Executive News

New York-based KPMG announced that Christopher J. Swift has been named national industry director of KPMG's insurance practice. Swift has been with the firm for 16 years.

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Mark Schwarzmann has been named to the position of Allfinanz Inc.'s (New York) chief operating officer, North America. Schwarzmann formerly served as senior vice president of GE Financial Assurance, where he led insurance and investment initiatives.

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The MassMutual Financial Group (Springfield, MA) announced that Toby Slodden has been appointed head of MassMutual's newly formed financial products division.

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Richard DuBois has been appointed senior vice president, sales and marketing of MTW (Mission Woods, KS). His responsibilities will include the building of a sales and support organization and the creation of a marketing program for MTW's insurance market.

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Mark Popolano has been named CIO of AIG (New York). Popolano, AIG's CTO, will continue his responsibilities as he assumes the position of CIO.