Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced Tuesday that it has hired Benjamin A. Siddons as vice president of business development.

Siddons joins Texas Mutual with more than 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, seven of those in the workers’ compensation field, the carrier said. He will be responsible for developing and implementing sales strategies to increase revenue and profits.

Siddons most recently served as president of Redpoint Workers’ Comp (previously Texas Builders Insurance Co. and Hallmark Workers’ Comp), where he oversaw underwriting, marketing and loss control in Texas.

Before then, Siddons worked for American Physicians Insurance Co. as director of business development assigned to the Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas markets. He also served as a producer for an Austin-based insurance agency.