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Chris Shanahan, FSA, MAAA
Interim Chief Executive Officer, North America
Chris assumed the role of interim Chief Executive Officer in December 2007. Previously, Chris was Executive Vice President of Business Development with responsibility for coordinating Scottish Re’s offering of products and services to the North American marketplace. He joined the company in January 2005.
Chris has an extensive background in life reinsurance, serving as Vice President-Product Solutions & Research at ING Re prior to joining Scottish Re. In that role he oversaw outsourced product development, COLI/BOLI pricing, and critical illness pricing as well as managing actuarial, underwriting, and medical research. Prior to joining ING Re, Chris was 2nd Vice President & Managing Director for Lincoln Re where he managed life reinsurance pricing, COLI pricing & underwriting, and treaty development. Before joining Lincoln Re, Chris served in several actuarial capacities within Lincoln National Corporation encompassing valuation, asset-liability management, and pricing.
Chris has a B.S. Degree in Actuarial Science from Drake University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
chris.shanahan@scottishre.com
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Larry Roy
Executive Vice President, Sales
& Marketing, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Larry is responsible for the North American reinsurance
business, in addition to the identification and facilitation
of Acquired Solution opportunities.
Larry’s career spans 33 years in the life insurance and
reinsurance industry and is widely known for his reinsurance
expertise and his extensive relationships. Prior to joining
Scottish Re, he served as Executive Vice President, Sales for
Swiss Re North America in Fort Wayne, Indiana where he managed
the multi-channel distribution of reinsurance products and services
throughout North America. His sales management positions include
Senior Vice President, Transamerica reinsurance and Senior Vice
President, Sales and Marketing of Lincoln Reassurance.
Larry is active in many industry associations, has an accounting
degree from Auburn University-Montgomery and is a Fellow of
the Life Management Institute (FLMI). In addition to his sales
roles, he has served on several boards including Lincoln Reassurance
and Lincoln Health and Casualty Insurance Company.
larry.roy@scottishre.com
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R. William Dunn, FLMI, CLU
Senior Vice
President, Sales, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Bill has direct responsibility for the distribution and financial
results of Scottish Re’s traditional reinsurance business.
Bill’s insurance career has included 15 years with Swiss
Re Life and Health (formerly Mercantile and General Reinsurance),
where he was Director of Marketing, Vice President of life operations
and ultimately, Vice President of life marketing. He was also
Brokerage Manager with Zurich Life Insurance Company of Canada
and a life underwriter with Imperial Life.
Bill received a B.A. degree from the University of Toronto and
is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI) and a Chartered
Life Underwriter (CLU).
bill.dunn@scottishre.com
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Chris Noyes
Vice President of Reinsurance
Sales, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Chris is responsible for the life reinsurance sales in the
northeast portion of the U.S. as well as Colorado, Utah, and
Columbus, OH.
Chris spent 7 years with ING Re from January 1998 to December
2004. After starting as a pricing actuary, Chris oversaw
the product development, COLI/BOLI, and Critical Illness departments
at ING Re before becoming a sales representative during his
last couple of years there. His 10-year career in the
actuarial profession also includes one and a half years with
Life Partners Group (now part of Conseco) and 1 year with Conseco.
Chris holds a B.A. degree in mathematics from the Colorado College
in Colorado Springs, CO. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
(FSA) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).
chris.noyes@scottishre.com
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Joseph J. Pelletier, FLMI
Vice President, Sales, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Joseph is responsible for client relationship management
in the eastern U.S. Immediately prior to joining Scottish Re,
he was Vice President, life and annuity sales, with Aegon Alliances,
Inc.
Joe has 24 years of insurance and reinsurance experience. At
Swiss Re Life Company of America, he was Assistant Vice President
of ordinary life marketing. He also served the predecessor organization,
General Reassurance Corp., in a number of positions, including
Second Vice President in the ordinary life business line. At
Aros Reinsurance Services Corp., a subsidiary of Pan Atlantic
Group, he held Vice President and consulting positions in auditing,
reinsurance operations and runoff services.
