Assurant announces personnel changes, new operating structure
Kathy McDonald, Keith Meier, and Tammy Schultz are among the new faces on the company's management committee.
Assurant, a global provider of risk management solutions, has announced a new operating structure, as well as senior management appointments. The company’s management committee has added Kathy McDonald, president, global specialty; Keith Meier, president, international; and Tammy Schultz, president, global pre-need, to round it out even further.
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Notable transitions
- Christopher Pagano, chief risk officer, will retire on April 1, 2019, after 23 years with Assurant. R. David Conner, a 22-year Assurant employee, will assume the role of senior vice president, global head of risk, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
- Ajay Waghray, chief technology officer will be leaving the company as a result of these changes.
- Gene Mergelmeyer, chief operating officer, will assume leadership of the company’s global technology organizations.
“As the needs of our customer change, we will continue to evolve how we operate as a global organization,” Alan Colberg, president and CEO, said in a press release. “That means innovating to add value and continuing to enhance the customer experience while finding efficiencies and opportunities to leverage the size and scale of our global operations.”
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