HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael L. Browne,
president and chief executive officer of Harleysville Group Inc.
(Nasdaq: HGIC) and Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company, has been elected to
a three-year term on the board of directors of the Insurance Federation of
Pennsylvania. The Insurance Federation, with approximately 200 member
companies, is the Commonwealth's leading insurance trade association.
Browne was named Harleysville's chief executive officer in 2004 and
president in 2005. He served as non-executive chairman of the board from 2003
until he was named to his current position. He has been a director of
Harleysville Group since it went public in 1986, and was elected to the board
of Harleysville Mutual in October 2003.
Before being named Harleysville's president and CEO, Browne was head of
the international insurance practice group at the law firm of Reed Smith, LLP,
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a position he had held since 2001. Browne
joined Reed Smith as a partner in 1983, and he served as managing partner of
its Delaware Valley regional offices from 1993 to 2001. He was the Insurance
Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1980 to 1983.
Browne earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a juris
doctor from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He is a member of
the Pennsylvania Bar, and serves on the board of trustees of Temple
University. He is a member of the board of governors of the Property Casualty
Insurers Association of America, the board of directors of the Property Loss
Research Bureau, and the board of trustees of the American Institute for CPCU
and the Insurance Institute of America.
A Vietnam veteran, Browne was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal, the
Combat Action Medal, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, the Vietnam Service
Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. He attained the rank of Captain in the
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
Harleysville Insurance is a leading regional provider of insurance
products and services for small and mid-sized businesses, as well as for
individuals, and ranks among the top 60 U.S. property/casualty insurance
groups based on net written premiums. Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company
owns 56 percent of Harleysville Group Inc. (Nasdaq: HGIC), a publicly traded
holding company for nine regional property/casualty insurance companies
collectively rated A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company. Harleysville
Insurance, which distributes its products exclusively through independent
insurance agencies, currently operates in 32 eastern and Midwestern states.
Further information can be found on the company's Web site at
http://www.harleysvillegroup.com.
SOURCE Harleysville Group Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.harleysvillegroup.com
CONTACT:
Randy Buckwalter, Harleysville Group,
+1-215-256-5288, +1-267-718-3766 (cell), or
rbuckwalter@harleysvillegroup.com
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