Pannell, CEO since 2017, will retire at year-end; CMO Bobby Pulley to succeed as CEO COLUMBIA, Tenn. (July 24, 2025) – Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee (FBITN) has announced that Chief Executive Officer Jeff Pannell will retire effective December 31, 2025, after 39 years with the company. Pannell made the announcement at the company’s 76th annual Agents Conference, a yearly gathering of FBITN’s 500-plus agents to review strategy and the year ahead, hosted on Thursday, July 24. In his annual address to the company’s agents, Pannell highlighted the impending birth of his grandchild as the driving motivation for his retirement…