News Release
For Immediate Release, September 6, 2006 
 

Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
4215 Highway 146
P.O. Box 790
Grinnell, IA  50112-0790

Phone:  641-269-8616
Fax:  800-892-2304
E-Mail: scrawford(at)gmrc.com
 

Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company and its Board of Directors announce that Steven R. Crawford, CPCU, has been promoted to the newly created position of Senior Vice President Reinsurance/Chief Operating Officer (COO).  As COO, Crawford becomes more involved in strategic planning and daily business activities with the President and CEO, Dan Agnew, as well as the Board of Directors.  

Crawford currently serves as the senior vice president of the Reinsurance Division at Grinnell Mutual where he has been employed for over 30 years in the Reinsurance and Marketing departments. 

He received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Iowa State University and Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation from the American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters Inc.  Crawford currently belongs to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Society of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, and is a charter member of the Grinnell CPCU sub-chapter. 

Crawford and his wife, Pat, live in Grinnell, IA and are the parents of three children.

Crawford assumes his new position on January 1, 2007.