023-gallup-exceptional-workplace-award-winners.aspx">Learn more and see the complete list of 2023 winners here.</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://careers-grinnellmutual.icims.com ">View our career opportunities</a></p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyWed, 29 Mar 2023 07:53:39 GMTGrinnell Mutual announces 2023 President’s Club membershttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/presidents-club-2023<p>Grinnell Mutual recognized a group of 50 independent agents and 10 mutual insurance companies for outstanding achievement in the insurance profession and superior performance for Grinnell Mutual in 2022 by naming them to its 2023 President&rsquo;s Club.</p> <p>&ldquo;Grinnell Mutual and our board of directors will be honoring our top agencies and mutual managers for 2022,&rdquo; said Jeff Menary, Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s president and CEO. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always rewarded top agents and mutuals with a trip, and we&rsquo;re pleased to be traveling with this year&rsquo;s honorees to the Coeur D&rsquo;Alene Resort in Coeur D&rsquo;Alene, Idaho. It will be a wonderful venue where we will continue to build our relationships with our member mutuals and our independent agents.&rdquo;</p> <p>Congratulations to our great partners on a successful 2022!</p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="#iowa">Iowa agencies</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#illinois">Illinois agencies</a>&nbsp;<a style="text-align: center;" href="#Indiana" class="btn btn-primary">Indiana agencies</a>&nbsp;<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#minnesota">Minnesota agencies</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#missouri">Missouri agencies</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#nebraska">Nebraska agencies</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#north-dakota">North Dakota agencies</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#wisconsin">Wisconsin agencies</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#mutual">Mutual members</a></p> <h2>Agencies</h2> <h3><a name="iowa"></a>Iowa</h3> <p><b>A&amp;J Petersburg Agency, </b>Decorah</p> <p><b>The Accel Group, </b>Waverly</p> <p><b>Community Insurance of Iowa, </b>Edgewood</p> <p><b>Arp Insurance, </b>Walcott</p> <p><b>Black Hawk Insurance Services, </b>Hudson</p> <p><b>Clay Agency, </b>Spencer</p> <p><b>Cook Agency, </b>Waukon</p> <p><b>Cray Insurance Agency, </b>Chester</p> <p><b>GIT Insurance, </b>Waukee</p> <p><b>Insurance Headquarters, </b>Waterloo</p> <p><b>Legacy Insurance Group, </b>Grand Mound</p> <p><b>Ludovissy and Associates Insurance, </b>Dubuque</p> <p><b>MCM Insurance Agency, </b>Onawa</p> <p><b>Nielsen-Galles Insurance, </b>Remsen</p> <p><b>Nosbisch Insurance, </b>New Hampton</p> <p><b>Peoples Insurance Agency, </b>Rock Valley</p> <p><b>Smith D&amp;L Insurance, </b>Independence</p> <p><b>Town and Country Insurance Agency, </b>Osage</p> <p><b>Wilson Insurance Agency, </b>Shenandoah</p> <p><b>Winnebago Insurance Agency, </b>Lake Mills</p> <h3><a name="illinois"></a>Illinois</h3> <p><b>Central Illinois Agents Group, </b>Jacksonville</p> <p><b>The Cornerstone Agency, </b>Tampico</p> <p><b>Dimond Bros. Insurance, </b>Woodlawn</p> <p><b>The Hanson Agency, </b>Ashkum</p> <p><b>Squier Insurance Agency, </b> Hardin</p> <p><b>Wilson Insurance Agency, </b>Henry</p> <h3 style="text-align: left;"><a name="Indiana"></a>Indiana</h3> <p><b>First Insurance Group, </b>Bloomington</p> <h3><a name="minnesota"></a>Minnesota</h3> <p><b>Borchardt Agency, </b>Fairmont</p> <p><b>Dassel State Insurance Agency, </b>Dassel</p> <p><b>Fuhr Insurance Agency, </b>Cleveland</p> <p><b>Greenwood Agency, </b>Plainview</p> <p><b>House of Insurance, </b>Le Center</p> <p><b>Key City Insurance, </b>N. Mankato</p> <p><b>Lindfors Agency, </b>Fosston</p> <p><b>North Risk Partners, </b>St. Cloud</p> <p><b>Rohde Insurance Services, </b>Fergus Falls</p> <p><b>Ross Nesbit Agencies,</b> Minnetonka</p> <p><b>United Prairie Insurance Agency, </b>Mankato</p> <h3><a name="missouri"></a>Missouri</h3> <p><b>Oswald Crow Agency, </b>Rock Port</p> <p><b>S&amp;R Insurance, </b>Crocker</p> <p><b>Sunstar Insurance Group, </b>Springfield</p> <h3><a name="nebraska"></a>Nebraska</h3> <p><b>First Insurance Group,</b> Omaha</p> <h3><a name="north-dakota"></a>North Dakota</h3> <p><b>Farmers Union Insurance Agency, </b>Jamestown</p> <p><b>First International Insurance, </b>Minot</p> <p><b>Harty Insurance, </b>Jamestown</p> <p><b>Ihry Insurance Agency, </b>West Fargo</p> <p><b>Insure Forward, </b>Hannaford</p> <p><b>Dakota Pioneer Insurance Group, </b>Park River</p> <p><b>Western Frontier Insurance Agency,&nbsp;</b>Bowman</p> <h3><a name="wisconsin"></a>Wisconsin</h3> <p><b>Spectrum Insurance Group, </b>Eau Claire</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><a name="mutual"></a>Mutual members</h2> <p><b>Central Illinois Mutual,</b> Villa Grove, Ill.</p> <p><b>Century Mutual,</b> Hartley, Iowa</p> <p><b>Eagle Point Mutual</b>, Chippewa Falls, Wis.</p> <p><b>Farm Mutual Insurance Company of Lincoln County</b>, Canton, S.D.</p> <p><b>Farmers Mutual Insurance Association</b>, Osage, Iowa</p> <p><b>Legacy Mutual</b>, Stanton, Iowa</p> <p><b>Lincoln County Farmers Mutual</b>, Troy, Mo.</p> <p><b>Oakwood Mutual</b>, Decatur, Ind.</p> <p><b>Paris &amp; Washington Insurance</b>, Minerva, Ohio</p> <p><b>St. Joseph Mutual</b>, St. Joseph, Minn.</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyTue, 28 Feb 2023 16:31:38 GMTAM Best issues another “A” rating for Grinnell Mutual  http://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/a-m-best-rating<p>AM Best has affirmed an &ldquo;A&rdquo; (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating (FSR) for Grinnell Mutual. The &ldquo;A&rdquo; rating and stable outlook for the future apply to both Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company and Grinnell Select Insurance Company (GSI). Grinnell Mutual has received an &ldquo;A&rdquo; rating since 1991.</p> <p>AM Best also gave Grinnell Compass Inc. an FSR of &ldquo;A.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;We are pleased that AM Best has once again reaffirmed our rating and that we maintained it in light of tough, back-to-back weather-related loss years, said Jeff Menary, Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s president and CEO.</p> <p>&ldquo;This rating, which we have held for 32 years for Grinnell Mutual and Grinnell Select, demonstrates our financial strength, stability, and the innovative culture we have at Grinnell Mutual. And, we&rsquo;re happy to add Grinnell Compass Inc. to that rating.&rdquo;</p> <p>AM Best is a leading rating agency for assessing property-casualty companies&rsquo; financial stability.