Top Genworth LTCI executive heads to Unum

Unum Group Corp. (NYSE:UNM), a disability insurer with a large closed block of long-term care insurance business, has hired Steve Zabel to be its chief risk officer.

Zabel, who has been a senior vice president of LTCI at Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE:GNW), will be a senior vice president at Unum, Unum said.

Zabel will be moving to Chattanooga, Tenn., where Unum has its headquarters.

Before Zabel took charge of Genworth’s LTCI unit, he was the company’s chief financial officer for insurance products. Earlier, he was a senior vice president of audit.