Brentwood, Tennessee-based State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company (SVMIC) has completed a planned leadership transition within its Board of Directors with Dr. Hugh Francis of Memphis succeeding Dr. Paul McNabb of Nashville as Chair of the Board.

Francis has previously served as vice chair since 2006.

Dr. John O. Lytle of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is the new of vice chair.

SVMIC was founded by doctors in 1976 and provides medical professional liability insurance to 14,000 physicians in Tennessee, Arkansas,Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.