</p> <p><i>The A.M. Best Report(s) reproduced on this site appear under license from A.M. Best and do not constitute, either expressly or implied, an endorsement of Grinnell Mutual's products or services. A.M. Best is not responsible for transcription errors made in presenting A.M. Best Report(s). A.M. Best Report(s) are copyright &copy; A.M. Best Company and may not be reproduced or distributed without the express written permission of A.M. Best Company. Visitors to this web site are authorized to print a single copy of the A.M. Best Report(s) displayed here for their own personal use. Any other printing, copying or distribution is strictly prohibited.</i></p> <p><i>Best's Ratings are under continuous review and subject to change and/or affirmation. To confirm the current rating, please visit the <a target="_blank" href="https://web.ambest.com/home">A.M. Best web site</a>.</i></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="/upload/assets/AMBest/AMBest-2023-report.aug.pdf"><img style="margin: 10px; float: left;" width="120" src="/Upload/Assets/AMBest/AMBestReport_Icon_100x100px.gif" alt="AM Best logo" /></a></p> <p><i style="font-size: 1em;"></i></p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyWed, 15 Feb 2023 11:27:00 GMTGrinnell Mutual named a 2023 Top Workplaces USA http://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/top-workplace-usa-2023<p>Grinnell Mutual has been named a national 2023 Top Workplaces USA winner for employers with 500&ndash;999 employees by Energage, a leading research firm specializing in employee engagement. The insurance company ranked 75th. It&rsquo;s the second year Grinnell Mutual has been recognized nationally.</p> <p>The award is based on employee feedback gathered by Energage through a research-based, anonymous survey taken by employees in over 70,000 organizations. The survey captures feedback on key areas such as employee alignment with company values; employees feeling that their work is appreciated; and satisfaction with pay, benefits, and culture.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re honored to earn this national recognition as a Top Workplace USA again this year,&rdquo; said Jeff Vogts, Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s vice president of Talent Development. &ldquo;Grinnell Mutual is truly committed to providing a great work environment for its employees. And our employees are dedicated and engaged in their work because we offer work with a purpose, along with a collaborative, supportive, and flexible environment.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&ldquo;More than 50 percent of our employees choose to work remotely from 25 states, which offers an exceptional work-life balance. We have really become a magnet company where people with great skills and talents want to contribute.&rdquo;<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Interested in checking out career opportunities at Grinnell Mutual? We&rsquo;re hiring! Learn about <a href="https://careers-grinnellmutual.icims.com/jobs/search?hashed=-435595401&amp;mobile=false&amp;width=585&amp;height=500&amp;bga=true&amp;needsRedirect=false&amp;jan1offset=-360&amp;jun1offset=-300">career opportunities</a> or <a href="https://grinnellmutual.com/about-us/careers/recruiting-team">contact a recruiter</a> for more information.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>See the <a href="https://topworkplaces.com/award/top-workplaces-usa/">full list of winners here</a>.&nbsp;</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyWed, 01 Feb 2023 11:36:28 GMTOne of a kindhttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/larry-jansen-one-of-a-kind<p>People who knew Larry Jansen, no matter from what part of his life, use many phrases to describe him, but &ldquo;one of a kind&rdquo; is the most common. Jansen, who served as Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s president from 2012 to 2017, died Oct. 3, 2022.</p> <p>When used in connection with Jansen, &ldquo;one of a kind&rdquo; works as a multi-purpose descriptor and is expressed in many tones of voice &mdash; from admiring and respectful to rueful and mildly exasperated. But always tinged with affection. (See also: restless, mercurial, impatient, decisive, community minded.) Jansen was also devoted to his wife of 51 years, Echo, and son Justin, and cared deeply about Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s customers and employees.</p> <p>No matter what words were used to describe him, there&rsquo;s no doubt that Jansen led from the front &mdash; a shine on his shoes, a crease in his khakis, and one of his signature bow ties, advertising his intention to do things his way and with style.</p> <p>&ldquo;It all fit together for him,&rdquo; said Jeff Menary, Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s current president and CEO. &ldquo;Family, business, shepherding the company, and taking care of employees. If there was a way to impact things positively for his family, his town, his employees, or his policyholders, he was going to be an activator.&rdquo;</p> <h2>THINK BIG, HAVE FUN</h2> <p>Menary worked closely with Jansen for over 25 years through several professional incarnations, including during Jansen&rsquo;s tenure as Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s president. Jansen stepped into the position at a time when a then-unprecedented series of weather events and company leadership changes combined to create &ldquo;some pretty tough years.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;The company&rsquo;s president resigned unexpectedly,&rdquo; Menary recalled, &ldquo;and we had an executive committee that was keeping things going until the board chose a new president. Larry, then head of Underwriting, was one of two final candidates.</p> <p>&ldquo;Later the board added other candidates to the interview process. And Larry, being Larry, was upset about that and told me that he wasn&rsquo;t even sure he wanted to interview for the job.</p> <p>&ldquo;But I told him, &lsquo;You&rsquo;ve got to interview for the position and inform the board of the changes that must be made even if you don&rsquo;t get it.&rsquo; So, he interviewed, and he was the perfect choice. At the time, Larry was at a typical retirement age, but he agreed to take the role for five years.&rdquo;</p> <p>Despite any reluctance Jansen might have felt, once he was appointed, he leapt into his new role with characteristic verve. He had a plan for restoring the company to profitability and &mdash; as everyone would soon learn &mdash; he was going to do what it took to make things happen.</p> <p>Reflecting on that time, Executive Vice President and COO Dave Wingert said that when Jansen took the company&rsquo;s wheel, &ldquo;He was the right guy, at the right time, in the right job, for the right company. His philosophy was &lsquo;Think big, have fun, and get sh*t done.