People – East

The Hartford Financial Services Group, which on July 1 completed its leadership succession, announced additional senior leadership realignment last month.

The Hartford’s Christopher J. Swift, who succeeded Liam McGee as the new CEO on July 1, said the realignment is part of the company’s strategy to grow the Property & Casualty (P&C), Group Benefits and Mutual Funds businesses while reducing the size and risk of Talcott Resolution, the company’s runoff annuity operations.

Doug Elliot, who assumed the role of president of The Hartford July 1, will expand his responsibilities to include oversight for Consumer Markets. He will now be accountable for all of the company’s P&C lines of business, in addition to Group Benefits and Claims.

Bill Bloom will rejoin The Hartford as executive vice president of Operations and Technology, reporting to Swift. Bloom joins The Hartford from business process services firm EXL, where he was president, Global Client Services. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions with The Hartford’s Group Benefits business.

Brion Johnson, chief investment officer and president of Hartford Investment Management Co., will also oversee Talcott Resolution. Johnson succeeds Beth Bombara, who was appointed chief financial officer of The Hartford on July 1.

Ray Sprague has been named executive vice president of Strategy and Business Development, reporting to Swift.

Previously, he led The Hartford’s Small Commercial business. In his new role, Sprague will be responsible for The Hartford’s enterprise strategy to drive profitable growth.

Additionally, Sprague will serve as acting leader for Consumer Markets. Andy Napoli, who was president of Consumer Markets and head of Enterprise Business Services, has decided to leave The Hartford to pursue a new opportunity.

Stephanie Bush will assume leadership of Small Commercial, reporting to Elliot. Bush, who rejoined The Hartford in 2013 from Travelers, has served as chief product and underwriting officer for Small Commercial.

Previously she spent 20 years at The Hartford in positions of increasing responsibility in commercial insurance and field operations.

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. in East Providence, R.I., recently announced two promotions. Hilda D. Barbosa was promoted to assistant enterprise manager from account executive. Barbosa has been with Starkweather & Shepley for over 35 years.

Additionally, Sean Cottrell has been promoted to vice president of Insurance Professionals of New England (IPNE), a Starkweather & Shepley division in Sturbridge, Mass. He has been serving as vice president and practice leader of the firm’s Human Services Practice Group. Cottrell started as account executive at Starkweather & Shepley in 2006.

William Gallagher Associates, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm in Boston, promoted Reed Sussman to senior vice president and leader of the firm’s Hartford, Conn., office.

Sussman previously served as vice president and was responsible for implementing and managing the insurance programs of his client base, which ranges from start-ups to publicly-traded companies. Sussman has over 12 years of industry experience. Prior to joining William Gallagher in 2002, he spent six years as a corporate attorney with the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston.