About Us

Joseph Jones - President and Chief Executive Officer
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Mr. Jones, a licensed attorney, was in private practice for over fifteen years with a large southeastern U.S. law firm specializing in corporate and employment law, banking and real estate. In 1998, he became general counsel for an Alabama holding company consisting of various companies specializing in communications, technology, real estate and claims administration.

In 2002, Mr. Jones joined one entity of the holding company, Allied American Adjusting Company and shortly thereafter was named President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Jones later helped re-organize Allied American Adjusting Company and merge it with a telecommunications company creating what is today Allied American.

Throughout his career, he has served on numerous business, civic, and association boards. As Allied American’s CEO, he uses his experience in legal and corporate management to create a full range of business and insurance services for Allied American’s customers while being involved in a significant amount of day-to-day activities of the company.

Rebecca J. Fussell - Executive Vice President of Business Services
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Becky joined Allied American in February 2007. Becky has 25 years experience in insurance industry, inclusive of Executive Director of the Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association and Chief Financial Officer with Citizens Property Insurance Company. Additionally, Becky served as Chief Executive Officer of Continental Systems, a full service provider of call support services and adjuster staffing for the insurance industry.

Becky has extensive experience in public affairs, insurance regulation, finance and legislative interaction, having been involved with the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance and the Florida House Committee on Insurance. Additionally, Becky has served in various capacities with Property Insurance Plans Service Offices, Windstorm Insurance Network and Residual Property Insurance Market Coordinating Council.

Mike Minogue - Daily Claims Manager
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Mike Minogue has been in the insurance claims industry since 2006. He is a general adjuster and has experience handling commercial, residential, and complex losses.

During 2006, Mike handled large loss claims, with multiple dwelling locations for the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA). He worked as a Team Lead managing the crews working on the Condo Association losses. In addition, he participated as a member of a small team working directly with the SIU Department of FIGA. For Hurricane Ike, Mike worked with the City of Pasadena, Texas (League of Cities) in adjusting commercial properties as well as 5 other municipalities. His concise breakdown of the loss was used successfully in several litigation cases.

Mike performed over 600 Wind Mitigation Inspections for the My Safe Florida Home Program. He managed Allied American’s field inspectors for the Wind Mitigation Inspection Clients. Mike was responsible for the Audit process of the 1802 Forms and proper documentation to support the Wind Mitigation Reports. He is currently managing the Daily Claims Operation for Allied American.

Gary Kline - Catastrophe Claims Manager
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Gary Kline has an educational background in engineering and has been involved in design and management of multi-million dollar projects including the Pensacola Civic Arena, several Large Condominium projects along the Gulf Coast, large home development Projects in New Jersey, restaurants, and other projects across the country.

In 1990, Mr. Kline moved into the insurance field as a consultant and later a General Adjuster. He attended the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, GA for Arson Investigation then worked as a lead SIU adjuster for Allstate Insurance in the Miami, FL market. Gary also attended Haag Engineering Seminars to Certify in several areas.

Gary’s experience ranges from actual adjustment of several thousand claims, including small residential claims to large commercial and condominium claims. Gary has been responsible for the setup and management of large catastrophes including Hurricane Andrew and the 2004 Storms where he trained and managed over 500 adjusters specifically assigned to address Mold, Engineering, Mediation and Litigation claims. This same unit was heavily involved in addressing these issues for Hurricane Katrina, as well. Gary has been involved, in some capacity, in every major Hurricane or natural occurring event since 1992.

Gary is responsible for Allied American’s Catastrophe Operations. He is involved in adjuster recruitment, training, and catastrophe preparation. He is working out of Allied’s Mobile, AL office.

Beli Karamovic - Daily Claims Examiner
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Beli has 11 years of insurance claim experience. He worked for Allstate Insurance Company for 8 years. Beli worked both inside and outside, as a field claims adjuster at the beginning of his tenure with Allstate. In 2004, Beli’s role included team lead with Allstate's National Catastrophe Team (NCT), servicing the Florida hurricane season. In 2005 Beli was involved in the Flood Management Group that handled over 55,000 flood claims and continued his involvement with the Flood Group through most of 2007, being directly involved with development of Allstate’s current Flood Group hierarchy and process workflow creation. Additionally, during his tenure with the Flood Group, Beli served as liaison between Allstate and NFIP, ensuring proper claim handling of all flood claims reported nationwide. In 2007, Beli was assigned to Allstate's NCT Vendor Oversight Team, responsible for monitoring vendor efficiencies, with operations located in Mobile, Alabama, and acted as a Claims Consultant overseeing the large loss unit of inside adjusters.

Beli has been with Allied American since 2008, His roles have included Manager, Examiner, and Field Adjuster handling claims for all of Allied’s Clients. Beli is managing the NFIP Files that Allied receives from the National Flood Insurance Program. Beli is involved in training adjusters, Cat preparation, streamlining claim processes for our Clients, and excels in customer service skills with policyholders and Insurance Carriers. Beli is working out of Allied’s Mobile, Alabama office.

Marie Atkinson - Claims Examiner
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Marie Atkinson joined Allied American as a Claims Examiner with over 20 years of multi-line claims handling experience. Maria has extensive knowledge of insurance contracts as well as investigation, while providing client’s prompt and efficient customer service. Maria has handled first & third party property and automobile claims in thirteen Southeastern states. Maria is versed in any aspect of claims to include commercial, residential, personal injury, med pay, bodily injury, uninsured & under-insured motorist, subrogation, special investigations, total loss, salvage disposal and sinkholes.

Marie’s background includes working at carriers such as Prudential, Hartford, Nationwide and Travelers as well as handling claims for Citizens Property Insurance & Florida Joint Underwriting Association for daily claims as well as catastrophe losses. Marie brings high ethics and dedication to the company.

James Rohmer - Chief Information Officer
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James Rohmer joined Allied American in 2005. James brings with him (26) twenty six years of experience in the Information Technology field. James has both owned and managed businesses in all areas of technology. Prior to joining Allied American, he was the Vice President of Operations for an Internet and computer services company. James is an accomplished network administrator as well as a programmer with a special emphasis on network security and R&D.