Jeff Koch is President and CEO of the United Methodist Insurance Company. He also maintains a limited role as a business and insurance consultant in Brentwood, Tennessee. Mr. Koch’s areas of expertise include insurance; captive insurance and alternative risk management programs; business planning; business development; and affinity member benefit programs. Mr. Koch has worked with national associations, affinity groups, and companies consulting on captives and insurance, member benefit programs, and pricing and feasibility studies for enterprise risk captive insurance companies.Mr. Koch has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management.Previously Mr. Koch was Vice President of Member Benefits for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). He established and managed the operation of NFIB’s in-house life and health and property and casualty insurance agencies and its property and casualty managing general agency. He was responsible for the operation of five programs sponsored by NFIB written through state workers compensation funds (Arizona, Maryland, Montana, Ohio, and Texas) and one group self-insurance program (Alabama). The total premium in the programs exceeded $150 million. He also managed NFIB’s relationships with FedEx, Dell, Bank of America, Solveras Payment Solutions, Payce Payroll Services, and a number of other business partners.Prior to joining NFIB, he worked for two international insurance brokerage firms for eleven years developing and operating affinity group programs including risk purchasing groups, captives, and self-insured groups. He managed a group captive insurance company for seven years. His clients included non-profit clinics, hazardous material carriers, chemical manufacturers, equipment dealers, and NFIB. He developed loss probability studies and loss projections, and evaluated and reviewed security requirements for the captive insurance companies he managed.Mr. Koch worked as an Industrial Engineer for seven years focusing on operations analysis, systems analysis and design, and reducing the cost and frequency of workplace injuries. He was employed by United States Steel and Ingram Barge Company.Contact us here