Southwestern Insurance Info. Service Names Communications Coordinator

Southwestern Insurance Information Service (SIIS) has named Monica Vigil-McDonald as its new communications coordinator.

Vigil-McDonald will report directly to SIIS President Sandra Helin and the SIIS board of directors to create and implement the organization’s overall communications strategy.

Vigil-McDonald joins SIIS from KVUE News in Austin, Texas, where she produces the midday newscast. Prior to KVUE, she worked as a public relations consultant for the Catholic Diocese of Austin and as the communications director of the Texas House of Representatives.

Founded in 1953, SIIS represents insurers writing in excess of 85 percent of the property and casualty premiums in Texas and Oklahoma.