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Agency Forward® offers timely, relevant expertise on the topics that matter most to agents and their clients; from economic insights and guidance for your clients to advice for managing and growing your agency.

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Articles for Agency Forward® are provided by Nationwide’s subject matter experts and guest authors. See more information about the authors below.

Mark Anderson

Associate Vice President of Nationwide's Commercial Property Claims

Ken Anderson

Loss Control Consultant, Nationwide CL Middle Market

John Anthony

Vice President of Excess & Surplus Contract Commercial Property & Casualty

Ben Ayers

Senior Economist

Julie Bergstedt

VP, Personal Lines Services

Mark Berven

President and COO, Property & Casualty

Jeffrey R. Brassel

PE, CSP® Consultant Chicago, Ill

Lory Burgos

Senior Consultant, Enterprise Diverse Marketing

Gregory Byrne

Senior Consultant

Luis Calva

Sr. Consultant, Telematics Marketing Lead

Ivan Castano

Construction Middle Market Director

Greg Chodora

Associate Vice President of Middle Market Construction

Jeff Cose

Associate Vice President of Nationwide’s National Bond Center

Tammy Craig

Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Property & Casualty Technology

Blair Crossan

Vice President, P&C Sales Experience

Ben Davis

Loss Control Manager

John Doherty

Staff Leader for Nationwide's Middle Market Practice Group

Andre Dolhyj

Senior Property Consultant, Nationwide Loss Control

Agency Forward Editorial Team

Editorial Team

Dennis Ehrmin

AVP, Agency Marketing

Tony Fenton

Vice President of Commercial Lines Underwriting and Product

Gary Flaherty

Vice President of Excess & Surplus Commercial Auto

Molly Flanagan

Associate Vice President of Workers’ Compensation Claims

Pete Frey

Director Commercial Lines Telematics

Martha Frye

Senior Vice President, Personal Lines Claims

Anthony Grieser

P.E. Technical Director - Construction

Tiffany Grinstead

Vice President, P&C Agency Marketing

Matt Bailey, Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor

Brian Halaiko

Sr. Consultant, P&C Public Policy at Nationwide Insurance

Karen Hanna

Underwriting Manager, E&S Contract Commercial P&C

Kelly Hernandez

Associate Vice President, Personal Lines Telematics

Grant Hilton

ARM®, AU®, CFPS®, CRIS® Loss Control Consultant

Sarah Jacobs

Vice President of Personal Lines Product Development

Valencia Jones

Sales Associate Vice President

Vickie Kilgore

Senior Risk Management Consultant for Loss Control Services

Jay Larsen

Vice President, Enterprise Sales Activation

Grace Lee

Senior Consultant for New Product Development

Brad Liggett

President, Nationwide Agribusiness

Jim Lindsey

Sr. Workers’ Compensation Consultant, Commercial Lines Middle Market

John Lopes

Senior Vice President, Product Expansion, Nationwide

Nick McCleish

Associate Vice President of sales for Nationwide Agribusiness

Mark McGhiey

Associate Vice President of Loss Control Services

Lance Reeve

Senior Risk Management Consultant of Loss Control Services

Jeff Rommel

Senior Vice President Property & Casualty Sales and Distribution

Laramie Sandquist

Associate Vice President of Risk Management

Teresa Scharn, ACAS

Vice President, Product Development Personal Lines

Zerona Sharpe

Director of Middle Market Business Development

Brad Snyder

ARM - Agribusiness & Farm/Ranch Marketing Director - P&C Marketing

Jeremy Staun

Vice President, Western Sales & Distribution

Becky Steinfeldt

P&C Product Development Director

Linda Stueber

VP, P&C Middle Market Sales & Distribution

Cheryl Tamasitis

CPCU RVP, Commercial Lines, Specialty Care Services

Simon Tanner

Sr. Consultant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance, Liability

Thomas Townsend

Connected Business and IoT Product Manager

Joseph Werner

Associate Vice President, Private Company Management Liability, New York, NY

Chad Wilson

Associate Vice President in the Office of Government Relations

Clare Ryan Wydeven

Associate Vice President of Middle Market Construction

Lu Yarbrough III

Associate Vice President, Enterprise Diverse and Cause Marketing

Katie Yun

Senior Social Media Consultant