State Farm Insurance Companies has selected Draft Chicago to serve as its direct marketing agency of record for its property and casualty division. Draft partnered with GlobalHue to land this account. GlobalHue specializes in multicultural marketing. Both agencies will work together the client.

Otto Group UK has eliminated 500 jobs from its Freemans catalog workforce in England, but it plans to create 300 new jobs at its the Grattan catalog operation, according to the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.

Steve C. Woodward has been appointed senior vice president of merchandising at Bombay Co. Inc., a catalog, Internet and retail marketers of home decorations and furniture, based in Fort Worth, TX. Woodward starts on Aug. 4.

Rajeev Kapur has been named vice president of sales and marketing at Smarthome Inc., an Internet, telemarketing and retail marketer of electronics, based in Irvine, CA.