2008-09-29 12:14:02 -

- Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. has added Alan Boring as a senior vice president and sales executive in the Southern California region. Boring will specialize in upper middle market and large risk management accounts, with an emphasis on agriculture, food and food processing, retail chains and financial institutions. He will be based in the company's Sherman Oaks, Calif. office

and report to managing director, William H. Holden.

"We are thrilled to have Alan join the Southern California Wells Fargo Insurance Services team," stated Holden. "Alan brings great experience, a tremendous commitment to service excellence and customer satisfaction and a passion for our business. His addition to our operations will be a great 'win' for our customers, our strategic trading partners and our entire staff."

Boring began his career in 1981 with INA Insurance Company, working as an underwriter in their Special Risk Facility. He subsequently moved to the brokerage side of the business, working for Marsh as a commercial lines broker in their Large Accounts / Risk Management Consulting division and then in a similar capacity with Rollins Burdick Hunter and Aon.

"Alan has had a long, successful career in Southern California and is well respected in our industry and in the local business community," noted H. David Wood, senior vice president and regional managing director of Wells Fargo Insurance Services. "He's built a great reputation over his 27 years in our business and I am truly excited that he has joined the Wells Fargo team."

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 7,200 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 $609 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 elsewhere 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 possible 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
dwh@abdi.com