The St. Paul Cos. Names Kae Lovaas Senior VP

The St. Paul Companies announced that Kae Lovaas, 46, has been named senior vice president in charge of operations for the company’s U.S. Insurance Operations.

Lovaas will report to Marita Zuraitis, executive vice president, U.S. Insurance Operations. The appointment is effective immediately.

In her new role, Lovaas will oversee operations, underwriting services, regulatory services and underwriting systems for U.S. Insurance Operations.

“Kae’s experience in building and running our highly successful Global Technology Underwriting unit makes her an excellent choice to lead the new operations unit,” said Zuraitis. “She will be working to ensure that our underwriting practices and systems corporate-wide are efficient and cost effective.”

Lovaas joined The St. Paul in 1982 and worked in a variety of marketing and underwriting positions. She was named vice-president, Technology Underwriting in 1993 and was promoted to president, Global Technology in 2001. Prior to joining The St. Paul, Kae held a number of marketing and underwriting positions at Aetna Casualty & Surety in Minneapolis, Minn. She is a graduate of Augsburg College, Minneapolis, and has a MBA from the University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minn.