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Carl "Les" Dalmata joins S. H. Smith & Co. as Regional Marketing Manager
(Utica, NY - February 5, 2007) Carl Leslie "Les" Dalmata has been appointed Regional Marketing Manager for S. H Smith & Co., Inc., a national excess and surplus lines broker. Located in the firm's Utica, New York, office, Les will be responsible for marketing and sales activities within the eastern New York and Vermont territories. According to Bruce Anderson, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at S. H. Smith, "Both of these markets have significant potential and Les is well known by agents and brokers in the territory. His background is particularly well suited to serve our company in this role, and we are delighted to welcome him back to S.H. Smith." Les's experience in developing markets and relationships, supporting independent agents and their insureds, serves him well in his new venture at S. H. Smith. Les began his career in insurance with Sentry Insurance and Equities in Utica, and was most recently a Marketing Manager with the Berkley Companies. Les is a doctoral candidate from Montana State University, from which he also has his Master of Science, Physiology. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the State University of New York College of Technology in Utica. Currently celebrating its 25th year in business, S.H. Smith & Company is a national, independently-owned excess and surplus lines insurance broker, managing general agency and program administrator, with offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Florida and Ohio. For more information, please call Scott Smith, president, at 860.561.3600 or via email by clicking here.