Bankers Insurance Group Makes Appointments

Florida-based Bankers Insurance Group announced that Barbara Peat, vice president of corporate marketing & communications, has been promoted to senior vice president and chief marketing officer.

In addition to her current responsibilities, Peat will be assuming the marketing responsibilities of Kathleen Batson, who is retiring at the end of this year.

Peat has more than 25 years’ experience in sales and marketing, and public relations management.

Bankers Insurance Group has also promoted vice president, Teresa Heller, to senior vice president & chief administrative officer of their property and casualty companies.

Heller has more than 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, particularly in property and casualty claims management, and in catastrophe operations management.

Prior to joining Bankers in 1992, she was a unit claim manager at Allstate Insurance Company.