NU Online News Service, July 23, 1:11 p.m. EDT
Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. named J. Scott Penny regional president.
Mr. Penny was promoted from regional executive vice president, a position he has held since 2002. He will be responsible for oversight of certain retail profit center operations in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio and Washington. He also oversees the operations of Axiom Re Inc. in Florida and North Carolina.
In his new position he will continue to be responsible for his current regional operations but will have an expanded role in helping to grow the firm's overall operations.
Mr. Penny began his career with the firm in 1989 in Daytona Beach, where he worked as a marketing representative, account executive and producer before his promotion to the position of profit center leader in Jacksonville, Fla., later taking on the same duties in Indianapolis.
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