The Consumer Federation of America has picked Doug Heller to succeed J. Robert Hunter as its director of insurance.
Hunter, an actuary and former Texas insurance commissioner who has been the Washington-based group's insurance director since 1995, is retiring from that post. He will now be CFA's insurance director emeritus.
Hunter has helped to shape federal and state-level insurance policy in areas such as market conduct regulation, regulator transparency and the debate over whether the federal terrorism reinsurance program should cover group life arrangements.
Since 2013, Heller has been a member of a California advisory board that oversees a state auto insurance program for low-income state residents.
He is also a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance.
He was the executive director of Consumer Watchdog, an insurance consumer advocacy group, from 1997 through 2013.
Heller has a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.
Other organizations also have personnel news this week.
Libra
Libra Insurance Partners, a Linthicum Heights, Maryland-based insurance marketing organization — has hired Jonathan Jacobs to be senior vice president of business development. He will work with insurance company distribution teams and with life insurance brokerage general agencies.
Jacobs previously founded Wealth Management Outcomes, a consulting firm.
He has also worked for Crump, a life insurance, annuities, long-term care, and disability insurance wholesaler.
Mountain Life
Mountain Life Insurance Co. and a sibling, Kentucky Home Life Insurance Co,, have promoted Michael Noyes to vice president of sales.
Noyes as been a regional director of marketing at the Lexington, Kentucky-based carriers. He has also worked for Farm Bureau Financial Services and for Allstate.
The carriers write life insurance in Kentucky and other nearby states.
Noyes has a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University. He holds the chartered leadership fellow professional designation.
Kuvare
Kuvare, a New York-based company that owns and runs insurance companies, has hired Ana Morales to be managing director, head of business development and product strategy, for a new Kuvare Insurance Services unit.
