Scottsdale in Arizona Names Davis Vice President

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Scottsdale Insurance Co. named Karen Davis vice president of agency management and business development.

Davis will oversee the product management, research and new business development areas, reporting to Gary Tiepelman, senior vice president of contract underwriting. Davis is replacing Steve Franke, who became vice president of contract underwriting’s West Region in January.

Davis began her insurance career in underwriting with Great Southwest Fire, and then moved to a retailer where she sold insurance for 12 years. Davis started working at Scottsdale in 1990 as a personal lines underwriter, and then moved into management. Most recently, she served as senior director of contract underwriting’s Southwest Region.

Scottsdale is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide.