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Bruce Trost, Executive Vice President of FBL Financial Group, is responsible for Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and Western Agricultural Insurance Company, which are the property-casualty companies managed by FBL.
Bruce joined FBL in 2004 and has more than 28 years of experience in the Farm Bureau insurance network. Prior to FBL Bruce was the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Nodak Mutual Insurance Company, Fargo, North Dakota. Bruce began his Farm Bureau insurance career in 1976 as a claims representative for COUNTRY Insurance Company in Illinois. He held various positions within the property casualty companies and was the Illinois State Claims Manager before joining United Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company in 1994 as Vice President of Claims. In 1996, he was named Senior Vice President of the property casualty companies at United Farm Family. Bruce returned to COUNTRY Insurance in 1999, where he was Vice President of the propertycasualty companies until he assumed the position with Nodak Mutual Insurance Company.
Bruce holds a bachelor's degree in business from Southern Illinois University. He also completed various insurance and advanced management courses through Wharton School of Business, Drake University, IBM and American Educational Institute, where he received a Senior Claims Law Associate designation.
Bruce is involved in various industry activities including boards and committees of the Property Loss Research Bureau, Liability Research Institute, Institute for Business and Home Safety, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Property Casualty Insurance Association and American Agricultural Insurance Company. | 