Colonial Life announces leadership changes

Nine professionals have recently taken on new roles and responsibilities

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Jan. 6, 2014) — Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company in recent months has named nine professionals to new roles and responsibilities within the company:

Tim Arnold, Colonial Life’s president since July, has taken over the position of chief executive officer following the retirement of Randy Horn. Arnold previously served as the company’s senior vice president of sales and marketing (2012-14) and chief operations officer (2011-12). He came to Colonial Life in 2011 following a 27-year career with Unum.

David Parker has been named senior vice president for growth operations. In this role he is responsible for product development, underwriting, new business, sales compensation, incentives and awards, and business information and analysis services. Parker previously served as a senior vice president in the finance department and as chief financial officer at Colonial Life.

Richard Shaffer has been named vice president of enrollment. In this new position, Shaffer will oversee enrollment strategy and capability development for both Colonial Life and Unum. He was previously a vice president for sales and distribution in Unum’s large employer practice.

Kyle Addy has been named vice president of core market services, responsible for providing close support of Colonial Life’s sales teams and leading development of acquisition and retention strategies in the small and mid-sized employer market segments.

Ronda Tranter has been named an assistant vice president for public sector strategic partnerships. In this role, Tranter is responsible for developing national, state and local strategic partnerships in the public sector market. She previously was an assistant vice president and senior counsel in the law department.

Melissa Constante has been named assistant vice president in the portfolio management office. She will be responsible for leading the project management team and ensuring effective management and execution of large corporate projects. Constante previously served as a director of business planning in the sales and marketing department.

Heather Lozynski has been named a director of public sector market services. She is responsible for oversight of acquisition, inforce enrollment plans for public sector accounts and advocates for services and programs to protect and grow all size segments. Lozynski was previously a senior public sector account manager.

John Livengood has been named director of enrollment solutions and will oversee relationships and connections with Colonial Life’s enrollment technology partners.

Todd Mason has been named territory sales manager for the California South Coast Territory. Mason is responsible for building a sales team to market the company’s products, programs and services for all marketsin the territory. He previously served as territory sales manager for public sector business in California and as public sector regional sales director for the west region.

 

About Colonial Life

Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company is a market leader in providing financial protection benefits through the workplace, including disability, life, accident, cancer, critical illness and hospital confinement indemnity insurance. The company’s benefit services and education, innovative enrollment technology and personal service support more than 80,000 businesses and organizations, representing more than 3 million of America’s workers and their families. For more information visit www.coloniallife.com or connect with the company at www.facebook.com/coloniallifebenefits, www.twitter.com/coloniallife andwww.linkedin.com/company/colonial-life.  

 

 

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