&rsquo;&thinsp;&rdquo;</p> <p>Jansen was on the scene at a critical juncture for Grinnell Mutual, and well-equipped to right the ship and captain it through the growth and change that were so much a feature of his tenure as the company&rsquo;s leader.</p> <h2>JELLY SIDE UP</h2> <p>The key to Jansen&rsquo;s success seemed to stem in equal parts from his energy, his decisiveness, and his impatience. As a result, working with him was seldom dull, but could at times be vexing.</p> <p>&ldquo;He was &lsquo;Fire, ready, aim&rsquo; Larry,&rdquo; recalls Menary with a laugh. &ldquo;I remember when we were modifying our billing system, Larry just waded in and started making decisions, and the people involved in the project came to me and said &lsquo;We need to slow him down! We need to think about this!&rsquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;I went to him with their concerns, and he just said, &lsquo;Nope. I don&rsquo;t care. I know this new system is better than what we&rsquo;ve got, so that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re going to do.&rsquo; And he was right. He was very positive and very charismatic. He had this way of simplifying plans, then executing.&rdquo;</p> <p>And he usually carried it off. &ldquo;Larry was the kind of person who, if he dropped his toast, it would land jelly side up,&rdquo; Menary said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether you&rsquo;d call it intuition or just blind luck. He just had that knack. But he also had to be in control!&rdquo;</p> <p>Tammy Vos, assistant vice president for Facilities and Administrative Services at Grinnell Mutual, knows first-hand Jansen&rsquo;s reluctance to let others steer the ship, even in minor ways. Immediately after he was named president, at 2 p.m. on a Thursday, he called Vos, then the facility services manager, into his office.</p> <p>&ldquo;When I got there, he said he wanted all new furniture for his office and to have it set up by the following Tuesday. So, I went shopping with [Jansen&rsquo;s executive assistant] Kim Pickett on Monday,&rdquo; Vos recalled.</p> <p>&ldquo;On Tuesday, he&rsquo;s due back at 4 p.m. and Kim and I are in his office, getting everything put together, Vos said. &ldquo;He walks in at one o&rsquo;clock and says, &lsquo;Why aren&rsquo;t you done yet?&rsquo; That should have given me an inkling of what working with him was going to be like.&rdquo;</p> <p>Larry Jansen elevated impatience to an art form, and woe betide the person, place, or thing that got on the wrong side of it.</p> <h2>NO FRIEND OF TECH</h2> <p>Jansen&rsquo;s impatience extended to technology, which was a constant source of frustration for him, and he kept the company&rsquo;s tech support team on speed-dial. Cell phones were a particular antagonist.</p> <p>According to a tale Wingert heard, this sometimes led to dramatic results.</p> <p>&ldquo;Once, Larry was on the road somewhere and he couldn&rsquo;t get good reception and he couldn&rsquo;t get it figured out. So, he called the IT help desk back at the home office. He was on the phone with them for what seemed like forever, and finally he got so frustrated he said, 'If you want this damned phone, you can pick it up at mile marker whatever,&rsquo; and he threw it out the car window!&rdquo;</p> <p>Nevertheless, Jansen didn&rsquo;t allow technophobia to derail his effort to steer Grinnell Mutual through a time of dramatic change in the industry and to keep modernizing. It was under Jansen's watch that the ball got rolling on Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s biggest enterprise-wide undertaking in its history: a complete transformation of the company&rsquo;s business platform, industry leader Guidewire. The new platform is now live in all of Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s direct business states and the company continues to work toward moving all lines of business to the platform.</p> <p>Jansen also oversaw a large update to the company&rsquo;s headquarters.</p> <p>&ldquo;In 2013, Larry and (then-board chairman) Dale Bartelt decided that we needed to build a training and conference center,&rdquo; said Tammy Vos. &ldquo;So, we got a committee together and did a whole lot of touring of other facilities. We ended up with a contractor who gave us preliminary designs and we presented them at the December board meeting.&rdquo;</p> <p>The plan called for a spacious, technologically advanced redo of a significant percentage of the home office. The board approved the plan, but Jansen still wasn&rsquo;t satisfied.</p> <p>He came up with an addendum to the plan that specified a 250-seat auditorium, nine conference rooms, and a 250-seat cafeteria. And so it was.</p> <p>&ldquo;We broke ground March 2014, and by June 2015 we were scheduled to have our annual meeting [in the new facility],&rdquo; Vos recalled.</p> <h2>A PASSION FOR EMPLOYEES &hellip; AND FOR PITCH</h2> <p>The bright, roomy new cafeteria was not only a welcome change from the dim warren in the basement, its previous home, it featured a custom table just for playing Pitch, a card game Jansen had been playing with a dedicated group of employees in the company dining room for years.</p> <p>Dave Wingert remembers Pitch being part of his introduction to the company.</p> <p>&ldquo;I was on a tour of the building&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And we went down to the basement cafeteria. There was one well-lit corner where there was a lot of whooping and hollering going on. Come to find out it was Larry&rsquo;s regular Pitch game. They&rsquo;d meet without fail &mdash; people from all levels of the company. Larry ran it like clockwork, and if you were a regular at the game and you didn&rsquo;t show up, they&rsquo;d call you on the intercom. That was my first indication that Grinnell Mutual might be a good place to work.&rdquo;</p> <p>But it was Jansen&rsquo;s ambition to make the company much more than a &ldquo;good&rdquo; place to work. He wanted it to be one of the best. He knew the company&rsquo;s success depended on its employees and their families staying mentally and physically healthy, so he made sure they enjoyed a generous benefits package, a liberal leave policy, a relaxed dress code, educational benefits, and affordable health insurance options.</p> <p>Jansen also worked with a local Grinnell medical practice to establish the Health Matters Clinic, an onsite facility where medical services &mdash; including urgent care, counseling, routine immunizations, health education, stress management, and preventive screenings &mdash; were offered free to employees and their family members.</p> <p>He also believed worker satisfaction was more likely if employees had a clear path to take their concerns straight to the top. So, he advertised an open-door policy and encouraged employees to use it.</p> <h2>AN OPEN DOOR</h2> <p>Brielle Beck, now on Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s Talent Development team, was an early beneficiary of this access.