HOFMANN RECEIVES PROMOTION

WASHINGTON-Mark A. Hofmann has been promoted to Washington Editor in the Washington, D.C., office of Business Insurance.

Mr. Hofmann, 43, joined the staff of BI in Chicago in September 1987 as associate editor. He moved to the magazine's Washington bureau in August 1991.

From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Hofmann was an associate editor at Professional Agent, a monthly magazine published by the National Assn. of Professional Insurance Agents in Alexandria, Va. Prior to that, he was an editorial writer for the Winston-Salem Journal in Winston-Salem, N.C. for 10 years.

Mr. Hofmann received a bachelor of arts degree in history from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 1974.

He can be reached at 202-662-7244.