AF Group Announces 2023 Employee Awards

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Oct 18, 2023, 08:00 ET

LANSING, Mich., Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AF Group, a nationally recognized holding company whose affiliated companies provide workers' compensation and other specialty insurance solutions across the U.S., has named the recipients of its annual employee awards. These significant honors recognize teammates who demonstrate AF Group's People First culture through their outstanding character, leadership and commitment to excellence.

"Each of our winners is an absolute shining example of who we are as a People First, values-driven organization," said Lisa Corless, president and CEO. "These strong leaders and exceptional teammates are committed to their teams and to each other, as well as to our customers and valued agent partners. We're all made better by having them as part of our team."

Recipients of AF Group's employee awards are nominated by their peers and leaders based on exceptional performance. The 2023 winners include:

AmeriTrust Employee of the Year: Jen Kuns, Marketing & Client Services Specialist
AF Group Employee of the Year: Travis Miller, Specialty Billing Representative II
AmeriTrust Leader of the Year: Jason Foreman, Senior Vice President for Underwriting
AF Group Leader of the Year: Shannon Scholten, Managing Director, Communications & Community Relations

Pinnacle Award – recognizes achievement of teammates who support AF Group, as part of our Enterprise Services teams.

Rachel Black – Innovation Project Coordinator, AF Group
John Cameron – Training Specialist II, AF Group
James Collins – Senior Business Analyst, AmeriTrust
Katie Janik – Training Specialist II, AF Group
Barb McClung – Scrum Master, AF Group
Michael Miller – Inserter Operator, AF Group
Patty Rauth – Compliance Consultant, AF Group
Danielle Sabol – Senior Compliance Analyst, AmeriTrust
Amanda Sills – Senior Customer Experience Advisor, AF Group
Lisa Trzebiatowski – TeleCompCare Product Training & Support Specialist, AF Group

Horizon Award – recognizes teammates in one of AF Group's Specialty Lines, including Century Insurance, Fundamental Underwriters and AF Specialty.

Melissa Knapp – Senior Claim Representative I, Fundamental Underwriters
Nicole Larson – Senior Underwriter, AmeriTrust
Chris Pinney – Administrative Assistant, AmeriTrust
Samantha Reitz – Enterprise Application Developer, AmeriTrust
Zuzana Schneider – Senior Reinsurance Analyst, AF Group

Legend Award – recognizes teammates within and/or who serve AF Group's Commercial Markets division and AmeriTrust Admitted teammates.

Machelle Davidson – Senior Claim Representative I, Accident Fund
Sara Fortino – Claim Representative II, Accident Fund
Louise Ghrawi – Supervisor, Loss Control, CompWest
Michael Haworth – Premium Analyst II, Assigned Risk Solutions
Janelle Krainz – Senior Insurance Operations Advisor, United Heartland
Melissa LaSusa – Senior Claim Representative II, United Heartland
Melissa Roy – Senior Underwriter, AmeriTrust
Nicholas Velasquez – Premium Analyst II, AF Group
Tony Vu – Claim Representative II, CompWest
Julie Zigler – Lead Underwriting Technical Specialist, AF Group

Special Recognition – honors a group of teammates for their contributions to AF Group and AmeriTrust's strategic integration efforts in 2023.

Alicia Harris – Strategic Planning Associate, AF Group
Deirdre Kolm – Managing Director of Integration, AmeriTrust
Geoff Pavlic – Assistant General Counsel II, AF Group
Kevin Risen – Senior Vice President for Underwriting, AmeriTrust
Olivia Rogers – Managing Director, Reinsurance & Analytics, AF Group

About AF Group
AF Group is a nationally recognized holding company whose affiliated insurance companies are premier providers of specialty insurance solutions offered through independent agents nationwide. All policies are underwritten by a licensed insurer subsidiary. For more information, visit afgroup.com. © AF Group.

Contact:
Marissa Sura
(517) 896-3707
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AFGroup.com

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