E.G. Bowman Names Former Barbados Diplomat Sales Coordinator

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - July 13, 2009) - E.G. Bowman Company, the largest minority-owned insurance broker, named Jessica Odle-Baril sales coordinator. She was formerly consul general of Barbados.

Odle-Baril will focus on developing new business in the Caribbean community, both among business owners and individuals.

"Jessica has long record of achievement in government and business," said E.G. Bowman president Harry Ennevor. "She'll be contacting business owners and families and showing how we can help them improve their insurance coverage and safety."

Odle-Baril served as consul general of Barbados at New York from 2003 to 2008. As the most senior diplomatic operative, she secured interests for Barbados in the areas of tourism, international business and cultural exchange.

She owned Crimpers, a leader in the beauty industry in Barbados for thirty-two years. She served as a senator in the Parliament of Barbados and on many boards and commissions, and was the principal delegate for Barbados on the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission of Women. She also hosted television shows broadcast in 13 Caribbean nations.

Odle-Baril is married to Robert Baril. They live in Valley Stream, N.Y.

Odle-Baril can be reached at jodlebaril@egbowman.com or 212-425-8150.

E.G. Bowman Company, Inc. (www.egbowman.com) is a full-service commercial insurance brokerage and loss-control consultant on Wall Street that serves many of America's largest corporations and nonprofit institutions, small businesses and individuals. It provides the full range of business insurance policies as well as personal auto and home insurance.

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