Safety Insurance Group Inc. announced that David F. Brussard, current President and Chief Executive Officer of Safety Insurance will retire effective March 31, 2016. The Board of Directors has appointed George M. Murphy, Vice President of Marketing, as the new President and CEO, effective April 1, 2016. Mr. Brussard will remain as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Safety Insurance Group Inc. Mr. Murphy began his career at Safety in 1989 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibilities in its marketing department, including, most recently, the Vice President role as of October 1, 2005.

The majority of his tenure has been focused on developing strong personal relationships with Safety's network of independent agents.