{"id":7772,"date":"2021-10-13T11:26:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guaranteedrateinsurance.com\/?p=7772"},"modified":"2024-11-13T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:24:42","slug":"rate-insurance-appoints-jeff-wingate-as-executive-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rate.com\/insurance\/resources\/rate-insurance-appoints-jeff-wingate-as-executive-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Rate Insurance Appoints Jeff Wingate as Executive Vice President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>October 13, 2021 (CHICAGO) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guaranteedrateinsurance.com\/\">Rate Insurance<\/a>, an independent brokerage that offers personal, commercial, life and specialty insurance, announces it has hired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeffrey-wingate-a43766a\/\">Jeff Wingate<\/a> as its new Executive Vice President to drive growth and diversify its product offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As EVP and Head of Rate Insurance, Wingate, an industry veteran with more than 30 years of relevant experience, will lead the team of more than 200 insurance professionals and focus on organic growth, and mergers and acquisitions. Wingate\u2019s goal will be enhancing the company\u2019s distribution model and building a top national insurance brokerage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to bring Jeff onto the team because of his past history leading, building, and growing a very successful national insurance brokerage,\u201d said Guaranteed Rate President and CEO Victor Ciardelli. \u201cHis experience will help us take our already very strong platform and enable us to scale very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wingate joins Rate Insurance after more than nine years at a high-growth national personal lines insurance brokerage leading its standard personal lines and commercial operations and acquiring and integrating over 40 acquisitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Wingate delivered double-digit organic growth while holding various national sales leadership and management positions at major insurance brokerage firms. He began his career at Chubb Insurance and Marsh McLennan, spending more than 15 years as an underwriter, broker, client executive and head of sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRate Insurance is committed to serving its customers like no other company in the FinTech space and becoming a top brokerage in the insurance industry,\u201d said Wingate. \u201cI was drawn to the culture of the company, its national presence, strong brand and passionate team. I look forward to making a strategic impact for the company as we continue to deliver the highest quality customer experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wingate has a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Economics from Hobart College in New York and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Leonard N. 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