WATERBURY, Conn., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Insurance, a
subsidiary of Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) announced today it has
promoted William N. Guerrera to senior vice president, Public Entities
Division and Frank N. Pulito to senior vice president, Financial Services.
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Guerrera is responsible for property, casualty and risk services,
developing customized risk management solutions for public entities and large
corporations. Since he joined Webster four years ago, Guerrera has brought in
about $1 million in new revenue. He recently received Webster's President's
Award for 2004. Before Webster, Guerrera spent more than twenty years with
the Litchfield Insurance Group, where he served as a partner.
Guerrera, a graduate of Fairfield University, serves as chairman for the
Thomaston Planning and Zoning Commission and is active with the Boy Scouts of
America. He resides with his wife and children in Thomaston.
Pulito is responsible for developing employee benefit plans with cost-
effective, fully funded and self-funded programs. In 1999, Pulito, who has
more than twenty years experience in the field, joined Benefit Plans Design
and Administration, Inc., which was acquired by Webster Insurance in 2001.
A cum laude graduate of Providence College, Pulito coaches girl's youth
basketball and soccer leagues and is active on his parish council. He resides
in Glastonbury with his wife and children.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank,
National Association and Webster Insurance. With $17.4 billion in assets,
Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 153 banking offices, 291 ATMs,
telephone banking and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset-based lending
firm Webster Business Credit Corporation, the insurance premium finance
company Budget Installment Corp., Center Capital Corporation, an equipment
finance company headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut and provides health
savings account trustee and administrative services through HSA Bank, a
division of Webster Bank.
For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the
latest annual report, visit the Webster website at
http://www.websteronline.com.
CONTACT:
Meghan Thompson, 203-578-2287
mthompson@websterbank.com
SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation
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/CONTACT: Meghan Thompson of Webster Bank, +1-203-578-2287,
mthompson@websterbank.com/
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/Web site: http://www.websteronline.com /
(WBS)
CO: Webster Insurance; Webster Financial Corporation; Webster Bank, National
Association; Budget Installment Corp.; Center Capital Corporation; HSA
Bank
ST: Connecticut
IN: INS FIN
SU: PER
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