MIDDLEBURY — Co-operative Insurance Companies has a new president and CEO. The board of the Middlebury company appointed Lee Dowgiewicz to the top managerial spot effective July 1. He joined Co-op Insurance in September 2019, and replaces retiring CEO Marie Jewett. Dowgiewicz is a 29-year veteran of the insurance business, starting with ITT Hartford in 1991 as a commercial lines underwriter. He became an account executive with Goodwin Loomis & Britton in Hartford, Conn., before moving to Litchfield Mutual F … (read more)