Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced Tuesday that it had named Andrew J. Pinkes president of Heritage Holdings Inc., a unit that oversees the company's property and casualty runoff operations.
Mr. Pinkes, who is a senior vice president and the chief operating officer at Heritage, is to take responsibility for the group's operations and subsidiaries on April 1. He succeeds David R. Robb, who is to retire after 30 years at Hartford.
The company hired Mr. Pinkes in 2003 to lead its asbestos claims management activities. He later began oversight of the complex claim group, the department that manages all direct asbestos, silica, environmental, and complex tort claims.
He was named chief operating officer of Heritage Holdings at mid-year 2005.
