EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Hortica Insurance & Employee Benefits has announced the appointment of Tommy Bowles as a senior account executive for Tennessee and central and southern Kentucky.

Bowles has worked in the insurance industry for 8 years. Prior to joining Hortica, he ran his own independent agency for 4 years. He graduated in 1999 from Virginia Tech where he majored in marketing management and earned a degree in business. He currently resides with his wife, Lee, in Lewisburg, Tennessee.

Hortica Insurance & Employee Benefits, a 123-year-old mutual insurance company, specializes in providing business insurance, employee benefits and personal insurance to the horticultural industry.