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Safeco Corp.


SAFECO CORP. has named three executives to senior posts. MIKE HUGHES Mike Hughes (b. November 17, 1974) is an Canadian professional wrestler who has competed on the North American independent promotions throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s as a co-founder and mainstay of Real Action Wrestling [1]  was named executive vice president of insurance operations. TERRI DALENTA has been appointed senior vice president of claims and service, and KIM GARLAND has been named president of Open Seas Insurance, Safeco's product research and innovation ann.

Hughes currently is senior vice president of Safeco Business Insurance. Dalenta is senior vice president of business process improvement and chief risk officer. Garland is vice president of auto product management.

In part, these appointments stem from the departure of MICHAEL LAROCCO, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 of Safeco's property/casualty operations, and the retirement of DALE LAUER, head of claims and service.

JOHN AMMENDOLA will move from his role as head of Safeco Personal Insurance to become senior vice president of financial planning Financial planning

Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against
 and analysis. TOM TROY has been named head of Safeco Business Insurance, and SPENCER DONKIN was named bead of personal and commercial insurance field underwriting.

LEW AUGUSTINE, vice president of risk management, has been named to succeed Dalenta as chief risk officer. Also, co-leaders of Safeco's new regulatory affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas:
 office will be LAURA MURPHY Laura Murphy was a character on the long running police drama NYPD Blue. She was played by Bonnie Somerville.

Joining at the beginning of the twelfth and final season, Murphy was a long term replacement for Connie McDowell after the character left to have a baby.
, chief regulatory and compliance officer, and EDWARD HEFFERNAN, senior vice president of government relations.
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Title Annotation:Mike Hughes, Terri Dalenta, and Kim Garland appointed
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Date:Sep 1, 2006
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