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Acordia, Inc. Names Jared Mitilier Senior Vice President and Las Vegas Branch Director for Acordia West

Acordia, Inc., a Wells Fargo Company, announces the appointment of Jared Mitilier, JD, to the position of Senior Vice President and Las Vegas Branch Director for Acordia West. In his new role, Mitilier will be responsible for the Las Vegas office as well as building its overall operations.

Mitilier comes to Acordia from his position as Director of SCA Promotions, the world's leading provider of prize coverage of promotions, contests and games. While leading the Western Region sales staff, Mitilier negotiated multi-million dollar contracts and claims, as well as provided his clients with creative marketing promotions in the highly competitive entertainment market. Prior to that, Mitilier was a consultant with AON Corporation's Entertainment Practice Group, providing insurance brokering expertise for a client list that included major Hollywood studios, professional leagues and teams, actors, athletes, musical groups, racetracks, destination resorts and Fortune 100 advertising agencies.

Mitilier earned his bachelor of science in Business Administration and Juris Doctorate degrees through Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. by attending its prestigious 3/3 Business and Law program.

"Acordia has made a commitment to new growth in the State of Nevada, and our Las Vegas operations are a key component of that growth both within Acordia and in conjunction with our partners at Wells Fargo," explained H. David Wood, Regional Managing Director of Acordia's West Region. "Jared comes to Acordia with terrific credentials and a track record of being able to aggressively grow an operation. We are pleased to have him on the team and look forward to much future success."

Acordia and Wells Fargo

Acordia, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Ill., is the world's fifth largest insurance brokerage and the largest bank-owned insurance brokerage in the U.S., with over 150 offices in 38 states. Its 4,500 insurance professionals place in excess of $8.5 billion of risk premiums with expertise in property, casualty, benefits, international, personal lines and life products. Acordia is also a member of HLA Global Network. HLA Global, a partnership between London-based Heath Lambert Group and Acordia, Inc., serves as the international arm of Acordia.

Acordia is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a diversified financial services company with $436 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance to more than 23 million customers from more than 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 United States to receive the highest possible credit rating, "Aaa," from Moody's Investors Service.

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