Sarah E. Madsen is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of UFG Insurance, serving as a member of the executive leadership team and a trusted adviser on enterprise strategy, governance, risk and business operations. She leads the company’s corporate legal, regulatory, vendor management and staff counsel functions, providing strategic direction across complex legal and operational matters while helping advance organizational priorities. An accomplished legal executive, she brings deep experience in the financial services and insurance sectors and a practical, business-focused approach to leadership and decision-making.

Madsen’s leadership is grounded in a distinguished legal career advising prominent organizations on high-stakes matters. Before joining UFG, she was a partner at Minnesota-based law firm Larson King, LLP, where she represented Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of matters involving financial services and insurance. She also served as corporate counsel for a national insurance and financial strategies firm and was responsible for litigation and state contracting as counsel for ACT, Inc.

Her leadership extends beyond the corporate setting through active service on numerous community boards and as a former City Councilor for the City of North Liberty, Iowa, from 2017 to 2019. Madsen earned her law degree from The University of Iowa College of Law and her bachelor’s degree from The University of Iowa, and she holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) professional designation.