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Bowling Green, Ohio-based financial services firm Inc. announced that its insurance affiliate, Meyer & Eckenrode Insurance Group, will begin conducting business as Sky Insurance on May 3, 2004. The new name aligns the insurance institution with its parent company name Sky Financial Group and Sky’s other financial services affiliates including Sky Insurance, Sky Bank and Sky Trust.

The Pennsylvania-based company was acquired by Sky in July of 2000 and previously operated under the names Meyer & Eckenrode, Hood Insurance and Knox & Knox. About 100 employees will be working out of Allison Park, Canonsburg and New Castle, Pa., under the Sky Insurance banner. Edward D. Rawlings will serve as regional president, reporting directly to Jerry J. Batt, president and chief executive officer of Sky Insurance.