Miranda Hammel Hammel Sieg
Miranda Hammel Sieg is an accomplished commercial lines insurance leader with a decade of experience, including seven years dedicated to the agriculture sector. Miranda currently leads the Agriculture team at USI Insurance Services, where she manages a high-performing team of 6–7 members while maintaining her own book of business exceeding $2 million in revenue. She also serves as a regional and national resource across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois, providing guidance on agribusiness risks, coverage strategy, and client service excellence. Miranda is recognized for turning complex insurance challenges into clear, actionable solutions that help farmers and cooperative owners thrive.
Miranda began her career at Lee F. Murphy Insurance as an account representative, supporting account managers and sales teams while managing social media and conducting editorial interviews. She then moved to Bremer Insurance as an account manager, handling middle-market accounts with revenues of $30,000 and above. Her interest in agricultural insurance was sparked while reviewing a conservation-focused policy, which inspired her to leverage her conservation background to support American farmers. In fall 2019, she joined USI Insurance Services in their agriculture niche team and has since advanced to lead the team she started on, overseeing operations and driving strategic initiatives.
Known for her combination of technical expertise, operational leadership, and people development, Miranda is deeply committed to building strong teams, fostering long-term client relationships, and elevating service standards. She works closely with Salesforce teams and maintains strong relationships with key carrier partners, ensuring seamless service delivery and effective risk management. Beyond her professional work, Miranda contributes to her community through volunteer work with The Food Group and participates in USI Gives Back initiatives. Passionate about agriculture, mentorship, and operational excellence, she continues to inspire her teams and clients while advancing the agriculture insurance industry.
• New Account Representative
• Property & Casualty Insurance License
• University of Wisconsin-River Falls - BS, Journalism, Marketing Communications, and Conservation
• USI SUMMIT AWARD
• Phi Mu Fraternity
• The Food Group
• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
• Special Olympics Minnesota
• Feed My Starving Children
• Fairview Health Services
What do you attribute your success to?
I've had a lot of great mentors throughout my life and throughout my professional career in insurance. One thing that's always stuck with me is 'sell the problem you solve, not the product you have.' I really attribute my success to the people I work with - whether it's my sales team, my direct leadership at USI, or colleagues from before. I've never had a situation that's made me say I need to leave or get out of this role right now. Even early in my career, I learned from different people - figuring out who I wanted to be like and surround myself with, and who I wanted to create space from. My parents have also taught me a lot about trust and hard work, and about being a trustworthy, reliable, honest person. I mean, be a kind person - that's really all there is to it, whether it's in a professional career or your personal life. They're my best friends, and I'm the oldest of their 3 daughters. I think there's a little bit of that older daughter syndrome too.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best advice I ever received was from my first ever mentor, and it's stuck with me and guided me into being the person that I am today. She told me something I can loosely remember - it's about three things: Is it kind? Is it helpful? And is it necessary? It's kind of like a think before you speak - is it true, helpful, necessary? That has really guided me into being the person that I am today.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Keep your face toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you. Don't doubt yourself - you're capable of so many things, and you're smarter than you think you are. I think the biggest roadblock for young women entering insurance or agriculture is ourselves. We can become our own roadblocks without realizing it. You have to put yourself in uncomfortable positions. I'm constantly reassuring the ladies I'm mentoring right now, helping build their confidence, and letting them know it's okay to make mistakes, it's okay not to know everything. The biggest thing you can do is be upfront about it - whether you're talking to a client on the phone or your manager or team member, it's okay to say you don't know the answer but you will get back to them. There's no shame in that. You're not going to grow if you don't experience being uncomfortable.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I think it's ourselves I think we can become our own roadblocks without realizing it. The biggest challenge for young women entering insurance or agriculture is believing in themselves and being comfortable with asking questions. You have to put yourself in uncomfortable positions. There's a couple ladies I'm mentoring right now, one in her 20s and one probably late 30s or early 40s, and I'm constantly reassuring them, helping build their confidence, and letting them know it's okay to make mistakes and it's okay not to know everything. The biggest thing is being upfront about it and saying 'I don't know the answer, but I will get back to you.' There's no shame in that. You're not going to grow if you don't experience being uncomfortable. Beyond that, commodity prices are up and things don't ever look favorable to these types of businesses in agriculture. Things were rough this past year, and I feel like they're just going to keep being rough with things going on. We'll see what happens this year and in the next few years.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Compassion, respect, and honesty are my top three values, both professionally and personally. They go hand in hand with each other. I also value kindness and empathy being a kind person is really all there is to it, whether it's in a professional career or your personal life. I have a plaque in my office that says 'be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody,' and when I look at that, it just makes me smile. That really captures what I believe in.