Hartford Financial Names Christopher Swift CEO, Douglas Elliot President

(RTTNews) - Insurance provider Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) has announced the appointment of Christopher Swift as its chief executive officer and a member of board and Douglas Elliot as president. Liam McGee, currently chairman, president and chief executive, remains in his executive chairman role of the board until the next annual shareholders' meeting. Also, the firm appointed Beth Bombara to replace Swift in the chief financial officer role. The appointments are effective July 1, 2014.

In March 2010, Swift joined Hartford and is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer. Earlier, he held various senior leadership and finance positions at American International Group (AIG).

Elliot joined Hartford in April 2011 as president of Commercial Markets. Earlier to that, he served as president of Hartford Steam Boiler, an unit of Munich Re, and was a senior advisor with Aspen Insurance Holdings. Bombara has been president of Talcott Resolution since July 2012 and served earlier as senior vice president and controller.