Michael joined the North Star property and casualty department in 2019. As a team, the North Star insurance specialists focus on finding gaps in coverage and providing clients with customized solutions based on their specific needs.

Working out of North Star’s headquarters in Minneapolis, Michael is licensed to work with clients throughout the U.S.

Since joining North Star in 2016, Max has been using his expansive knowledge and commitment as a disability expert to provide counsel to our associates. Today, he is available to speak with clients about their disability insurance needs and options.

Serving individuals nationwide, Max is committed to ensuring each client has a customized protection strategy for their specific needs.

Chase leads our disability insurance, property and casualty insurance, and employee benefits divisions, ensuring clients have a customized protection strategy for their specific individual, family, and business needs.

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Chase joined North Star as a financial advisor in 2008. In 2011, he transitioned to becoming North Star’s national disability insurance consultant and expanding the division and its services nationwide.

Then, in 2019, he became the vice president of disability insurance and property and casualty. Under his leadership, the two divisions have grown and developed to serve clients throughout the U.S. with valuable asset and income protection solutions.

As a former financial advisor, Chase understands how to integrate risk management into an overall financial strategy. Now serving as Vice President of Business Owner Solutions, much of his time is spent working directly with advisors and their clients by bringing in the expertise he oversees in North Star’s Disability Insurance, Property and Casualty, and Employee Benefits teams.

Chase is heavily involved in his community as a board member for BestPrep, a non-profit providing Minnesota students with financial literacy skills. Each year, Chase volunteers over 100 hours with the organization as an eMentor, classroom speaker, and fundraiser organizer. He received BestPrep’s Service Award in 2015 and, reflecting his dedication to volunteering with organizations like BestPrep, was named an honorable mention for the Volunteer of the Year award from Invest In Others in 2024.

Chase lives in Stillwater, Minn., with his beautiful wife, Jenn, and two children.

Jayna is a client services administrator at North Star’s headquarters in Minneapolis. In her role, she uses her professional experience to support North Star’s Tax department as they provide tax advice to clients.

Prior to joining North Star in 2023, Jayna spent six and a half years working with libraries across the U.S. and Canada. She also has experience with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, where she serves as a volunteer coordinator. It is through this role that she has helped the organization raise thousands of dollars to aid suicide prevention efforts across the Midwest.

Jayna grew up in West St. Paul, Minn., and has lived in New Richmond, Wisc., since 2021. In her free time, she enjoys overseeing the PTA at the school her son, Jacob, attends. Here, she helps manage three book fairs each school year and once received recognition in the local newspaper for securing adequate funding for each child in the first grade to purchase two books.

Additionally, Jayna was named a West St. Paul Princess in 2008 and Ms. Badger State in 2023. The latter saw her travel to Florida in July of that year for a national pageant event, where she ultimately placed third.