Julie Downes-Savage, Senior Vice President of Orange County’s Heritage General Agency has hired Deborah “Deb” Neville as their newest Assistant Vice President/Underwriter/Broker for all lines of commercial coverages.
Neville will report to Downes-Savage and will be responsible for producing a general wholesale book of business including GL. Property, DIC , Inland Marine, E&O and EPLI.
Neville began her career over 20 years ago at Safeco in Fountain Valley and then moved onto Zurich American Insurance Co. in Tustin, Calif. After four years, she accepted a position at a retail agency in Orange County and after six years in retail, she moved into the wholesale side of the industry. Neville spent eight years at Yates & Associates in Santa Ana working with admitted and non-admitted carriers and maintained a CGL/E&O program for Private Investigators. She spent another five years with another large wholesale brokerage firm in San Diego; decided to move back to the Orange County area and agreed to join the HGA team.
Some of Neville’s accomplishments include TOPA’s “Excellence in Underwriting Award,” trained branch offices in then “state of the art” computerized workers’ comp and auto rating, performed audits.


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