COUNTRY Financial COO Baurer to Retire

Barb Baurer, chief operating officer for Bloomington, Ill.-based COUNTRY Financial, announced she will retire in January 2015.

Baurer has been with the company for 37 years. She joined the company in 1977 and has served as chief operating officer for COUNTRY Financial since September 1999. Baurer has served in various positions at the company, including vice president and general manager of the property and casualty companies. Prior to that, she served as vice president of information services. She joined the COUNTRY Management Committee/Leadership Council in 1989.

Baure is a member of the Boards of Directors for alliances COUNTRY has made with the following insurers: Cotton States Life Insurance, Alpharetta, Ga.; Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company of Salem, Mass.; and Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company of Middletown, Conn.

Baurer also serves as president for Holyoke and Middlesex.

Source: COUNTRY Financial