Posted: 6/4/2008

Professional Farm Mutual Manager Designation (PFMM)

The NAMIC Professional Farm Mutual Manager (PFMM) designation formally recognizes the educational accomplishments and dedication to professionalism of the progressive farm mutual manager and farm mutual leaders.

Becoming A PFMM

Submit a completed Professional Farm Mutual Manager application with a one-time $50 administrative fee. We recommend submitting applications prior to starting the process so we can best track your event attendance.
Serve in a management role in a farm mutual insurance company or in a management role that actively and regularly works with farm mutual insurance companies.
Have a minimum of five years property/casualty insurance experience at the time of completion.
Attend, in any order, the three PFMM modules as well as one additional in-person NAMIC event, excluding the Annual Convention all in five years.
Sign the PFMM sign-in sheets onsite at NAMIC events. The PFMM Courses at Convention use an electronic attendance tracking system.
New PFMMs are certified on August 1 of each year regardless of when requirements were completed.

PFMM Modules

To view the learning objectives for each module, click on the module name.

Strategic Business Management	Underwriting & Claims	Financial Management
Management & Leadership Principles	Underwriting-Property & Liability	Past, Present, and Future of Farm Mutual Insurance
Public Relations and Marketing	Loss Control	Corporate Governance
Agency Relations and Development	Claims	Reinsurance
Human Resources and Personnel Management	Technology	Financial Management
Self-Management	Ethics & Legal Issues	Self-Management
	Self-Management

Module Rotation Schedule

Year	Month	Location	Module
2013	May	Madison, Wis	Financial Management
2013	September	Seattle, Wash.	Strategic Business Management
2014	May	Kansas City, Mo.	Underwriting & Claims
2014	September	National Harbour, Md.	Financial Management
2015	May	TBD	Strategic Business Management
2015	September	San Diego, Calif.	Underwriting & Claims

Once Certified

The new PFMM class is formally recognized at the Annual Convention during the FMC Annual Meeting of Members. Here, graduates receive the completion certificate, lapel pin, and participate in the class photo.
All PFMMs with an active, certified status will receive a 20% discount at NAMIC in-person events, where applicable. Discount applies only to the certified individual and is not transferable.
PFMMs must attend a NAMIC in-person event, excluding the Annual Convention, every 24 months in order to maintain an active, certified status. The first maintenance event must be completed no more than 24 months following the date of certification (August 1).

Individuals' records are maintained by NAMIC and transcript reports are distributed annually. While NAMIC will make every effort to maintain accurate records, individuals are responsible for reporting discrepancies immediately upon discovery.

PFMM Manager of the Year

2012 | Wilbur Maas, PFMM – President, Farmers Mutual Insurance Association, Hull, Iowa

The PFMM Class of 2012 includes:

Brian Dettmer, company manager, German Mutual Insurance Company of Indiana, Decatur, Ind.
Christopher Fries, insurance adjuster/inspector, Boeuf & Berger Mutual Insurance Company, New Haven, Mo.
Paul Klasinski, marketing manager, McMillan Warner Mutual Insurance Company, Marshfield, Wis.
Donna Magness, company business manager, Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Clinton County Missouri, Plattsburg, Mo.
Steven Morris, manager, Dupont Mutual Insurance Company, Marion, Wis.
Kevin Mosley, president, Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Macon, Macon, Mo.
Paul Rosenow, general manager/secretary/treasurer, Fountain City Mutual Insurance Company, Fountain City, Wis.
Douglas Steele, secretary/manager, Farmers Home Insurance Company of Knox County, Vincennes, Ind.
Brian Taylor, president/CEO, Municipal Mutual Insurance Company, Wellsburg, W. Va.
David Wilson, claims manager, Grayson Carroll Wythe Mutual Insurance Company, Galax, Va.