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The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) announced that Sean Kevelighan, most recently with Zurich Insurance, has been named president and chief executive officer.

The move is effective Aug. 8.

Kevelighan has 18 years of public affairs, communications and media relations experience, including leadership roles in the global property/casualty insurance industry.

Most recent Kevelighan, age 43, was global head of public affairs for Zurich Insurance Group.

At Zurich he was responsible for setting the corporation’s global public policy and corporate responsibility agendas.

Before his time at Zurich, Kevelighan was group head of Global Consumer Banking Public Affairs for Citigroup.

He has also worked as head of North American Group media relations for Zurich, as well as in President George W. Bush’s Administration both for the Treasury Department and as press secretary for the White House Office of Management and Budget.

As president and CEO of I.I.I., Kevelighan will provide strategic oversight for the organization and act as a key spokesperson for the property/casualty insurance industry as a whole.

Kevelighan will be succeeding Dr. Robert Hartwig.

Hartwig is stepping down from his role to become a faculty member in the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business.

Hartwig will also be co-director of the Moore School’s Risk and Uncertainty Management Center.

Hartwig, an economist who has headed the organization since 2007, announced his departure plans in February.

Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed John R. Yao as senior vice president and chief information officer to oversee the company’s information systems and technology.

Yao has 35 years of information technology experience in the healthcare and insurance industries.

Prior to MEMIC, Yao was director of Applications Development at Aetna.

Before that he was vice president of Information Technology at CNA Insurance and chief technology officer at HealthWare Solutions International.

Buffalo, New York-based insurance agency Lawley has added Pat Malleolo to its employee benefits sales division in its recently relocated Purchase, N.Y. office.

The hiring of Malleolo in Lawley’s Westchester County office introduces a dedicated employee benefits consultant to the already-established business insurance and personal insurance teams servicing the New York City, Westchester County and Connecticut markets.

Malleolo will focus on pharmacy benefit analysis, healthcare reform and creating self-funding plans for companies.

Specialty property/casualty insurer Philadelphia Insurance Companies announced the hiring of Brian Kilroy as national vice president of marketing.

Kilroy will lead the insurer’s wholesale and global broker relationships, as well as focus on business development opportunities between Tokio Marine Group companies.

Kilroy brings 26 years of insurance industry experience to this new role.

He spent the past 15 years at Zurich North America, most recently as Business Development leader and market customer manager.

In this role, he managed production for the Mid-Atlantic region and served as a liaison to large customers.

Prior to that role he served as sales director for the environmental group at Zurich.

Before joining Zurich, Kilroy led Great American Insurance’s specialty lines production efforts for Pennsylvania and worked as a retail broker for Rue Insurance in Trenton, N.J.

His insurance career started at Philadelphia Insurance Companies (then Maguire Insurance Group) in 1990 as a corporate sales representative.

The Insurance Society of Philadelphia (ISOP) announced that Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg is the recipient of its 2016 Distinguished Leadership Award.

Greenberg is chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co. Inc.

The Distinguished Leadership Award recognizes an industry executive who “demonstrates exemplary leadership, has promoted the stature of the insurance and associated industries in the community, and global marketplace, and who has provided ongoing support to community events and charitable enterprises.”

As part of the award the recipient is provided with $10,000 to be directed to a charity of his or her choosing.

The award will be presented at ISOP’s Independence Gala networking and charity event in Philadelphia on Nov. 16.