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CHICAGO, April 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ today announced the appointment of Caroline King as Senior Vice President of Business Strategy, Technology & Operations. She reports to J. Merten, Executive Vice President of Technology and Operations. In this newly created role, King, working jointly with the leaders of Information Technology, Worldwide Operations and Procurement, will focus on advancing ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½'s strategic direction of technology, operations and vendor management.

"Caroline is extremely skilled and highly regarded for her strategic vision," Merten said. "One of our top priorities is to better understand how ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½'s Information Technology and Operations areas can accelerate the services we provide to our customers, agents and brokers, and employees. I'm confident Caroline will advance our efforts to optimize these areas."

King joins ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ with more than 27 years of experience in consulting and insurance. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Chubb. Prior to that role, King held various leadership roles in global strategy and consulting at AIG and Deloitte.

King holds a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Columbia Business School of Columbia University.

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Serving businesses and professionals since 1897, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ is the country's eighth largest commercial insurance writer and the 14th largest property andÌýcasualtyÌýcompany. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½'s insurance products include commercial lines, specialty lines, surety, marine and other property and casualty coverages. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½'s services include risk management, information services, underwriting, risk control and claims administration. For more information, please visit ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ at . "ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½" is a registered trademark of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Financial Corporation. Certain ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Financial Corporation subsidiaries use the "ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½" trademark in connection with insurance underwriting and claims activities.

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