Ernst & Young Global Ltd. has picked Shaun Crawford to lead the global insurance practice.
Crawford previously was leader of the United Kingdom insurance sector and insurance advisory practice for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, according to Ernst & Young, London.
Crawford is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.
In other personnel new:
- The American Academy of Actuaries, Washington, has hired Donald Fuerst to be a senior pension fellow.
The previous senior pension fellow, Frank Todisco, stepped down in November 2010 to become the chief actuary for the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Fuerst recently retired from a position as a senior partner and consulting actuary in the Denver office of Mercer. He has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Regis University.
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Mass., has hired Garrett Carlough and Andrew Hanlon to be retirement services sales directors.
Carlough will be based in New York. He previously worked for Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa (NYSE:PFG).