People Moves: Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Promotes McCoy to Powers Personal Lines Manager; Church Mutual Promotes Two Assistant VPs

Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Promotes McCoy to Personal Lines Manager at Powers

Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, recently promoted Thomas “TJ” McCoy IV to personal lines manager for VIAA’s sister company Powers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

McCoy will service a high net-worth book of business and assist in the training and best practice standards supervision of eight team members. McCoy previously served as a personal lines service coach for VIAA. He has also served as an account manager at Bowersox Insurance Agency, Spectrum Insurance Group LLC and Marine Insurance Services, LLC.

Church Mutual Promotes Two New Assistant VPs

Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.1, based in Merrill, Wisconsin, has promoted Dawn Bernatz to assistant vice president, corporate communications; and Koleman Brenner to assistant vice president, shared service operations.

Bernatz will manage internal communications, public and media relations, special events and multimedia production. She joined the company in 2016 as director of marketing strategy and communications, transitioning to director of corporate communications in 2018.

Brenner will continue to lead support functions, including business process management, vendor and financial management and shared services reporting. He also assumes responsibility for commercial operations, corporate services and home office-based facilities. Brenner joined the company in 2017 as advisory IT people manager. In 2018, he was promoted to advisory IT administration and finance manager, and in 2020, to director, shared services.