Personnel Changes: Manulife, MetLife, Others

Kennedy has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and business from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

- ULLICO Inc., Washington, has hired David Barra to be chief financial officer.

Barra previously was head of internal auditing at Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind.

Barra has a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois.

- Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Horsham, Pa., has hired Eileen McDonnell to be executive vice president and chief marketing officer.

McDonnell, who has been working as a consultant, previously was president of New England Financial, a subsidiary of MetLife Inc., New York, and a senior vice president at Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York.

McDonnell has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from Molloy College in Rockville Centre, N.Y. She has a master’s degree in finance and investments from Adelphi University.

McDonnell is a member of the master of science in management faculty at the American College. She also has served on the board of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association, Bethesda, Md.

- Jackson National Life Distributors L.L.C., Denver, a unit of Prudential P.L.C., London, has promoted Rob Butler to central regional director for the registered and guaranteed channels.

Butler previously was an external wholesaler covering Indiana.

Butler has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.

- Hales & Company Inc., New York, an insurance industry investment bank, has promoted Louis Caltavuturo, Michael Fletcher and Allan Keller to partner.