New RJF president's plans include development of talented leaders.

RJF Agencies, based in Minneapolis, has named two promotions within its executive management team. Tim Fleming has been named president of the company, and Jill Lowder is now the chief operating officer.

Fleming has been with RJF since 1988, and was previously the president of business development. Lowder joined the company in 1994, and was most recently vice president of corporate operations. RJF offers organizational risk management, including commercial insurance and employee benefits.

Fleming cites a talented group of employees for the success of the company, and plans on maintaining that level talent as president. "My vision for RJF is really to focus on the development of leadership and quality people within the company," Fleming said. "One of the largest external challenges we face is recruiting the best producer talent to keep RJF moving in the right direction."

Fleming has set some goals he feels are attainable while he serves as president of RJE "Ideally, we want RJF to be our customers' risk management department in the middle market," he said. Fleming also said one of the internal challenges the company will face trying to reach that goal is "the implementation of RJF's process of managing total cost of risk."

Another internal challenge the company faces is making sure the management team is able to produce the results the customers expect and provide solid leadership for the rest of the company, Fleming said.