Joining the team to support Joshua Lauth and Michael Thiebert, Jessica will play a key role in scaling the portfolio during a period of significant growth for the business, helping to drive underwriting growth while continuing to strengthen broker and agent experience across the platform.
Growth in agriculture underwriting takes specialist knowledge, discipline, strong broker relationships, and people who understand the realities facing farming businesses today. Jessica’s appointment reflects a continued investment in underwriting expertise, operational excellence, and specialist agriculture solutions as Rokstone Agriculture continues to expand its presence across the US market.
Built on Specialist Expertise
Jessica joins Rokstone Agriculture with 17 years of insurance experience and deep specialist expertise across agriculture and casualty underwriting. She most recently spent a decade at Westfield Insurance, holding senior underwriting and underwriting quality leadership roles, where she developed a strong reputation for combining underwriting discipline with commercial thinking.
Her background also includes positions with Amica Mutual Insurance and Montana Insurance Agency, giving her broad market insight across both carrier and agency environments.
Throughout her career, Jessica has focused on helping businesses grow profitably while improving underwriting processes, controls, and customer outcomes - experience that aligns closely with Rokstone Agriculture’s long-term ambitions.
Supporting Growth Across Farm and Ranch
Rokstone Agriculture’s Farm and Ranch division has experienced record growth this year, driven by increasing demand for specialist agriculture underwriting and a deeper technical understanding of the complex risks facing the US farming industry.
As the portfolio continues to expand, Jessica’s role will focus on several key areas, including:
● Driving underwriting growth across the Farm and Ranch portfolio
● Enhancing the broker and agent experience
● Strengthening underwriting quality, governance, and compliance frameworks
● Identifying new opportunities across the agriculture market
Jessica’s appointment reflects our broader commitment to building a modern underwriting platform that combines specialist expertise with operational agility and technology-enabled decision making.
A Modern Approach to Agriculture Underwriting
Speaking about her appointment, Joshua Lauth, President of Rokstone Agriculture Farm and Ranch, believes Jessica is a fantastic addition to the team, with the skills and expertise to make things happen.
He said, “Jessica understands the unique set of challenges facing the farming community. She brings with her a desire to make things better, whether that be responding faster to emerging risks, differentiating on service, or delivering compliance confidence for both carriers and agents alike.”
Jessica added, “Rokstone has a culture of autonomy, entrepreneurialism, and empowerment unlike anything I have seen before, and certainly different from what you see with legacy brands. It gives me an opportunity to make a real impact, to drive growth, and get back to doing what I love best.”
As we scale our Farm and Ranch platform, adding strong underwriting expertise remains a big part of how we support brokers, agents, and carriers in an increasingly complex agriculture market. It takes the right people to do that well, which is why we are delighted to have Jessica on board. Please join us in giving her a warm Rokstone welcome to the team.
