Shorey Promoted at Swett & Crawford

Donald M. Shorey, executive vice president of Los Angeles-based Swett & Crawford Group has been named western region manager, overseeing 12 offices throughout the West.

Shorey has more than 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, having served as a property underwriter, marketer and agency manager. He began his career as a commercial property underwriter with Safeco Insurance Company and later joined Cravens, Dargan & Company, where he served as underwriter, marketing manager, branch manager and regional vice president. In 1987 he was named president of Cravens, then a division of Cigna. He served in that position until 1993 when he joined Sherwood Insurance Services, later named Loxley Insurance Services, as vice president of its property underwriting division. He later served as president of the company. Sherwood Insurance later became part of Swett & Crawford, and Shorey has served as an executive vice president directing the operations of seven underwriting facilities in transportation, managed care and commercial earthquake since 2002.