Paul Arrowsmith (Credit: LL Global)
LL Global — the parent of LIMRA, LOMA and the Secure Retirement Institute — has hired Paul Arrowsmith to be the president of its international operations.
Arrowsmith will help the Windsor, Connecticut-based organization serve insurers and other financial services companies outside of the United States and Canada.
LL Global now works with financial services companies in 71 countries.
Arrowsmith has a business diploma from Massey University in New Zealand. He is a distinguished fellow of the Singapore Institute of Banking and Finance.
He has worked for companies such as AXA and HBSC in companies like Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
In related news, LL Global has named Mark Poklar to lead its insurance research unit.
Poklar previously was executive director of consumer insights and competitive intelligence at Humana.
Poklar has a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a master's degree in business from the Wisconsin School of Business.
He got his start in market intelligence at Manpower. He worked at Walmart.com, Thrivent and Financial and other companies before going to work for Humana.
In other personnel moves news:
Alera Group, Deerfield, Illinois, a company that sells life insurance and annuities as well employee benefits and property and casualty products, has hired John Mollica to be vice president, business intelligence and transformation.
Mollica previously was head of product and general manager at RiskMatch, a subsidiary of Vertafore.
Mollica has a bachelor's degree in management from Boston College.
He spent about 10 years at Marsh and two years at XL Group.
