The Hartford has appointed Stephen Deane chief claims officer effective November 6, 2023. Deane will report directly to John Kinney, head of Claims and Operations, and will be a member of The Hartford?s executive leadership team. He succeeds Mary Nasenbenny, who will retire at the end of 2023.

Deane returns to The Hartford after three years at Liberty Mutual Insurance, where he served as executive vice president and chief claims officer, Global Risk Solutions, North America. Before joining Liberty Mutual, he gained more than 16 years of experience at The Hartford in various leadership roles, including senior vice president of Group Benefits and Workers' Compensation claims. Prior to that, he was an attorney at Robinson & Cole, LLP, and managed a claims team at Travelers. He holds a bachelor?s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from the University of Connecticut.

Nasenbenny joined the company in 1999 as legal counsel and was named chief claims officer in 2021.