</p> <p>In 2016, when she was a high school senior, she took part in an internship program that was another of Jansen&rsquo;s pet projects.</p> <p>&ldquo;I did a mini-internship at the company with a group of five other Grinnell High School students,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The first day we met Larry, he told us &lsquo;Come up and see me any time,&rsquo; and I thought, &lsquo;Here we are, a group of 17-year-olds and we get to talk to the president whenever we want!'&rdquo;</p> <p>It wasn&rsquo;t long before Beck&rsquo;s group had a good reason to take Jansen up on his invitation. They learned that the school district was going to cut the high school business program they were all enrolled in.</p> <p>&ldquo;We remembered what Larry had said about coming to see him, so on day two of our internship, we all walked into his office,&rdquo; she said.</p> <p>Jansen heard them out, then arranged for them to talk with the company&rsquo;s senior leadership team.</p> <p>&ldquo;Company leaders provided resources that allowed us to put together a public forum and invite local businesses to hear why we thought the business program was important, and Larry also provided us with the resources to go to the board meeting, where we all spoke.&rdquo;</p> <p>Jansen ultimately committed funding from the Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation to keep the program going. But his commitment to the interns didn&rsquo;t stop there.</p> <p>&ldquo;Larry told us all that when we graduated from college, we could have full-time jobs at Grinnell Mutual,&rdquo; Beck says. &ldquo;Three of us ended up taking advantage of the offer and are full-time employees still today.&rdquo;</p> <h2>DISHING IT OUT AND TAKING IT</h2> <p>Lori Smith, Grinnell Mutual's event planner, worked closely with Jansen on many occasions.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">&ldquo;He was the most generous person, once you got to know him,&rdquo; Smith said, &ldquo;though he was very competitive.&rdquo; Golf was one area where Jansen allowed his baser impulses free rein.</span></p> <p>&ldquo;When we&rsquo;d participate in tournaments, Larry always knew who he wanted on his side,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;And he would always stack his teams. One year, we played a trick on Larry and told my husband Lennie &mdash; a great guy but a mediocre golfer &mdash; to go and sit on Larry&rsquo;s team&rsquo;s golf cart.</p> <p>&ldquo;Larry sees this, and he comes over and says to me &lsquo;Um&hellip;Lori? Why is Lennie with my team, over on my golf cart?&rsquo; I said, &lsquo;Well, Larry, to be honest, I&rsquo;ve had some complaints. People are tired of the stacked teams, so I had to switch things up.&rsquo; Larry was clearly not happy.</p> <p>At the look on Jansen&rsquo;s face, a mutual manager who was supposed to be on Larry's team started laughing, giving the game away.</p> <p>&ldquo;Some people would have fired me for pulling a stunt like that,&rdquo; Smith said, &ldquo;But not Larry. He could dish it out and he could take it.&rdquo;</p> <h2>THE WHOLE MAN</h2> <p>Over and over, when they reflected on their relationships with Jansen, people&rsquo;s stories came tumbling out. No one didn&rsquo;t have a &ldquo;Larry story&rdquo; to share.</p> <p>But the full story of any life exists between and beyond the images these stories provide, a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. And the one person who knows that full story, and who most understands the whole of Larry Jansen, is Echo Jansen.</p> <p>&ldquo;We met at Hawkeye Security Insurance Company in Des Moines in 1971,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;He was an underwriter, and I was secretary to the president. We got married and we got to celebrate our 51st wedding anniversary. Not too many people get to say that anymore!</p> <p>&ldquo;Through the years he got different promotions and we moved to a number of places, and then he got contacted by a headhunter and we ended up at Grinnell Mutual.</p> <p>&ldquo;That turned out to have been the best thing he ever did. After he was named president, Grinnell Mutual was named one of the top ten places to work in Iowa and he was so proud about that. For him it was all about the employees,&rdquo; Echo said.</p> <p>&ldquo;If I had to identify one thing that he was most proud of, though, I&rsquo;d say that was the Health Matters Clinic for all the employees and their families, so they would be well taken care of. When the board renamed it for him [at his retirement], he was very excited and happy.</p> <p>&ldquo;He was a very good husband and father, and he was proud of our son Justin. He also had 76 bow ties, and at first when he started wearing them, I was really embarrassed. I said, &lsquo;Only old men wear those, Larry.&rsquo; But they did grow on me.&rdquo;</p> <p>Echo Jansen misses many things about Larry, but the thing she misses the most is the simplest. &ldquo;Every morning he told me he loved me,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I do miss that so much.&rdquo;</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyThu, 29 Dec 2022 10:47:17 GMTGrinnell Mutual exceeds United Way giving goalhttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/united-way<p>Grinnell, Iowa &mdash; Grinnell Mutual employees and matching funds from the Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation raised over&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;">$145,000 in pledges and matching contributions during the company&rsquo;s 2022 United Way fundraising campaign.</span></p> <p>Employees pledged $78,000, exceeding the company&rsquo;s 2022 goal.<span style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;The foundation contributed $67,500 in matching funds.</span></p> <p>&ldquo;We have great employees at Grinnell Mutual. Their long-standing support of the United Way campaign reflects their generosity and compassion,&rdquo; said Grinnell Mutual President and CEO Jeff Menary. &ldquo;Even in uncertain economic times, they came through for their communities. Our staff truly cares about helping others. That makes them very special.&rdquo;</p> <p>Funds from the campaign will be distributed to several different community United Way, United Funds, and Community Chest organizations where Grinnell Mutual employees live.</p> <p>Director of Advertising and Community Relations Barb Baker said, &ldquo;Each year we appeal to our employees to give generously to their local communities, and our staff members continue to rise to that challenge. Our United Way fund drive provides much needed financial support to dozens of communities across our corporate footprint. We are very proud that our employees are passionate about helping their neighbors.