Tacoma-based Bratrud Middleton Insurance has named Kristine A. Lawrence, CIC, CRM, as its new Bremerton office branch manager. Lawrence takes over for from Mark Helling who has served as the branch manager since 1997. Helling remains with the agency as an account executive, working from the Bremerton office, and will continue as a member of Bratrud’s Executive Committee. “Customers have always been Mark’s first priority,” says Bratrud President Kurt Carlson.

Lawrence has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. She joined Bratrud’s Tacoma office in 1984 in the Personal Insurance Division as a customer service representative. In 1985, she moved to the Olympia branch office and worked in both the Personal and Commercial Insurance divisions. She was named a producer in 1991, and became a stockholder in 1996. She was named branch manager for the Olympia office in 2002 and is now branch manager for both the Olympia and Bremerton offices.

Lawrence and Bratrud Middleton may be reached at (360) 373-259,5 or by visiting www.bratrud.com.