Jan Murakami

Background

About Jan Murakami

I began my Insurance career in 1974 at Prudential in the mail room, working up to the position of Pension Consultant. After six years at Prudential, my family moved to Owatonna for a year which provided me the opportunity to experience the agency side of the insurance industry at Tincher, Peterson and Sincock, Inc. The move back to the Twin Cities brought me to the branch office of Continental Western for a year starting in multi-lines rating and moving into a multi-lines Assistant Underwriter. I was approached by Blackburn, Nickels and Smith, Inc. to fill the Assistant Underwriting position for their Commercial Auto Department and was promoted to Commercial Auto Underwriter shortly after. I have been employed in the Managing General Agency side of insurance ever since moving to Blackburn. When Blackburn, Nickels and Smith, Inc. went up for sale, I found a home at Erickson-Larsen, Inc. as a Commercial Auto Underwriter where I stayed for two years, left to National Truck Underwriting Managers, Inc. for 7 years and came back to Erickson-Larsen, Inc. where I have been for over 14 years. Specialties: All aspects of Commercial Auto, including Truckers, Business Auto, Public Auto and Cargo. Particularly accounts that are more difficult to place.