Appleton, Wis. (January 17, 2014) – Jill Wagner has been promoted to President of Appleton-based Integrity Insurance. She previously held the role of Vice President of Commercial Lines for the property and casualty insurer.
Wagner came to Integrity in November of 2010 to lead the Commercial Lines team. Previously she served in leadership roles with SECURA Insurance in Appleton. Wagner has worked in the insurance industry for 22 years including positions with Rural Mutual Insurance and Acuity Insurance. She is a 1992, summa cum laude, graduate of Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where she also earned her MBA. She is a Board Member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Fox Cities, served as the Chairman of the Commercial Lines Underwriting Conference Committee for NAMIC and is a Business Advisory Group Member of Lakeland College and Concordia University. She has held numerous board positions with youth-focused organizations.
Integrity’s Chairman of the Board, Thomas S. Stewart shared, “Jill is a proven insurance industry leader who has been instrumental in directing the recent success of our Commercial Lines operation for Integrity. She has excelled at every assignment she has been given and there is no doubt she will exceed expectations as she assumes this new position”.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to serve in this new capacity for our company and I look forward to working with all of our agents and associates to continue delivering financial stability for all of our stakeholders. We have the best people in the industry working on behalf of our policyholders and I look forward to leading our team”, said Wagner.
As a part of this change in leadership, Stewart also announced that Peter McMurtrie, Vice President, Chief Sales, Marketing and Affiliate Officer of Grange Insurance in Columbus, Ohio was elected to the Board of Directors of the company. Integrity Insurance is an affiliation partner of Grange Insurance. It is also the Board’s intent to nominate and elect Wager to the Board at the upcoming meeting in February.
“Jill has done an outstanding job since arriving at Integrity just over three years ago, where she has overseen tremendous business results as well as building a department that is one of the best in the region. I am very pleased to be working with Jill in her expanded role as our new business leader in Appleton”, said new board member McMurtrie.
