Insurance firm names new president and CEO

SARASOTA — Longtime insurance executive Laurie Zdanis has been named president and CEO of Michigan Commercial Insurance Mutual, a workers' compensation insurance carrier.

The firm, founded in 1980 in Lansing, Mich. as a self-insured fund for the construction industry, opened an office in Sarasota in 2004. It moved its headquarters to Sarasota a short time later, says a company spokesperson. The company currently provides coverage in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Georgia and Florida.

Zdanis joined MCIM in 2013 and had been the firm's COO and vice president of underwriting. She has more than 20 years of insurance industry experience across a wide variety of business segments, according to a statement.