News & Events

Liz Benjamin, 15 Years Executive Assistant To President/HR Coordinator I started working for DFG on January 5th 2004. My favorite responsibilities have been, without a doubt, working with our partner’s directly with their onboarding and settling into our program, and my […]

Please join us in extending best wishes to Jo Thornley, who will be retiring from DeForest Group on December 8, 2017. She has been with DeForest Group for the past 7 years and has held the position of Commercial Lines CSR during this time. […]

We are pleased to announce that Diana Morse, CISR, has accepted the position of PL Placer, replacing Lisa Paese. Diana comes to us from an independent agency and has spent 28 years in the industry. During her spare time, she volunteers for our local fire department. […]

  We are happy to announce that we have added Donna O’Bryon, CIC, CISR, SBCS to the DeForest Group team. Donna has been in the insurance industry for the last 20 years. She began her insurance career at State Farm selling and servicing […]

DeForest Group is happy to announce that we have been appointed with Mesa Underwriters Specialty Insurance Company (MUSIC), a subsidiary of Selective that specializes in Excess & Surplus Lines. MUSIC is committed to offering customized solutions for agents to meet their growing need to place […]

We’d like you to join us in welcoming Linda Kimmey, CPCU to DeForest Group. Linda has accepted the role of Regional Manager and will start with us on June 1st. Linda started her insurance career with MetLife Auto & Home in 1979 in […]

   We’d like you to join us in welcoming Scott Kozak, CPCU, CIC back to DeForest Group! Some of you may remember that Scott was with DeForest Group for 12 years and had played many roles under the DG roof in both underwriting and marketing.   Scott is […]

We are excited to announce that DeForest Group is now an Excess & Surplus Lines Broker in New York! To create additional value to our Partner Agents, we have been working hard to establish broad and flexible coverage for your submissions […]

We welcome Malinda Kibbons to the DeForest Group as our new Personal Lines Placement & Underwriting Manager!  Malinda comes to us from MSA Group – NGM Insurance where she was a Business Development Executive for New York & Massachusetts Agents including […]

Retirement Recognition – Joan Donnelly As many of you are well aware, after 13 ½ years with the DeForest Group, and 22 years working with Alan DeForest, Joan Donnelly has retired this past month.  On July 3rd we sent Joan off […]