Personnel Changes: Assurant, MassMutual, Others

Mysore succeeds Gary Comerford, who is moving to Sun Life’s corporate office to become managing director for international operations.

- The Kentucky Office of Insurance has named Eugene Sherrard to be director of the insurance fraud investigation division.

Sherrard spent decades in the Louisville police department and eventually became chief of police. He also spent time working as a homicide detective and helping to run the department’s efforts to stop narcotics sales.

- Health Net Inc., Los Angeles, has hired Linda Tiano to be senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Tiano will succeed B. Curtis Westen, who will resign Feb. 1, then stay with Health Net as a senior vice president and special counsel until July 31, Health Net says.

Tiano previously was deputy general counsel for the East Region and national accounts at WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis. She was general counsel of WellChoice Inc., New York, when WellPoint acquired WellChoice.

Tiano has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati and a law degree from Boston University.

Health Net also has named Philip Davis chief compliance officer. Davis has been and will continue to be Health Net’s deputy general counsel and corporate ethics officer.

Davis has a bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Ohio and a law degree from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

- Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind., has hired W. Mark Johnson to be senior vice president and chief compliance officer.

Johnson previously was chief counsel at GE Employers Reinsurance Corp., Overland Park, Kan.

Johnson has a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a master’s degree in health administration from Brigham Young University. He has a law degree from Indiana University.