Pekin Insurance Holds Annual Meeting
By Pekin Insurance · Mar 30, 2022 ·1 min read
Pekin Insurance held annual meetings of the following entities: The Farmers Automobile Insurance Association, Farmers Automobile Management Corporation, Pekin Insurance Company, and Pekin Select Insurance Company on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at their Home Office in Pekin, Illinois.
Daniel V. Connell, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, made these announcements:
Joel Jackson was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Property and Casualty companies and Senior Vice President of the Pekin Life Insurance Company. He succeeds Dina Schultz, who retired on January 14, 2022.
Jocelyn Duncan was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Life Company and Senior Vice President of the Property & Casualty companies. She succeeds Brian Lee who will be retiring on April 1, 2022.
David Coughlin was elected Vice President – Sales and Marketing of all Pekin Insurance companies. He succeeds Joel Jackson.
Eric Shane was elected Vice President – Life Underwriting of Pekin Life Insurance Company. He succeeds Jocelyn Duncan.
The following directors announced their retirements from the board: Scott Martin, Chris Schwartz, and Steve Anderson. All three will remain on the board until the Pekin Life Insurance Company annual meeting on May 10, 2022.
Newly elected board members to fill the retirees’ spots include Brian Dennison, Dealer Operator at Ray Dennison Chevrolet and Ray Dennison Buick GMC Cadillac; Jim Hefti, Vice President of Human Resources at Advanced Technology Services, Inc.; and Nikki Roser, President of First Bank.
Pekin Insurance is a group name adopted to designate the combined operation of The Farmers Automobile Insurance Association, Pekin Insurance Company, Pekin Select Insurance Company, and Pekin Life Insurance Company.
Pekin Insurance has been in business since 1921 and is one of the leading insurers in the state of Illinois, providing multiple lines of insurance. Pekin Insurance offers insurance coverage in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, and Wisconsin through its growing agency force which now totals 1,003 independent agencies and 8,587 insurance producers in the six-state area. The company is headquartered in Pekin, Illinois, with service offices at Phoenix, Arizona; O’Fallon and Warrenville, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Des Moines, Iowa; Columbus, Ohio; and Appleton, Wisconsin.
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