&rdquo;</p> <p style="text-align:center;" id="directory"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://www.unitedway.org/find-your-united-way">Find your local United Way</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/about-us/in-the-community">Read how we're in the community</a></p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyMon, 24 Oct 2022 07:00:00 GMTFormer Grinnell Mutual president, Larry Jansen, dies at 75http://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/larry-jansen-dies-at-75<p>Larry Jansen, 75, died at home on Oct. 3, 2022. Jansen was Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s president from 2012 to 2017.</p> <p>Born in 1947, Jansen was raised on the family farm near State Center, Iowa, and received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in business from the University of Iowa. He served in the Army National Guard of Iowa and was honorably discharged in 1975. He and his wife of 51 years, Echo, have one son, Justin and two grandchildren.</p> <h2>Career</h2> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">Jansen was tapped to be president during an especially tumultuous time in the company&rsquo;s history and after three years of unprecedented losses. In his five years as president, he was instrumental in making changes and difficult decisions that ultimately set Grinnell Mutual up for several record years of profitability.&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">Jansen joined Grinnell Mutual in 1979 as a personal lines underwriting manager. Over the next 33 years, Jansen moved up through the ranks and held positions as regional underwriting manager, regional vice president, and senior vice president of underwriting and production. He also served as president of Grinnell Select Insurance Company and Grinnell Specialty Agency, two Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company subsidiaries.&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">Before coming to Grinnell Mutual, Jansen worked at Hawkeye Security Insurance Company and Maryland Casualty Insurance Company.&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">Industry and community&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">Jansen was very active in the insurance industry and was instrumental in establishing the Iowa FAIR Plan, which helps provide basic property insurance to applicants who cannot find coverage elsewhere. He also helped establish the Mutual Insurance Association of Iowa (MIAI) and the Iowa Automotive Insurance Plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">The Grinnell community also benefitted from Jansen&rsquo;s vision and commitment. He supported the Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell United Way, St. Mary parish, and Leadership Iowa. He served on the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District and Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium boards.&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">During his tenure as Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s president, was twice recognized (in 2014 and 2017) as Iowa&rsquo;s top leader of a large company by Iowa&rsquo;s Top Workplace. In 2018, he was inducted into the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame.&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">&ldquo;I am blessed to have so many outstanding memories of Larry, especially when we traveled together on business. It was always an adventure full of stories and laughter,&rdquo; said Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s current president and Jansen&rsquo;s successor, Jeff Menary. &ldquo;I have special memories of how Larry helped so many of the employees at Grinnell Mutual. He was also so proud and devoted to his family. Larry was a great man. An outstanding leader, mentor, and friend.&rdquo;<span style="font-size: 1em;">Larry Jansen, 75, died at home on Oct. 3, 2022. Jansen was Grinnell</span></div> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;"><img src="/Upload/Assets/Images/larry-jansen-hall-of-fame.jpg" width="256" height="384" style="float: right;" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.5em;"><sup></sup></span>Jansen was tapped to be president during an especially tumultuous time in the company&rsquo;s history and after three years of unprecedented losses. In his five years as president, he was instrumental in making changes and difficult decisions that ultimately set Grinnell Mutual up for several record years of profitability.&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Jansen joined Grinnell Mutual in 1979 as a personal lines underwriting manager. Over the next 33 years, Jansen moved up through the ranks and held positions as regional underwriting manager, regional vice president, and senior vice president of underwriting and production. He also served as president of Grinnell Select Insurance Company and Grinnell Specialty Agency, two Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company subsidiaries.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Before coming to Grinnell Mutual, Jansen worked at Hawkeye Security Insurance Company and Maryland Casualty Insurance Company.&nbsp;</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 1em;">Industry and community&nbsp;</span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Jansen was very active in the insurance industry and was instrumental in establishing the <a href="https://iowafairplan.com/" target="_blank">Iowa FAIR Plan</a>, which helps provide basic property insurance to applicants who cannot find coverage elsewhere. He also helped establish the Mutual Insurance Association of Iowa (MIAI) and the Iowa Automotive Insurance Plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">The Grinnell community also benefitted from Jansen&rsquo;s vision and commitment. He supported the Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell United Way, St. Mary parish, and Leadership Iowa. He served on the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District and Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium boards.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">During his tenure as Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s president, was twice recognized (in 2014 and 2017) as Iowa&rsquo;s top leader of a large company by Iowa&rsquo;s Top Workplace. In 2018, he was inducted into the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">&ldquo;I am blessed to have so many outstanding memories of Larry, especially when we traveled together on business. It was always an adventure full of stories and laughter,&rdquo; said Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s current president and Jansen&rsquo;s successor, Jeff Menary. &ldquo;I have special memories of how Larry helped so many of the employees at Grinnell Mutual. He was also so proud and devoted to his family. Larry was a great man. An outstanding leader, mentor, and friend.