Digital Insurance Connect 2026

August 2026

Austin Marriott Downtown, Austin, TX

Michelle Dornfeld

Michelle Dornfeld

Head of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships Farmers Insurance

Michelle Dornfeld has led the D2C Embedded Insurance Sales & Strategic Partnerships team at Farmers Insurance, for the past seven years. She also co-founded Toggle, a modern insurtech start-up within the Farmers Insurance family and a leading carrier in the embedded insurance space. Prior to her current role, Michelle served in a variety of leadership positions over her 18-year career at Farmers, including Head of Strategy & Execution, where she oversaw the enterprise strategic planning process, and Head of Business Integration, where she led a number of cross-functional enterprise teams including the Program Management Office, Lean Center of Excellence, and Information Governance hub. Michelle has a Molecular and Cellular Biology degree from Northwestern University and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two teenage sons, and two rescue pups. She has a black belt in mixed martial arts and is a certified book coach for fiction writers. When she’s not busy working on innovative insurance solutions, Michelle loves to read and travel the world.

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