WESTFIELD CENTER, Ohio ? Westfield Insurance recently invited 17 customers representing Westfield?s various divisions, including personal lines, small business accounts, AgriBusiness and commercial lines mid-market accounts to join their customer council. The 2007 customer council was launched when Westfield hosted a two-day event for council members and their respective insurance agents. Council members were selected based on their ability to effectively manage risk and Westfield?s desire to leverage this knowledge in developing improved insurance programs for all of their customers.

?Commitment to our customers is very important to Westfield,? said Westfield?s Jay DePasquale, executive, commercial lines. ?Our strength comes through relationships we have built with employees, business partners and customers, and we expect our customer council will help us find new ways to make these relationships even stronger.?

In business for more than 159 years, Westfield Insurance provides commercial and personal insurance in 17 states and surety services in 28 states. Westfield is represented by more than 1,200 leading independent insurance agencies and is one of the country?s 50 largest property and casualty insurers. Westfield Group provides banking through Westfield Bank^SM and agency support through Westfield Services, Inc. Westfield has over $3.1 billion in assets and holds an "A (Excellent)" rating from A.M. Best, a leading insurance financial rating agency.
 

Gary Christy
800.243.0210, extension 6640
GaryChristy@westfieldgrp.com

Terri Grimm
330-887-6055
TerriGrimm@westfieldgrp.com

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