Joe received a B.B.A. degree in accounting from Iona College
(New Rochelle, NY). He is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute
(FLMI) and has completed the Health Insurance Association of
America’s Group Life and Health, and Individual Health
certifications.
joe.pelletier@scottishre.com
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| Elizabeth (Libby) Corcillo
Vice President,
Group Life, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Libby is responsible for developing and managing Scottish
Re’s North American Group Life reinsurance business.
Prior to joining Scottish Re in April 2006, Libby was Vice
President, Group Life and Group Marketing at General Re Life
Corporation (“Gen Re”), where she gained extensive
experience in developing Group Life reinsurance programs,
including business development, strategic planning, underwriting,
pricing, and risk concentration management. From 1986
to 2006 Libby held various management, sales, marketing, operational,
and systems development roles at Gen Re and its predecessor,
Cologne Life Re.
Libby earned her B.A. in Mathematics (cum laude) from Western
Connecticut State University. She holds the designations
Fellow, Life Management Institute; Associate, Life and Health
Claims; Managed Health Professional; and Associate, Customer
Service. Libby is a member of GUAA’s (Group Underwriter
Association of America) Reinsurance Committee.
libby.corcillo@scottishre.com
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| Rayissa Palmer
Vice President, Marketing
& Communications, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Rayissa leads the North American marketing efforts
for Scottish Re.
Rayissa has over 10 years of marketing, branding, and advertising
experience working with brand name companies such as: Bank
of America, A&E, The History Channel, and ESPN. In addition,
she also served as the Managing Director, Director of Financial
Services Practice for the national marketing agency RED F,
providing strategic direction regarding the financial services
sector as well as managing several financial services clients.
Prior to joining RED F, Rayissa served as Vice President,
Brand Identity Manager for Bank of America, providing brand
stewardship for the 2003 launch of the Higher Standards campaign
across all lines of business. Her previous experience also
includes managing Advertising Sales Planning for A&E as
well as The History Channel.
Rayissa is a graduate of Oakland University where she earned
a B.A. in History.
rayissa.palmer@scottishre.com
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Meredith
Ratajczak, FSA, MAAA
Executive Vice President, Chief Actuary, Scottish Re (U.S.),
Inc.
Chief Financial Officer, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Prior to joining Scottish Re in 2006 as Chief Actuary of
Scottish Re's North American segment, Meredith was a Consulting
Actuary and Equity Partner at Milliman for 19 years. She has
also worked as an actuary for Investors Life Insurance Company
of North America and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Meredith served on the planning committee for the Valuation
Actuary Symposium for 12 years, four of those years serving
as Chairperson. She also served on the faculty of the
Life and Health Qualification Seminar for two years.
Meredith holds a BBA with a major in Finance from Penn State
University. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
meredith.ratajczak@scottishre.com
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Donna T. Mosely, FSA, MAAA
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Denver Office
Donna is responsible for treasury functions for the
North America segment, securitization reporting requirements
and management of the Denver office site.
Prior to joining Scottish Re, Donna worked for ING Group from
1988 through 2004. Her most recent position at that company
was as Chief Financial Officer for the reinsurance operations
in North America. During 1998 through 2000, she was in
the headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands working for the
Chief Actuary of ING Group. In this position she was responsible
for monitoring the financial performance and condition of all
insurance entities in Belgium, Asia/Australia and North America.
Prior to this assignment she served in several roles within
the retail insurance operations of Security Life of Denver,
a member of the ING Group.
Donna is a graduate of the University of Texas earning a Master
of Arts in Political Economy. She is also a Fellow of
the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Member of the American
Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).
donna.mosely@scottishre.com
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Gregg L. Klingenberg
Vice President,
Legal Counsel
Gregg provides strategic legal support to the corporation
and its officers regarding overall corporate affairs and regulatory
issues.
Prior to joining Scottish Re, Gregg was an attorney in the Charlotte
office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, where his practice
focused primarily on capital markets transactions. Gregg was
formerly in-house counsel to the investment division of Great-West
Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a health care and financial
services company located in Denver, Colorado, and an associate
attorney in the Denver office of Kutak Rock, LLP, focusing on
public finance and asset securitization matters.
