Thomas J. Jerger

Mr. Jerger has over forty four years of executive experience in property and casualty insurance specializing in homeowner and mobile homeowner’s products. Mr. Jerger is part of a family that has been involved in the Florida insurance business since 1946.

Tom Jerger currently serves, as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of American Traditions Insurance Company. This domestic insurance company protects over 100,000 homeowners in Florida. In this executive role, Mr. Jerger provides strategic vision and oversight to all functional disciplines and all members of management.

Mr. Jerger has great Florida property insurance institutional knowledge that he utilizes to guide the executive management team and the companies through the difficult Florida homeowner marketplace. He is well respected by Florida regulators, legislators and executives. Tom uses his knowledge of the Florida marketplace to advocate for long term solutions to Florida’s homeowner’s insurance problems and promotes long term answers that benefit future generations of Floridians rather than quick simple answers that just serve as temporary fixes at greater cost to Floridians in the future. Working with the Legislature and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) has been a priority for Mr. Jerger. He worked vigorously to see that the citizens of Florida receive the statutory protection necessary to protect their policyholders.