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyWed, 12 Oct 2022 14:43:52 GMTGrinnell Mutual named Top Workplace for the 12th consecutive year http://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/top-workplace-for-the-12th-consecutive-year<p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Grinnell Mutual was named the fourth-best large Iowa employer in the 2022 Des Moines Register/Energage Top Workplaces survey.   &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">It&rsquo;s the 12th straight year the company has earned a spot on the list and is one of only four companies in the state that has made the list every year since the honor&rsquo;s creation.  &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">In February, Grinnell Mutual was named a top workplace in Energage&rsquo;s Top Workplaces USA, ranking 29th nationally.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Grinnell Mutual also won the Work-Life Flexibility specialty category, given to organizations that have built a culture enabling employees to meet the demands of their personal lives while maintaining high work performance.  &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">The Register and WorkplaceDynamics evaluated survey responses from 36,000 employees of participating employers. Top Workplaces are categorized by number of employees in Iowa and chosen based on employee feedback.    &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">&ldquo;Once again we are honored to be recognized as one of Iowa&rsquo;s Top Workplaces. We have received this recognition for the 12th consecutive year,&rdquo; said Jeff Menary, Grinnell Mutual president and CEO. &ldquo;At Grinnell Mutual we recognize that our long-term success depends on the outstanding work performed by our staff, which is why their happiness and job satisfaction are top priorities at Grinnell Mutual. Our employees care about their company, our customers, and their co-workers. If you truly care about and trust your employees, they&rsquo;ll make great business decisions and provide best-in-class service to your customers.&rdquo;  &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;"></span><span style="font-size: 1em;"><a target="_blank" href="https://grinnellmutual.com/about-us/careers">Find out</a>&nbsp;why Grinnell Mutual is such a great place to work.</span></p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyFri, 23 Sep 2022 08:19:23 GMTA Mutual on the Movehttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/a-mutual-on-the-move<p>Jim Sanor is a man in perpetual motion.</p> <p>The 58-year-old president of Sandy &amp; Beaver Insurance Company in Lisbon, Ohio, is running practically from the moment he opens his eyes every morning.</p> <p>&ldquo;Some days the calls start at 6:30 a.m., and by the time I hit the office door at eight or nine o&rsquo;clock, I've already talked to six or seven people,&rdquo; he says.</p> <p>For Sanor that&rsquo;s just a necessary part of giving over 14,500 policyholders individualized attention while also running side-hustles in commercial real estate, development, philanthropy, and &mdash; not incidentally &mdash; getting in a round of golf nearly every day.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Community restoration&nbsp;<img style="float: right;" src="/Upload/Images/Jim-Grandkids.jpg" /></h2> <p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t sit still very well,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I feel like every day I gotta get up and get after it. I walk around town and look at properties to see what&rsquo;s available.&rdquo;</p> <p>That&rsquo;s not merely because he&rsquo;s acquisitive. It&rsquo;s because his instinct is to preserve and serve his community. The very essence, in other words, of the mutual spirit.</p> <p>Take his headquarters building, for instance. It&rsquo;s one of the oldest buildings in Lisbon &mdash; a town founded in 1803.</p> <p>When Sanor bought it, he went above and beyond to restore the building in a way authentic to its era. &ldquo;I decided to re-create the original level of craftsmanship. Today, when you walk in, you feel like you're walking back in time. And I'm proud of that.&rdquo;</p> <h2>Where it started</h2> <p>Sanor&rsquo;s father, Leroy began his association with Sandy &amp; Beaver in 1967, when, after a stint in the service, he began doing accounting work for many of the local businesspeople in and around Lisbon. The association expanded, Jim Sanor says, and Leroy stayed for 44 years.</p> <p>When Jim Sanor asked his father if he could come to work at the company, he was told he&rsquo;d have to work his way up from the basement &mdash; literally.</p> <p>&ldquo;The basement&rsquo;s where we had the mail room,&rdquo; Sanor says, laughing. &ldquo;I sorted the mail and my brothers and I did some clerical work. I remember when the bills got printed, there would be five sheets each, a different color with carbon paper in between that we had to sort into individual piles and then stuff into envelopes to be sent out to customers! I also inspected property and took claims pictures for the company in the beginning.&rdquo;</p> <p>The agency&rsquo;s reliance on bulging file cabinets and amateur photographers wasn't going to last long, however.</p> <p>&ldquo;Dad was ahead of his time,&rdquo; Sanor says. &ldquo;He saw that what was holding the business back more than anything was technology. So, he brought in an IBM 3600 mainframe and hired a full-time programmer.&rdquo;</p> <h2>Strategy for success</h2> <p>It was the right move &mdash; a conclusion clearly supported by the firm&rsquo;s subsequent growth.</p> <p>&ldquo;By the time he retired, Dad was writing about $9 million in premiums,&rdquo; Sanor says.</p> <p>Sanor has emulated his father&rsquo;s strategy. Now, he says, &ldquo;In terms of farm mutuals, I think we&rsquo;re one of the largest companies in the state.&rdquo;</p> <p>Sanor says that Sandy &amp; Beaver&rsquo;s association with Grinnell Mutual has played a big part in his company&rsquo;s recent successes.</p> <p>&ldquo;We started in &rsquo;06 with Grinnell Mutual,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;As our relationship grew, we bought more services, which made us more profit overall, and made us more successful. Working with Grinnell Mutual has saved me a tremendous amount of money.&rdquo;</p> <h2>Giving back</h2> <p>Despite the business&rsquo; growth to a statewide footprint, Sanor has never cut back on the service he offers his Lisbon community, and he spends a lot of time on local causes.</p> <p>&ldquo;We give back wherever we can,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;We donate to the police, the sheriff, the Rotary, the Chamber &mdash; you name it. And if someone gets sick in our community, we donate to that, too.&rdquo;</p> <p>His community spirit also drives his daily involvement in one of the great loves of his life: golf.