The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration has named Frederick Heese to be the chief financial examiner for the insurance solvency and company regulation division.
Heese previously was an audit manager in the department.
Heese has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Missouri State University and a master’s degree in business from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a member of the board of the Society of Financial Examiners, Altamonte Springs, Fla.
In other personnel news:
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Mass., has promoted Isadore Jermyn to chief actuary.
Jermyn, a senior vice president at MassMutual, has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics and a bachelor’s degree in economics, management and actuarial science from the University of Cape Town. He has a master’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University.
MassMutual has promoted another executive, Debra Palermino, to senior vice president of corporate human resources.
Palermino previously was corporate vice president of corporate human resources.
Palermino has a bachelor’s degree from Manhattanville College and a master’s degree in business from the University of Hartford.
- Kehrer-LIMRA, a unit of LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn., has hired Kelly Haskins to be managing director.
Haskins previously was senior vice president for operations, technology and marketing at investment units of Webster Financial Corp., Farmington, Conn.