Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
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RJF Agencies' Jeatran Named "Entrepreneur Of The Year" Finalist for the Second Time
Independent panel selects RJF CEO for Ernst & Young's Upper Midwest award
MINNEAPOLIS (April 28, 2008)—For the second straight year, regional business, academic and community leaders selected RJF Agencies’ Chief Executive Officer Bill Jeatran, who is also the chairman of the international brokerage group Assurex Global, as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program. Nominees from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota were judged on each business’s overall success and its impact on employees and the community, as well as the individual’s vision, overall leadership, achievement and social responsibility.
“These finalists are the best of the best, embodying the unique spirit of entrepreneurialism,” said Bill Miller, Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Markets Partner for the Upper Midwest. They positively impact our region in a major way, through jobs, community growth and development and innovation. Ernst & Young is proud to salute them.”
RJF President Tim Fleming said, “I came to RJF in 1988 because Bill’s vision captivated and excited me, and I believed in the character-based culture he was creating at RJF. He knows the only way for us to continue succeeding is to have quality people who live their values professionally and personally. Still, to this day, I’m excited and proud to work next to, and with, Bill and the entire staff of professional, values-driven people at RJF.”
The eventual regional award recipients, who will be named on June 5, will be eligible to participate in the national Entrepreneur Of The Year program later this year.
Click here to read Ernst & Young’s press release.
About RJF Agencies
Founded in 1986, RJF Agencies is one of the “Top 100 Brokers of U.S. Business” according to Business Insurance magazine. Its values-driven approach facilitates growth and strengthens companies by reducing the cost of risk for more than 5,000 corporate clients through five offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Its services include employee benefits, commercial insurance, alternative risk programs, loss prevention, claim management, human resource consulting, health management and financial services. The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal named it as one of the fastest growing private companies in Minnesota six times in the past nine years and a Great Place to Work in 2005 and 2006. More information is at www.rjfagencies.com.
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