C-suite

Gender diversity at the C-suite level is still lacking.

The company named Ben Bulmer, currently CFO for insurance and asset management, as his successor.

More news from The Standard and Spot Insurance.

Liberty Mutual, Lincoln Financial Group, New York Life and more appointments.

Ratna Subrahmanyam will be responsible for the solutions and platforms that support critical business functions.

Technology, actuarial and analytical roles seem to be the most difficult to fill.

Success depends on people, culture and processes.

Mario Rizzo, the current chief financial officer, will succeed Glenn Shapiro as president of property-liability.

More news: Tokio Marine Highland names COO and Erie Insurance appoints Lance Hyde as vice president of DEI.

One example of a typical deep learning application is pattern recognition applied to digital images.

Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies names SVP, chief underwriting and analytics officer and Lincoln Financial Group Names James Reid executive vice president, head of workplace solutions.

Talkdesk survey of customer experience professionals points out stumbling blocks to AI implementation

MetLife has hired Carolina Stein, who will be based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sears Merritt will lead technology-focused strategies to accelerate digital transformation at the company.

Jeff Sippel will head the technology organization responsible for advancing Northwestern Mutual’s technology architecture.

Also: Ethos’ chief underwriter, SE2’s new CEO.

Other insurtech people moves: AIG, Aflac, Allstate, Hagerty and CCC.

Prakash Ranjan, the vice president of marketing technology, will focus on the company’s goals to improve digital transformation and increase tech talent.

In other news: Chubb teams up with Betterfly in Latin America; Franklin Mutual partners with vipHomeLink; Aon announces last-mile insurance with CarrierHQ.

In other news: Liberty Mutual launches insurance agency; Neptune Flood releases carbon-neutral plan; New York Life announces CEO-elect.