Jason Weinland is a founding partner of jweinland Group Benefits (formerly TFG Group Benefits), a full-service employee benefits firm, located in Shreveport. He began his employee benefits career with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana in 1991, where he was Young Producer of the Year for three consecutive years.

In 1994, he transitioned to VP of Sales for Employee Benefit Services of Louisiana (EBS), a third-party administration firm for employer health plans. In 2004, his partnership group purchased EBS and transformed it into the largest health plan administrator in the region. The partnership sold EBS to a national firm in 2008. While a partner at EBS, Jason also founded a COBRA administration firm, a Flex Plan administration company and a work site insurance products enrollment firm.

In 2009, Jason founded the consulting firm and agency jweinland Group Benefits. Our team has grown the agency into one of the largest independent agencies in the state.

Jason received an undergraduate degree in journalism from Colorado State University and an MBA from Centenary College of Louisiana.

Havard Yerger, FSA, MAAA just recently joined as a partner with jweinland Group Benefits (formerly TFG Group Benefits), a full-service employee benefits firm, located in Shreveport.

He began his employee benefits career with Health Plus of Louisiana in 1992, where he was lead Actuary for the start-up HMO. In 1997, he joined Pan-American Life in New Orleans as Senior Actuary and helped manage its small group block of business with over $400 million dollars in revenue. In 1999, he returned to Health Plus of Louisiana as CFO and has evaluated much of the group health insurance business in North Louisiana. In 2002, he transitioned to the brokerage side of the industry, serving as president of the group benefits division of Kent, Kent & Tingle. He served in this role until its 2014 sale to Arthur J Gallagher.

Havard specializes in the financial analysis of self-funded and large fully insured health plans.

Havard received an undergraduate degree in Economics and Mathematics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), the highest actuarial designation and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).

After graduating from Texas Christian University (TCU) in 2020, Graeme Weinland joined jweinland Group Benefits as an account manager and inside salesman. After two years of learning the complexities of the industry, Graeme has transitioned to an outside producer role with a focus on small and mid-market sized clients.

With a strong foundation in the business, a breadth of product knowledge, and an aptitude for sales, Graeme has positioned himself well to assist regional businesses with their employee benefit needs. He believes that a producer should explore every avenue and always search for better ways to service clients in what has become an extraordinarily complex business environment.

Graeme was born and raised in Shreveport. Graeme graduated from TCU with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a minor in Communications Studies. He enjoys playing soccer, golf and is married to fellow TCU graduate Julia Trunfio-Weinland.

Lane Cantrell joined jweinland Group Benefits in 2019 and serves our small to mid-market clients as our Inside Sales Executive.  With over 20 years of insurance experience in private specialty lines, Lane works closely with all of our small to mid-market group clients to offer the exceptional service and attention they deserve.  A graduate of Louisiana Tech University, Lane grew up in Shreveport and resides there with his wife and two daughters.  In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf and traveling with his family.

Anna Floyd is our Senior Group Benefits Coordinator at jweinland Group Benefits.  Before joining our firm, Anna was responsible for physician credentialing at a large pathology group.  She had also worked with other staff members during their tenures at the health plan third party administrator.  She resides in Shreveport with her husband and son.  Anna loves her LSU Tigers and traveling.