Corporate report

SARASOTA-MANATEE
Firm teams up with insurance giant
Progressive Employer Management Co., which handles payroll, workers' compensation, employee benefits and human resource services for a variety of businesses, has partnered with Zurich Insurance Group.

The partnership, according to a statement, will allow Progressive Employer Management to offer Zurich's workers' compensation products to clients. The firm's current and new clients transitioned to the new carrier as of Oct. 1.

In addition to the partnership with Zurich, PEMCO also named Linda Smiley risk operations manager and Shelley Drost a risk operations specialist.
Progressive Employer Management has 10 office locations in Florida and Texas.