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Executive News - Sigortam.net names Refik Berkol as new CEO

Turkey's leading online insurance aggregator names Refik Berkol as its new CEO. Sigortam.net is the first online insurance e-commerce portal in Turkey selling auto, home, health, travel and life products from 20 insurance companies with 7X24 call-center support. Sigortam.net is a venture capital project financed by iLAB.

iLAB is an investment holding company with interests in high growth internet projects such as kariyer.net (Turkey's largest online career site), Gittigidiyor.com (Turkey's largest auction site - also an Ebay affiliate), chemorbis and steelorbis (chemicals and steel e-marketplace). Sigortam.net was founded in 2001 and has currently more than 50,000 customers.

Manulife names chief investment officer as CEO

Manulife Financial Corp. has chosen its chief investment officer Donald Guloien to succeed Dominic D'Alessandro as president and chief executive officer when he steps down next May.

ACE Appoints Andreas Wania Regional Manager, Central & Eastern Europe

ACE European Group (ACE) (NYSE: ACE) announced today the appointment of Andreas Wania as Regional Manager for Central and Eastern Europe. Andreas's role encompasses a region extending from Russia and the CIS in the North through Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to ACE's forthcoming Turkish operation in the South.

Axa Asia Life names regional chief actuary and risk head

16 June 2008 - Axa Asia Life has promoted Mark Stamper to the position of regional chief actuary and head of regional strategic finance, a Hong Kong-based role incorporating the duties of regional chief risk officer.

Joanne Pietrini-Smith Named Chief Operating Officer of AXA Equitable Wholesale Life Insurance Unit

Joanne Pietrini-Smith has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of AXA Partners, the life insurance
business unit of AXA Distributors, LLC., based in Farmington, CT.

Watson Wyatt names retirement consulting head

Benefit consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide has named Jim Shaddy as director of its retirement consulting services in North America.

Gen Re CEO Steps Down

The chief executive officer of General Re Corp. is resigning amid reports that federal prosecutors were pushing for his removal.

New York Life Appoints Anthony Mak as President and Chief Executive Officer for Its Hong Kong Operation

New York Life International, LLC, the international arm of New York Life Insurance Company, announced today that Anthony Mak has been named president and chief executive officer for its wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary, New York Life Insurance Worldwide Ltd.

AXA UK hires Maso Y Guell Rivet as insurance chief exec

AXA UK has appointed Philippe Maso y Guell Rivet as chief executive of its insurance arm following the departure of Peter Hubbard.

AIG strengthens general insurance claims business

American International Group has consolidated its general insurance claims operations and named Charles Schader, its senior vice president of claims, to the newly created position of chief claims officer for general insurance.