Farmers Insurance Group announces the appointment of Susan Bithell to the position of vice president and chief underwriting officer.
In her new role, Bithell will oversee the continued alignment of the company’s underwriting strategy, processes and methodology across a number of business units.
Bithell began her career with Farmers in 1983 as an auto underwriter in the Pocatello regional office. In 1984 she moved to the regional marketing department where she held several positions including life representative, division agency manager, and regional marketing education manager. She was promoted in 1991 to zone life marketing manager in the home office. In 1993 she received a promotion to division marketing manager in Colorado and in 1996 she was promoted to regional marketing manager in Merced, CA. In 1997, she was promoted to director forecasting, research, and financial analysis where she oversaw catastrophe modeling, personal lines financial reports, and data reporting. In 2000 she moved to the newly-created position of director of customer advocacy. In 2001 she returned to field operations as the state executive director in Nevada. Her most recent assignment was as vice president and state executive director of Washington State. -PRNewswire
