Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced two senior executive promotions Wednesday to increase growth in its European operations and its individual life business in the United States.
Brian Murphy, the president and chief executive officer of Woodbury Financial Services, a Minnesota broker-dealer firm and a subsidiary of The Hartford, has been named executive vice president and director of the Simsbury, Conn., firm's U.S. individual life insurance business.
Mr. Murphy will retain his role at Woodbury and will succeed Michael Kalen, who has been named the president and chief executive officer of Hartford Life Ltd. in Europe. Both will start their new jobs Feb. 26.
Mr. Kalen will succeed Lincoln Collins, who is returning to Hartford's U.S. operations after completing his overseas assignment. He will remain in Europe through April as part of a planned transition.
