AmeriHealth, 5Star Life and other companies also have
announcements.
Aegon N.V. — the parent of
Transamerica — has hired Duncan Russell to be its chief transformation
officer.
The role is new.
Aegon is based in The Hague, in the
Netherlands, and manages the equivalent of about $1 trillion in assets.
Russell will report to Lard Friese, Aegon’s
chief executive officer, and will be a member of Aegon’s board.
Russell previously was chief financial officer
of Admiral Financial Services, an arm of Admiral Group PLC of the United
Kingdom.
Russell has a degree from the University of
Bristol. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation.
He got his start in insurance as an analyst at
Fox-Pitt, Kelton. Later, he was a managing director at J.P. Morgan.
In other insurance personnel moves news:
The Armed Forces Benefit Association
(AFBA), Alexandria, Virginia, and an AFBA affiliate, the 5Star
Life Insurance Company, have named Michael Wong chief distribution
officer.
Wong previously was a senior vice
president at AFBA.
Wong has a bachelor’s degree from
the Virginia Military Institute. He earned an Air Force officer
commission. He served as a squadron officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve for
11 years.
He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter and
Chartered Financial Consultant professional designations.
AFBA is an association that provides survivor
benefits for its members; 5Star Life underwrites the AFBA survivor benefits.
The Advocator Group LLC, Wakefield, Massachusetts, says its
chief executive officer, Michael Shunney, is now chief executive officer
of a company subsidiary, Professional Disability Associates, Portland,
Maine,
Shunney has been an executive at The Advocator
Group since 2014.
The Advocator Group — an arm of Brown &
Brown Inc. — helps clients get through the Social Security Disability Insurance
benefits application process, and it also helps clients choose Medicare plans.
Professional Disability Associates provides
medical reviews, claim administration services and other support services and
consulting services for disability insurance providers.
The Advocator Group acquired Professional
Disability Associates in 2018.
Shunney has bachelor’s degree from Merrimack
College. Before begoin to work for The Advocator Group, he spent 13 years at
U.S. units of Sun Life Financial.
Kevin Riley has been Professional Disability
Associates’ interim chief executive officer. He will become senior vice
president, customer experience, according to The Advocator Group.
AmeriHealth Caritas, Philadelphia, has named Harish Nakra chief
data officer and Vinod Swarna chief analytics officer.
AmeriHealth Caritas is a Medicaid managed care
company that’s part of the group of companies that includes Independence Blue
Cross of Philadelphia.
Nakra previously was head of the enterprise
data office at Health Care Service Corp., which is the parent of the Blue Cross
and Blue Shield plans in Illinois and Texas.
Nakra has a master’s degree in information
systems from Eastern Michigan University and a master’s degree in business from
the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management.
Swarna previously was a vice president at
Magellan Health. Earlier held positions at Aetna Inc. and at CVS.
Swarna has a bachelor’s degree in
genetics and a master’s degree in computer science from Osmania University. He
has master’s degrees in biostatistics and computational biostatistics from
Arizona State University.\
Zipari Inc., Brooklyn, New York, has hired John Walsh to be its chief
technology officer.
Walsh previously was chief technology officer
at the company group that includes Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New
Jersey.
He previously worked as a technology executive
at Blue Cross and Blue Shield carriers in New York state.
He has a bachelor’s degree in information
technology from the University of Limerick.
Lockton Companies, Kansas City, Missouri, has hired Richard
Pan to be managing director at its Lockton Capital Markets unit.
Pan previously worked in investment management
at Waterfall Asset Management, where he worked with insurers and reinsurers,
along with other clients.
He has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and
a law degree from the University of Michigan. He started out working on insurance,
reinsurance and derivatives transactions at Mayer Brown LLP.
Cassaday & Company Inc., McLean, Virginia, has
hired Benjamin Dorsey to be director of tax services.
Cassaday & Company is a wealth management
firm.
Dorsey previously was a partner at Court Place
Advisors LLC in Ellicott City, Maryland.
He has a bachelor’s degree from Towson
University and a law degree from the University of Baltimore.
He holds the Certified Financial Planner and
Certified Public Accountant professional designations.
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