</p> <p>&ldquo;I belong to a little blue-collar golf club that wouldn&rsquo;t function without guys like me donating their time to fix this or that,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Anything I&rsquo;m involved in, I&rsquo;m elbow deep.&rsquo;</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyThu, 22 Sep 2022 20:04:20 GMTThe Family Businesshttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/the-family-business<p><i>Sic Parvis Magna</i>, roughly translated from the Latin, is &ldquo;great things arise from small beginnings.&rdquo; It was the personal motto of English explorer and sea captain Sir Francis Drake, but it serves equally well as the motto for Koch Insurance, a five-office agency headquartered in Tyndall, S.D., started in 1953 by Royal Koch.</p> <p>&ldquo;My dad and mother met in college,&rdquo; says Marty Koch, 62, who started out making $6 an hour working for Royal, his father, nearly four decades ago, and now heads the firm. &ldquo;My mother was from Tyndall, and when mother and dad graduated, her parents let them know that there was a little agency for sale in town. They bought it, and Royal said that the first week they were in business, he made 25 cents.&rdquo;</p> <h2>Doing well by doing good</h2> <p>An underwhelming start? Perhaps. But Tyndall had what they were looking for: a strong sense of community and an opportunity to serve friends and neighbors &mdash; not just when they had a claim, but when they needed advice like how to save money, how to protect their assets, and how to keep safe the most important thing of all: family.</p> <p>&ldquo;Dad was a Rotarian,&rdquo; Marty Koch says. &ldquo;And the Rotary motto is &lsquo;Service above self.&rsquo; &rdquo;</p> <p>If that philosophy sounds altruistic, the Koch family has found that it makes sound business sense, too. And if that sounds like doing well by doing good, that&rsquo;s because it is. Royal, Marty, and now &mdash; nearly 70 years since Royal first hung out his shingle &mdash; three of Marty&rsquo;s children have found that seeing to their community's insurance needs has enabled them not merely to survive past those early quarter-a-week years, but to thrive. It&rsquo;s a virtuous circle: close family bonds make the business run, and the business makes it possible to keep close family bonds.</p> <h2>It&rsquo;s about family</h2> <p>&ldquo;I built a house right next door to Royal and mom,&rdquo; Marty says. &ldquo;And when my kids were growing up, they went there every day after school. They&rsquo;d come home with cookie crumbs around their mouths, so I knew that grandpa was ruining their supper with Oreos.</p> <p>&ldquo;Now three of my kids live on the same street I live on. My daughter Kate is a schoolteacher; my son Drew is kind of a jack-of-all-trades in our business. And my other son, Austin, is building a house two doors down.&rdquo;</p> <p>Another daughter, Courtney, heads the firm&rsquo;s office in Tea, a growing suburb of Sioux Falls. All told, Koch Insurance serves around 1,400 clients with offices &mdash; in addition to Tyndall and Tea &mdash; in Springfield, Tabor, and Yankton.</p> <p>&ldquo;I would say we&rsquo;re between 50 and 60 percent crop and farm insurance,&rdquo; Marty says, &ldquo;With 10 percent [comprising] some commercial, some health and life, and the rest personal lines. Our offices in Tyndall, Tabor, and Springfield mostly write farm policies; at our office in Yankton, it&rsquo;s about 90 percent home and auto. Courtney is doing more commercial business in Tea, which has the fastest growing market. Tea is like the old 'Leave It to Beaver&rsquo; show: pretty much every house is new.&rdquo;</p> <p>Koch Insurance began its partnership with Grinnell Mutual in the early &rsquo;90s, when the firm&rsquo;s previous carrier went bust, and the company needed help.</p> <p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been with Grinnell Mutual ever since,&rdquo; Marty says. &ldquo;We love the fact that we can pick up the phone and get right in touch with your underwriters.&rdquo;</p> <p>Marty&rsquo;s son Austin agrees. &ldquo;We have great relationships at Grinnell Mutual,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;If I pick up the phone and ask a favor, I know if there&rsquo;s any way they can help out, they will. When you&rsquo;ve got good people that you get along with, things just turn out well.&rdquo;</p> <p>In other words, it&rsquo;s like working with family.</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyWed, 21 Sep 2022 15:15:50 GMTA New Beginning at Grinnell Mutualhttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/a-new-beginning-at-grinnell-mutual<p><span style="font-size: 1em;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Ola Aina moved to the United States in 2008 as a winner of the green-card lottery program. He chose Iowa because, based on his research, it seemed like the best place to settle as an immigrant. Iowa is known for its reasonable cost of living and he didn&rsquo;t have to deal with the hustle and bustle of a big city.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">&nbsp;</div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;" id="_mcePaste">It is quite common for Nigerian immigrants to settle in places like Atlanta, New York, or California, but he chose to go against the norm</div> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">It is quite common for Nigerian immigrants to settle in places like Atlanta, New York, or California, but he chose to go against the norm</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">"I remember arriving in the States and the immigration officer at the airport gave me a very memorable welcome. He looks at my passport and goes, &lsquo;Iowa, huh? You are going to have so much fun,' with the most sarcastic and yet welcoming smirk I had ever seen.</span></p> <p>"I did not understand that look on his face until I experienced the blizzard of 2008. Every time I have had to navigate my way through the winter, I remember that look on his face. It haunts me every winter."</p> <p>Moving and being away from family and his support system was his greatest fear when he moved to the United States. However, he did not lose sight of his goal: to have his family here with him someday.</p> <p>It was a goal he eventually achieved.</p> <h2>A new beginning at Grinnell Mutual</h2> <p>After working for other organizations, Aina decided it was time for a new challenge. "I was job searching on Google and came across Grinnell Mutual. I studied the company culture and knew this was where I wanted to work. I put in my application, and was called in for an interview."</p> <p>Aina's interview experience solidified his interest in the company and the offer was eventually extended. "I must say, it was one of the best decisions I have ever made," Aina says.