Todd Bachman was recently named the new chairman of the board of directors at Hortica Insurance & Employee Benefits, replacing M. James Leider.

Bachman is chairman and CEO of Bachman’s Inc., a Minnesota-based floral, gift, garden and nursery retailer and wholesaler. He has served on Hortica’s board of directors since 1996 and on the boards of the Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association Foundation, American Floral Endowment, OFA and North Central Florists Association.

In addition, Randy Tagawa joined Hortica as a new board member. He is CEO of Tagawa Greenhouse Enterprises, LLC, a division of the family business founded in 1967 by his grandparents. Tagawa has also served on the boards of the Colorado Floriculture Foundation and Colorado Greenhouse Growers Association.