Property and casualty insurer The Hartford has announced the appointment of Matt Winter to its board of directors, effective February 24.
Winter is also set to join the board’s finance, investment and risk management committee on the same date, while on May 20 he will join the compensation and management development committee.
He was president of Allstate Corporation and Chief Executive Officer of Allstate Life Insurance Company until his retirement in February 2018.
Winter joined Allstate in 2009 as the president of Allstate Financial and served in a variety of executive roles before being named president of Allstate Corporation in January 2015.
Before joining Allstate, Winter held numerous senior executive positions at large financial institutions and insurance companies, including AIG, where he was responsible for all Global Operations and Systems, administrative and divestiture operations as well as AIG India and United Guaranty Corporation.
“Matt brings impressive and highly applicable industry experience and leadership to the board from his distinguished career as an executive in both property-casualty and life insurance across various functions and operations,” said The Hartford’s Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift.
“His range of knowledge will provide us with valuable insight as we focus on organic growth across our broad suite of products and offerings.”
