Careers in the Insurance Industry

Jody Parker is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. He began his career as a State Trooper with the SC Highway Patrol. He accepted a position with SC Farm Bureau Insurance in their Special Investigations Unit in 1999. Mr. Parker has earned the following professional designations: Fraud Claim Law Associate, Associate in Claims and Certified Insurance Fraud Investigator. He was promoted to Manager of the Special Investigations Unit in 2007 and continues to serve in that capacity. His area of emphasis is investigating various types of property and casualty fraud.

Lisa Kerns is the Director of Actuarial and Regulatory Services for SC Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance. Her duties include responsibility for data analytics, ratemaking, reserve analysis, statistical reporting, regulatory filings and interdepartmental initiatives. She began her career with Farm Bureau in 1990 after graduating from Erskine college with an AB degree in Mathematics with an emphasis in Computer Science. Kerns is an associate member of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. She is an AIR Worldwide Certified Catastrophe Modeler and serves on the Actuarial Committee of the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association.