Mr. Concannon held several positions at Hartford, including leadership roles in the affinity business unit and product management

The Hartford Financial Services Group (Hartford), an insurance-based financial services company, has named Michael Concannon as executive vice president of its property and casualty sales and distribution organisation. Mr. Concannon will report to Juan Andrade, president and chief operating officer of Hartford’s property and casualty operations.

Mr. Concannon replaces Juan Andrade who has been promoted as president of property and casualty sales and distribution organisation.

Prior to this, Mr. Concannon was senior vice president of the company’s personal lines operations. He has held several positions at Hartford, including leadership roles in the affinity business unit and product management. Prior to joining Hartford, he served in various finance and underwriting management positions at Allstate Insurance Company, E.F. Hutton & Co. and Dean Witter Reynolds.

Juan Andrade said: “Mike is an outstanding business executive with a long-standing commitment to understanding and exceeding the expectations of our distribution partners. In fact, he has been instrumental in developing and expanding our independent agent distribution. In addition to the phenomenal results Mike’s been able to achieve in personal lines, his deep understanding of the industry and vigorous drive to compete makes him the perfect partner to work with our agents and brokers as they look to profitably grow their businesses.”