Wells Fargo Adds Surety Team Leaders to Southern California Insurance Operations

Teri Jackson and Pam Hummel Bring Expertise in Construction, Real
Estate and Commercial Surety
CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. announces the addition of
co-practice leaders for the company's surety practice in the Southern
California Region. Teri Jackson and Pam Hummel will share
responsibility for providing surety knowledge, technical and customer
service support and business development assistance to five Southern
Calif. offices.

Jackson will be based in Los Angeles and Hummel will be based in
Irvine. Both have a wide range of construction and surety industry
experience and bring strong market relationships, wide ranging
industry contacts and significant new business production experience
to the Wells Fargo Insurance Services team.

"We are very fortunate to be adding two leaders who are recognized
within our industry and in the construction community as being at the
top of their profession," stated Sam Elliot, Managing Director of
ABD/Wells Fargo Insurance Services Southern Calif. operation. "Both
Teri and Pam will be instrumental in helping us grow our surety
practice and better serve our customers."

Prior to joining Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Jackson was a
senior vice president with Willis in Los Angeles. She has also held a
variety of surety related executive and management positions at
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Insurance Services, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs and
Sedgwick of California, Inc. Prior to entering the surety business she
spent 12 years as a paralegal and 6 years in the construction
industry.

Hummel was previously senior vice president and national surety
practice leader with Beecher Carlson Insurance Services in Irvine.
Another industry veteran, Hummel has also been in a variety of surety
focused executive and management positions at a number of firms
including Countrywide Insurance, Armstrong-Robitaille Insurance
Services, Willis Insurance Service, AON Risk Services and Alexander &
Alexander.

Jackson and Hummel both play active, prominent roles within a
number of associations and trade groups including the Associated
General Contractors of California, Inc.; Construction Financial
Management Association; Engineering Contractor's Association; National
Association of Surety Bond Producers, and the Surety Underwriters
Association of Southern California.

Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. is the fifth-largest
insurance brokerage and the largest bank-owned insurance brokerage in
the United States, with more than 171 offices in 37 states. Its 5,200
insurance professionals place more than $11.5 billion of risk premiums
with expertise in property, casualty, benefits, international,
personal lines and life products. For more information about Wells
Fargo Insurance Services, visit www.wellsfargo.com/wfis.

Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company
with $595 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance,
investments, mortgage and consumer finance through almost 6,000 stores
and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and
internationally. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the only bank in the U.S.,
and one of only two banks worldwide, to have the highest credit rating
from both Moody's Investors Service, "Aaa," and Standard & Poor's
Ratings Services, "AAA."

For Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc.
Dave Hock, 650-839-6244 (Media)
dwh@abdi.com

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