Grinnell Mutual Names Crawford President and CEO

Steve Crawford has been named president and chief executive officer at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company located in Grinnell, Iowa. For the past two years, Crawford has served as the company’s chief operating officer.

During Crawford’s 34-year career at Grinnell Mutual he has served in a variety of roles: West Central Illinois marketing representative, assistant marketing director, assistant vice president of reinsurance underwriting, regional vice president, and senior vice president of the Reinsurance Division.

He holds a Business Administration degree from Iowa State University. He also holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation from the American Institute for Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters and the Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designation from the Insurance Institute of America.

Crawford replaces Dan Agnew, who retired after 19 years as Grinnell Mutual’s president and CEO.

Grinnell Mutual reinsures 294 affiliated farm mutual companies in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Source: Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, www.grinnellmutual.com