New York Insurance Association Elects 2014 Officers And Board Of Directors

LATHAM, N.Y, Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) elected its 2014 officers and board of directors at the association's Annual Meeting on Nov. 14, 2013 at the Century House in Latham, N.Y. 

The following officers were elected for a one-year term ending Dec. 31, 2014:

Chair: Bernard Turi, senior vice president, Utica National Insurance Group, Utica, N.Y.

First vice chair: Steven Coffey, president and chief executive officer, Broome Co-operative Insurance Company, Vestal, N.Y.

Second vice chair: Elizabeth Heck, president and chief operating officer, Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, New York, N.Y.

Treasurer: Marlene Benton-Sherwood, president, Fulmont Mutual Insurance Company, Johnstown, N.Y.

The following directors were elected for a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2016:

• Steven Coffey, president and chief executive officer, Broome Co-operative Insurance Company, Vestal, N.Y.
• Charles Makey, senior vice president, insurance operations, Merchants Insurance Group, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Nicholas Masi, government and industry affairs manager, Farmers Group, Inc., Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
• Norman Orlowski, president, Erie and Niagara Insurance Association, Williamsville, N.Y.

The New York Insurance Association (NYIA®) is a state trade association that has represented the property and casualty insurance industry for more than 130 years. For more information about NYIA, visit www.nyia.org.

SOURCE New York Insurance Association