Eastern Alliance Insurance Group Appoints Cox Regional Marketing Director for...( LANCASTER Pa. Sept. 28 /- Eastern...),Health

LANCASTER, Pa., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. ("EIHI") (Nasdaq: EIHI) announced today that J. David Cox has joined Eastern Alliance Insurance Group ("EAIG") in the new position of Regional Marketing Director for the Southeastern states. EAIG is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of EIHI.

EAIG entered the Southeastern workers' compensation marketplace earlier this year, securing licenses to underwrite in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina. Cox, a native of North Carolina, will direct EAIG's marketing initiatives in the region, recruit and manage its agency plant, and foster close relationships with the Company's agents and customers. He will report to Lucia A. Tompkins, Regional Business Executive for the Southeast territory.

"David possesses a wealth of experience in the workers' compensation insurance industry in the Southeastern region," said Bruce M. Eckert, Chief Executive Officer for EIHI. "His extensive knowledge of the region will be a tremendous asset to Eastern Alliance as we extend our full compliment of workers' compensation products and services to North Carolina and the Southeast territory."

Cox has more than eighteen years of experience in the property and casualty insurance industry, having served in the claims, underwriting, risk management, policy and marketing fields. He most recently served as the Underwriting Director for AmComp, Inc. Mid-Atlantic, and previously in various roles with Key Risk Insurance Company.

Founded in 1997, EAIG specializes in providing workers' compensation products and services to businesses and self-insured clients in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. EAIG distributes its products through in
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