November 14, 2008 06:00 AM Eastern Time 

Wells Fargo Adds Bruce Anderson as SVP, Account Executive in Redwood City Insurance Operations

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. announces the addition of Bruce Anderson as a Senior Vice President and Account Executive in its Redwood City-based Real Estate Practice. Anderson will specialize in the real estate and property management industries and manage services delivered to major Wells Fargo customer in the Bay Area and across northern California.

A 30 year veteran of the insurance industry, Anderson joins Wells Fargo Insurance Services from Marsh Risk and Insurance Service’s San Francisco office where he was most recently Senior Vice President and Client Executive.

A long time Bay Area resident, Anderson has worked with a wide range of industries, including healthcare, mining, retail, technology, utility, water district and hotel accounts.

“Bruce is very well known and highly respected in the Bay Area insurance community,” stated Beth Ward, Senior Vice President and Real Estate Practice Leader. “With his strong knowledge, depth of experience and positive relationships, he’ll definitely hit the ground running for the benefit of our largest, high-profile real estate industry customers.”

Active in numerous non-profit and community groups in San Francisco and in Mill Valley, Anderson has most recently served on Boards for the American Cancer Society and the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation.

Anderson holds a Bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Oregon and an MBA in marketing from Golden Gate University.

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.”