Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. of Connecticut promoted Thomas Marra to president and chief operating officer.
Mr. Marra, 48, was president of Hartford Life.
He will continue to oversee the life insurance unit and now will also oversee Hartford's property/casualty unit.
Ramani Ayer, 60, will relinquish his position as Hartford's president but remain chairman and chief executive of the Connecticut company.
An analyst said that with this promotion Hartford's board has started lining up Mr. Marra as the eventual sucessor to Mr. Ayer, even if Mr. Ayer has no immediate plans to retire.
Hartford's current head of property/casualty, David Zweiner, 52, will leave to become a managing director at Carlyle Group's newly formed financial institutions group.
Hartford named its general counsel, Neal Wolin, 45, president and chief operating officer of the company's property/casualty operations.
Mr. Wolin also ran the company's property/casualty runoff business, which handles policies with ongoing liabilities, including asbestos.
John Walters, who heads the U.S. wealth management business, and Lizabeth Zlatkus, who runs international wealth management, will split Mr. Marra's former duties as head of Hartford Life.
All the promotions were announced Monday.