</p> <p>Ola is now a database administrator which entails helping to maintain the performance of Grinnell Mutual's databases, ensuring database security, integrity, stability, and system availability.</p> <p>"I have always wanted to work for a company whose actions are not just in print, but felt by its community and its employees," Aina says.</p> <p>"The company treats people with respect and its culture is truly remarkable. From the very first moment I walked in and spoke to the lady at the front desk, I was welcomed with a smile and genuine kindness. I felt that sense of belonging."</p> <h2>The Grinnell Mutual Way</h2> <p>Aina is philosophical about what makes Grinnell Mutual special. "I think what the Grinnell Mutual way means to me is kindness," he says. "Kindness in our thoughts has a resounding effect in people's lives, kindness in words invokes confidence, and kindness in giving creates love.</p> <p>"I feel truly blessed to have joined this company that lives by its promises."</p> <p>And, he says that having amazing leaders has a positive trickledown effect. "I absolutely love the open-door policy that the leadership has, the ability to share ideas, and the unwavering commitment to seeing employees grow and develop beyond their potential," Aina says.</p> <h2>Not all work</h2> <p>When he is not working, Aina loves travelling and believes it is one of life's best teachers. "I always create time with the family to visit a different state of a different country from time to time. My favorite places that I have visited are Belize and Honduras."</p> <p>Ola also enjoys playing and watching football (aka soccer). He says this is typical of Nigerian men. "The European leagues are my favorite to watch, especially the English league. Manchester United is my favorite football team."</p> <p>Ola is married to Temitope Aina (a former employee of Grinnell Mutual), and they have two beautiful and adventurous daughters together. One of his greatest pleasures Aina says, is taking evening bicycle rides with his two daughters, Michelle and Daniella.</p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyMon, 12 Sep 2022 13:39:41 GMTGrinnell Mutual Road to Success 2022 Scholarship recipientshttp://www.grinnellmutual.com/about-us/newsroom/road-to-success-scholarship-recipients-2022<p>Grinnell Mutual, in partnership with its independent agency force, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Road to Success Scholarships (see complete listing below). The scholarship is awarded to 80 high school seniors with Grinnell Mutual auto coverage who have excellent academic records and have been accident- and violation-free for their high school years.</p> <p>Since the program began 17 years ago, Grinnell Mutual and its agents have provided college-bound students nearly $1 million in scholarships through the Road to Success program. The $1,000 scholarships go to high school seniors in Grinnell Mutual&rsquo;s writing territory.</p> <p>Congratulations to the 2022 Road to Success Scholarship recipients.<em style="font-size: 1em;">&nbsp;</em></p> <h2>Illinois</h2> <p>Jaxson Sturtevant, Lanark&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Carson Splear, Kankakee&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Logan Watson, Illinois City&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em;">Carter Haney, Tampico&nbsp;</span></p> <h2>Indiana</h2> <p>Lauren Blythe, Auburn&nbsp;</p> <p>Matthew Jacobs, Butler&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Lauren Bowmar, Union Mills&nbsp;</p> <h2>Iowa</h2> <p>Jacob Gosselink, Grinnell&nbsp;</p> <p>Dawson Mullenix, New London&nbsp;</p> <p>Reagan McFarland, Sully&nbsp;</p> <p>Tate Schmitt, Hampton&nbsp;</p> <p>Matthew Hall, McIntire</p> <p>Peyton Bradley, Algona&nbsp;</p> <p>Kinzie Peyton, Humboldt&nbsp;</p> <p>Garrett Kurtenbach, Lawler&nbsp;</p> <p>Benjamin Berte, Pocahontas&nbsp;</p> <p>Isabella Jorgensen, Hudson&nbsp;</p> <p>Madison Maifeld, Sumner&nbsp;</p> <p>Kylee Bartz, Tripoli</p> <p>Logan Dreckman, Le Mars&nbsp;</p> <p>Anna Paulsrud, Cherokee&nbsp;</p> <p>Lynsey Countryman, Moville&nbsp;</p> <p>Ty Harding, Sloan&nbsp;</p> <p>Adriana Espinoza, Orange City&nbsp;</p> <p>Rebecca Dykstra, Maurice&nbsp;</p> <p>Gunnar Grage, Remsen&nbsp;</p> <p>Katherine Pickhinke, Nemaha&nbsp;</p> <p>Grace Fuhrman, Paullina&nbsp;</p> <p>Sydni Mauldin, George&nbsp;</p> <p>Ellie Dieren, Rock Rapids&nbsp;</p> <p>Mollie Rasmussen, Elk Horn&nbsp;</p> <p>Brett Burlage, Dyersville&nbsp;</p> <p>Ella Aulwes, Edgewood&nbsp;</p> <p>Evan Schroeder, St. Olaf&nbsp;</p> <p>Abby Schellhorn, Monona&nbsp;</p> <p>Sage Wedmann, Decorah&nbsp;</p> <p>Nathan Crooker, West Union&nbsp;</p> <p>Jessica Crawford, Elberon&nbsp;</p> <p>Aubrie Pruess, Clarence&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Emma Adrian, Sigourney&nbsp;</p> <p>Lauren Zumsande, Fairfax&nbsp;</p> <p>Jenna Parrott, Danville&nbsp;</p> <p>Sean Swanson, Maquoketa&nbsp;</p> <p>Abigaile Paper, Walcott&nbsp;</p> <p>Lauren Hemann, Riceville&nbsp;</p> <h2>Minnesota</h2> <p>Hunter Strand, Montevideo&nbsp;</p> <p>Emily Wiener, Paynesville&nbsp;</p> <p>Josie Rivard, Argyle&nbsp;</p> <p>Corey Peters, Mazeppa&nbsp;</p> <p>Jacob Jones, Amboy&nbsp;</p> <p>Aidan Bastian, Fairfax&nbsp;</p> <p>Anna Erickson, Dalton&nbsp;</p> <p>Mohammad Malik, Long Prairie&nbsp;</p> <p>Sydney Ringeisen, Lake City&nbsp;</p> <p>Skylar Niebuhr, Wells&nbsp;</p> <p>Brooke Buck, Goodhue&nbsp;</p> <p>Brogan Harguth, Maynard&nbsp;</p> <h2>Missouri</h2> <p>Brooke Wagner, Hartsburg&nbsp;</p> <p>Meagan Denkler, Farmington&nbsp;</p> <p>Madysen Faulkenberry, Montrose&nbsp;</p> <p>Harry IV Rehkop, Concordia&nbsp;</p> <p>Ciayah Guffey, Mountain View&nbsp;</p> <h2>Nebraska&nbsp;</h2> <p>Olivia Ledin, Lincoln&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Mason Krienert, West Point&nbsp;</p> <p>Carsten Graves, Gothenburg&nbsp;</p> <p>Chelsea Leners, Filley&nbsp;</p> <h2>North Dakota</h2> <p>Taylor Bjerke, Fargo&nbsp;</p> <p>Piper Hanna, Lisbon&nbsp;</p> <p>Abby Boelke, Wahpeton&nbsp;</p> <p>Jakob Van Berkom, Burlington&nbsp;</p> <h2>Ohio</h2> <p>Ashley Bertke, Anna&nbsp;</p> <p>Haley Fledderjohann, New Knoxville&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Bailey Pohlman, Russia&nbsp;</p> <h2>Oklahoma</h2> <p>Terynn Skorepa, Hollis&nbsp;</p> <h2>South Dakota</h2> <p>Erynn Gerlach, Corsica&nbsp;</p> <p>Shannon Brown, Brandt&nbsp;</p> <p>Ryan Schulte, Yankton&nbsp;</p> <h2>Wisconsin</h2> <p>Lauryn Wiesman, Stratford&nbsp;</p> <p>Abigail Klink, Arlington&nbsp;</p> <p>Jason Reuter, Potosi&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/promotions/road-to-success-scholarships" class="btn btn-primary">Road to Success program</a> <a href="/promotions/road-to-success-scholarships/road-to-success-scholarships-official-rules" class="btn btn-primary">Road to Success official rules</a></p>Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CompanyThu, 14 Jul 2022 16:07:54 GMT