OFBF leaders attend Nationwide Conference From left, Dan Rapp, OFBF director of member services, Brent Hostetler, Madison County Farm Bureau president, and Mike Medwid of Nationwide Health Plans took part in Nationwide’s recent national policyholder conference in Columbus. Also representing Farm Bureau at the meeting were Randy Brown, Wyandot County president, Lee Kellogg, Ashtabula County president, and Jeff Watkins, OFBF vice president of field services. OFBF’s participants joined representatives of five other Farm Bureaus and 10 farm co-op organizations at the national policyholder conference. Nationwide conducts the meeting annually for farm-based customers to voice their questions, comments and suggestions directly to members of Nationwide’s board and management team. Nationwide held three similar meetings specifically for OFBF members in March. Farm insurance was a predominant theme at both the national and statewide meetings, along with liability coverages and proper valuation of farm buildings and other property. Nationwide companies are the largest insurers of farms and farm co-ops in the United States. OFBF leaders started Nationwide in 1926 as Farm Bureau Mutual and serves as the company’s original "sponsor" organization. The insurer began holding policyholder meetings in 1952, three years before changing its name to Nationwide. Photo by Laura Sauer of Nationwide | |