Merchants Mutual Insurance Company has named Edward G. Wright, CPCU, AU, chair of its board of directors. He succeeds Bryant H. Prentice, III, who will remain a director of the company.

Wright, president and CEO of W.J. Cox Associates Inc. since 1995, has been on Merchants Mutual's board since 2006, and has served on its compensation committee. He has 38 years of experience in the insurance industry. He served as chair and president of the Exchange Insurance Company in Buffalo, N.Y.

Prentice also served as director and chairman of the Kaleida Health System, worked with the Universal Development Corporation, and is a trustee with the Association of Proprietary Colleges.

For more information, visit www.merchantsgroup.com.

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