2014 40 Under 40 Broker Awards: Michael L. Jahner
West Region Reprints
Vice president and co-program manager
Alliant Insurance Services Inc.
Age: 37
One thing that can safely be said about Michael L. Jahner, Phoenix-based vice president and co-program manager for Alliant Insurance Services Inc.'s life science and medical product solutions group, is that he inspires loyalty.
John Ginzler, who recently joined Philadelphia-based biotech firm Soleo Health Inc. as vice president of finance, said he is looking forward to working once again with Mr. Jahner.
It will be the third company at which Mr. Ginzler has used Mr. Jahner's services, Mr. Ginzler said.
“He's the type of guy who just rolls his sleeves up, dives into what you have, identifies very well what the risks are” and provides good risk mitigation strategies, Mr. Ginzler said.
Mr. Jahner, who joined Alliant in 2005 as an associate broker after a year-long recruitment effort by Alliant's management, said one of the things he likes about his job is that he deals with developing technology “that can really be significant game changers for a lot of people” and save lives.
Mr. Jahner also said he likes the freedom to run his own business within the framework of a larger company.
“One of the great things about insurance is you are rewarded for how hard you work. You're rewarded for how well you produce and retain your business,” he said.
Mr. Jahner, who had previously worked in sales for FedEx Services, a unit of Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx Corp., says, “I learned early on, when I was in sales, that I liked working with people and liked helping people.”
Certainly, Mr. Ginzler would agree that Mr. Jahner has admirably succeeded in being helpful.
“Mike is my vp of risk mitigation,” he said.
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