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Brooks Lofstedt -
Brooks is our General
Manager. He grew up in central Iowa and attended Iowa State
University, where he graduated with a degree in Agriculture and Agronomy.
He moved to Central Nebraska after graduation where he worked as a Farm
Manager and Insurance Agency Manager for a local bank. In this position, he
held Insurance Licenses in Property & Casualty, Crop, Life and Health as
well as being a fully licensed Real Estate Broker. After five years in
Nebraska, he and his wife moved to central Wisconsin to be closer to their
family and friends. They currently live in Merrill where his wife Alesha
works as a Physical Therapist for Good Samaritan Health Center. June of
2005 marked the birth of their first son, Wilson. Brooks has held an
underwriter position with Wausau-Stettin since beginning with the company,
and is now looking forward to this next challenge. He is also currently
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| Jim Schoneman - Jim is our Claims Manager and also our Assistant Manager. He was born and raised in New Jersey but has spent the last 30 years or so in Wisconsin. He worked field claims for over 20 years with two large commercial insurers, and now is enjoying the advantages of working for a smaller company with local customers. Jim is married and has two sons. When not on the job you can usually find him either in his workshop or in his canoe. |
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| Bruce Calmes - Bruce is a native of Merrill, and has worked for Wausau Stettin since 2001. Bruce has an extensive background in farming and construction which suits him well in the handling of our property claims. Bruce served on the Town of Maine board for four years and also served on several Faith Lutheran Church boards. Bruce is married with three children and two grandchildren. Bruce enjoys hunting, trapping and fishing. |
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Dennis Vujnovich -
Dennis moved to
Wausau area 20 yrs ago and started at Wausau
Stettin February 28,2005. Dennis has
an extensive background in remodeling and construction and was self employed
for seven yrs. He has three wonderful daughters, and enjoys golf, hunting, fishing
and traveling. He enjoys his new job and thinks the staff here is great! |
| Trish Jicinsky (TJ) - Trish Jicinsky has lived in the Wausau area all of her life, and has worked for Wausau-Stettin since 1990. Trish assists the claims adjusters by setting up new claims and processing claims from open to close, gathering various information for claims and company claim reports. Trish enjoys the variety of tasks working for a small company offers. |
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Nancy Frostman -
Nancy
Frostman
started her insurance career in 1984. She worked for two major
insurance companies before coming to Wausau-Stettin in 2001. Nancy has her
Associate of Insurance and her IIA General Principles of Insurance. Nancy
grew up in central Wisconsin on a dairy farm, and currently lives in Wausau with
her husband and
two little children that keep her very busy.
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Kathy Frederick - Kathy is a graduate of the University
of Wisconsin Stevens Point and comes
to us with a varied background in retail, customer service, and office
experience. She enjoys the small office setting most because of the
variety it offers. Kathy is married with two grown children and one
beautiful granddaughter. |
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Sue Gearin - Sue is the
latest addition to our Underwriting Staff, starting in October of 2005. Sue
was a Personal Lines CSR/Agent in the Waupaca and Stevens Point area for the
past 8 years. She has one daughter and has lived all over the world, but
calls Wisconsin home. She enjoyed working with Wausau-Stettin as an agent
and now really enjoys working with the WSMIC staff as an Underwriter. |
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Chris Meurett
- Chris started with Wausau-Stettin Mutual in April of 2005. Her main
duties are accounts receivable and processing. She has worked with
personal lines of insurance for the last 3 1/2 years and is a Licensed
Resident Intermediary. Chris has also had many years of administrative duties in
large companies. She enjoys a smaller company and the variety of
duties. |
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Kathy Skalecke -
Kathy was
lucky enough to grow up around the world, and settled in central Wisconsin
in 1961.She started with Wausau-Stettin in 1990. Among her duties are
processing, general ledger, and bookkeeping. |
| Lynn Jensen - Lynn is our most tenured employee here at Wausau-Stettin, beginning with the company in 1985. Her duties include, but are not limited to accounts payable, answering the telephone, and policy processing. Away from work Lynn enjoys spending time with her family, camping, making maple syrup, and time at her cabin in the woods. |
| Cheryl Zimmermann -Cheryl comes to us from the North Wisconsin District Office of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod where she was employed for almost 15 years as an administrative assistant. She does policy processing and special projects, such as the WSMIC Spotlight and updating the web site. Cheryl was born and raised in the Athens area on a dairy farm in the township of Rib Falls. She enjoys entering articles at the Wisconsin Valley Fair and singing in her church choir. |
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Ray Baine - Ray joined the
Wausau-Stettin family in September 2003, after retiring from Wausau
Insurance Companies where he had spent 35 years as a Systems Analyst.
His primary responsibilities at Wausau-Stettin include the development of
property inspection material for the various inspectors, the pick-up and
processing of the daily mail, and the processing of the film generated
during the inspection process. |
| Tracy Kurtzweil - Tracy is college student at UWMC and helps us out working around her hectic school schedule. She does various tasks around the office including filing, pulling endorsements, typing letters and other odds and ends. She also helps out on her family farm and works part time at a local retail store. |
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Carol Clark - Carol has been with Wausau-Stettin for over 14 years.
In 2005 she decided to go part time, she is now working 3 days a week.
She is helping the underwriting department on special projects such as
rolling over the old books of business to the newer Wausau-Stettin program.
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