BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$460.2M
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- US
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Insurance Agents; Brokers & Service
Controller
Jim BrannonNumber of Employees 1,200
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Insurance Agencies and Brokerages: 524210
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Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Joins with Identity Theft 911® to Provide Identity Services and Fraud Expense Coverage
Identity Theft Resolution, Credit Monitoring and Document Recovery Services Available to All Policyholders WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, has recently joined with Identity Theft 911[R] to offer policyholders an endorsement to their property coverage that provides credit monitoring,...
CodeMesh Selected by South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company; JuggerNET In-Process Integration Solution Used in New Administration System Serving Policyholders
CARLISLE, Mass. -- CodeMesh, Inc., the leading provider of solutions for integrating programming languages, today announced that South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company SCFBMIC has selected JuggerNET for use in its new policy and claim administration system called Aperio. The Aperio system will enable analysts, service providers and adjustors...
ImageRight Signs Arkansas Branch of Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc.; Carrier Cites Speed, Ease of Use, Workflow
CONYERS, Ga. -- Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, a large multi-line regional property and casualty insurance company, and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc. have purchased the ImageRight document management system. ImageRight will help the two companies streamline their workflows in underwriting and claims. In addition, ImageRight's...
ACE Claims Pro Of Year Named.(ACE Claims Don Deckert of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. is ACE Claims Professional of the Year)(Brief Article)
The ACE Claims Professional of the Year award was presented last week to Don Deckert of the Wichita-based Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Deckert, who was recently promoted to bodily injury specialist at Farm Bureau, was recognized for his "outstanding achievements during...
INSpire Insurance Solutions Announces Software Licensing Agreement With the Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co
FORT WORTH, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 26, 1999--INSpire Insurance Solutions (Nasdaq:NSPR) announced today a software licensing agreement to provide the company's Underwriting Expert System to The Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. Farm Bureau Mutual, located in Manhattan, Kan. The implementation of these new capabilities will enable Kansas Farm Bureau to automate...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Brannon | Controller |
| Bruce Trost | |
| Craig A. Lang | Director |
| Frank Priestley | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Baccus | Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. | Controller | Current |
Bruce Trost, Executive Vice President of FBL Financial Group, is responsible for Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and Western Agricultural Insurance Company, which are the property-casualty companies managed by FBL. Trost joined FBL in 2004 and has more than 28 years of experience in the Farm Bureau insurance network. Prior to FBL Trost was the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Nodak Mutual Insurance Company, Fargo, North Dakota. Trost began his Farm Bureau insurance career in 1976 as a claims representative for COUNTRY Insurance Company in Illinois. He held various positions within the property casualty companies and was the Illinois State Claims Manager before joining United Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company in 1994 as Vice President of Claims. In 1996, he was named Senior Vice President of the property casualty companies at United Farm Family. Trost returned to COUNTRY Insurance in 1999, where he was Vice President of the property-casualty companies until he assumed the position with Nodak Mutual Insurance Company. Trost holds a bachelor's degree in business from Southern Illinois University. He also completed various insurance and advanced management courses through Wharton School of Business, Drake University, IBM and American Educational Institute, where he received a Senior Claims Law Associate designation. Trost is involved in various industry activities including boards and committees of the Property Loss Research Bureau, Liability Research Institute, Institute for Business and Home Safety, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Property Casualty Insurance Association and American Agricultural Insurance Company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FBL Financial Group, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. | Current | |
| Nodak Mutual Insurance Company | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Nodak Mutual Insurance Company | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Nodak Mutual Insurance Company | Vice President of the Propertycasualty Companies | Former |
| Southern Illinois University | Bachelor's Degree In Business | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kfb AG | President | Current |
| Wesleyan University | Current | |
| Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Western Ag | Director | Current |
| FB Bancorp | Director | Current |
| The First United Methodist Church | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Farm Bureau Federation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kfb AG | Board of Directors | Current |
| FBL Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kf&B | Former | |
| Washburn University | Masters Degrees In Psychology | Former |
| Chapman College | Master's of Psychology Degree | Former |
| Washburn University | Bachelor's of Psychology Degree | Former |
| American Farm Bureau Federation | Member | Former |
Craig A. Lang is the Chairman of the Board, and chair of the Executive Committee. He has been a director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation since 1992 and was its Vice President for six years beginning in 1995. He has been a director of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company since 1993. In December 2001 he was elected President of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and director and President of its subsidiary, Farm Bureau Management Corporation. He was also then named President of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (until 2003), a director and president of EquiTrust Life Insurance Company and a director of Western Agricultural Insurance Company. In 2003 Mr. Lang was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation. He is also a director of FB BanCorp. He served as the Iowa governor's appointed chairman of the Grow Iowa Values Fund, within the Iowa Department of Economic Development, in 2003 and 2004. Mr. Lang has farmed since 1973 in partnership with his father and brother on 1,000 acres near Brooklyn, Iowa where they have a 400 head dairy operation.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company | President | Current |
| The Regents | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Farm Bureau Federation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. | Director | Current |
| Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company | Director | Current |
| Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| FB Bancorp | Director | Current |
| EquiTrust Life Insurance Co. | Director and President | Former |
| FBL Financial Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| The Management Office - FBL Financial Group | Chairman | Former |
| Growmark, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho, Inc. | President | Current |
| Farm Bureau Finance Company Inc. | Director | Current |
| Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company | Director | Current |
| FBL Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. | Director | Current |
| FB Bancorp | Director | Current |
| Farm Bureau Finance Company Inc. | President | Former |
| University of Nottingham | non-executive director | Former |
| Price Waterhouse & Co. | chartered accountant | Former |
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