Thomas C. Jones is a member of the Board of Managers and a senior advisor to the executive officers of The Hagerty Group, LLC, the leading producer of automobile and marine insurance for collectors. Prior to joining Hagerty in 2005, he was a management consultant with Competing Values, LLC.
During 2003 and 2004, Mr. Jones served as the Director of the BBA Program and was Executive-in-Residence at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
Mr. Jones spent nearly a decade at CIGNA, one of the nation’s leading asset management and retirement services firms with assets of more than $80 billion. During his tenure, Mr. Jones served as President of CIGNA Reinsurance: Property & Casualty, president of CIGNA Individual Insurance, and President of CIGNA Investment Management. He retired from CIGNA in 2002 after serving as President of CIGNA Retirement & Services Division.
Prior to joining CIGNA, Mr. Jones was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NAC Re Corporation, where he became a founding member of the company’s Board of Directors. Earlier, he held several senior management positions at General Re Corporation and served as Michigan’s Commissioner of Insurance. Mr. Jones has also worked in an executive capacity in the Michigan Department of Commerce and as an advisor in the office of former Michigan Governor William G. Milliken.
From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Jones was a member of the Board of Directors of CUNA Mutual Group, the leading financial services provider to credit unions and their members. He is currently a member of the President’s Advisory Group of the University of Michigan. He is also a member of the Visiting Committee and a former member of the Alumni Society Board of Governors of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. In 2005, the school awarded Mr. Jones the Bert F. Wertman Alumni Service Award. He is a Fellow of Northwestern Michigan College and a member of the Board of Directors of the NMC Foundation. In 2008, Mr. Jones was inducted into the Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame.
Mr. Jones received his Associate of Arts degree from Northwestern Michigan College and his BBA and MBA degrees from the University of Michigan. He has also participated in the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.