Gregg holds a J.D. from the University of Denver College of
Law in Denver, Colorado and a B.A. in Political Science from
Nazareth College in Rochester, New York.
gregg.klingenberg@scottishre.com
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Lisa Smith
Senior Vice President and
Head of Operations, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Lisa manages Administration and Claims for Scottish
Re's North American business.
Ms. Smith joined Scottish Re in January 2005. Prior to joining
Scottish Re, Ms. Smith worked for ING Re where she served as
Vice President of Business Operations from 2002 to 2004, Executive
Director of Strategic Planning and Organizational Development
from 2000 to 2002, and Director of Business Operations from
1998 to 2000. From 1981 to 1998, Ms. Smith worked for Security
Life of Denver where she held various management positions in
the Group Life & Health and Multi-life COLI businesses.
Ms. Smith graduated from Bates College with a B.S. in Economics
and holds a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation
lisa.smith@scottishre.com
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Tom Hodes
Senior Vice President, Core
Technology Services
Tom leads the technology infrastructure development
and strategy for the global Scottish Team.
Tom has 15+ years of technology leadership success in both financial
services and technology companies. Prior to Scottish Re, he
was Senior Vice President, Technology Infrastructure for First
Charter Bank. In addition, Tom held management and technology
roles at IBM Global Services, Charter One Corporation and Unisys
Corporation.
Tom holds a B.A. degree in computer science from State University
of New York in Potsdam, New York and earned his MBA from Rochester
Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. In addition,
Tom holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
from the Project Management Institute and the Advanced Management
certification from the North Carolina School of Banking.
tom.hodes@scottishre.com
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Mary Fernald, FLMI
Senior Vice President, Underwriting, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Mary manages the company’s underwriting and administrative
efforts, including the development and implementation of new
reinsurance business processes.
Mary has 30 years of insurance underwriting experience, including
a 14-year career with Mutual of New York, where she held the
titles of Senior Underwriter, Director of life underwriting
and issue, and Chief Underwriter. Immediately prior to joining
Scottish Re, she was Assistant Vice President and Chief Underwriter
with General & Cologne Life Re.
Her career also includes underwriting assignments with Kansas
City Life, The Principal, and United Insurance Company. Mary
received a B.S. degree in business from Columbia College, is
a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI) and has an
Associate, Customer Service (ACS) designation. She is a member
of the 3rd and 4th International Underwriting Congress planning
teams, a program committee member for the Association of Home
Office Underwriters, and program chairperson for the Carolina
Home Office Underwriting Association.
mary.fernald@scottishre.com
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Lonny Meewes, FSA, MAAA
Senior Vice President, Pricing, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Lonny is responsible for the pricing of our Traditional,
Financial, and Acquired Solutions, as well as managing the company's
underwriting efforts.
Lonny joined Scottish Re in 2001 following service as Assistant
Vice President and Associate Actuary with Universal American
Financial Corp. He was an Assistant Actuary, product management,
for Royal Maccabees Life Insurance Company, and began his career
as an actuarial analyst with the Federal Home Life and Harvest
Life Insurance companies.
Lonny graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. degree in applied
mathematics from the University of Central Florida. He is a
Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Member of the
American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).
lonny.meewes@scottishre.com
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Joan M. Paulter, CLU
Vice President, Treaties, Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
Joan manages the development and writing of all reinsurance
and retrocession contracts covering life insurance and annuity
products, including conventional and financial treaties.
Joan has 30 years of professional experience in the writing
and development of life reinsurance treaty contracts for traditional
and non-traditional lines of business. Her career in reinsurance
includes 10 years with General Reassurance Corp., where she
served as Client Services Representative, Assistant Secretary
and Assistant Vice President.
She also spent 10 years as Assistant Vice President with ITT
Hartford International Life Reassurance Corp. (and its predecessor
company, American Skandia Life Reassurance Corp.), where she
created reinsurance contracts for domestic and foreign as well
as traditional and non-traditional markets. Immediately prior
to joining Scottish Re, she was Assistant Vice President with
General & Cologne Re.
Joan received a degree in marketing from the University of Bridgeport
(CT) and received her Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation
from the American College of Insurance.
joan.paulter@scottishre.com
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