Hortica Insurance & Employee Benefits has announced Mona Haberer as the new company president and CEO, effective as of April 1, 2008. Haberer takes over the position from Robert McClellan, who is set to retire in July after 21 years with the company.

McClellan has been president and CEO of Hortica since 1994, and the company has blossomed under his tenure. The company has seen a dramatic growth in agency operations to include local community sales and support as well as experiencing significant gains in financial strength.
 
"I know healthy people who retire with the expectation of relaxation and fun because they are somehow 'entitled to that'," McClellan says in a recent press release. "I don't feel that way, and self actualization is off my radar screen."

He went on to say that he wants "to remain, for as long as my health permits, an asset not a liability to society."

Haberer, a CPA and CPCU (chartered property casualty underwriter),  most recently served as Hortica's chief financial officer and has been with the company for almost 20 years. She has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Eastern Illinois University and is a member of the American Institute for Certified Public Accounts. "Hortica is financially strong and well positioned for growth," Haberer says. "Bob has been an excellent mentor and friend who retires with a knowledgeable management team in place."

Until his official retirement this July, McClellan will take on the role of special adviser to the president.

--Morgan Schimminger
mschimminger@safnow.org

 

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