Philip V. Bancroft will join the ACE Group of Companies as chieffinancial officer of ACE Limited, effective immediately. Jealousywatch: Mr. Bancroft will be based in Bermuda.

Things were busy at Conseco, which announced that Julio A. Bareaand Carol Bellamy were elected as two new members of its board ofdirectors. Conseco also announced that it named Charles H. ChuckCremens as president and CEO of its subsidiary, Conseco Finance.Cremens succeeds Bruce Crittenden who resigned to pursue otherinterests.

USAA has announced its board of directors has appointed RobertG. Bob Davis to the position of chairman-elect of the association.Davis will also continue as chief executive officer; he succeedsGeneral Robert T. Herres as chairman.

Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company named CherriDivin senior vice president of the newly created annuity productsunit of the Transamerica Insurance & Investment Group (TIIG).Shell oversee annuity product development and pricing and will beresponsible for managing TIIGs relationships with specialaccounts.

Stuart A. Hall has decided to step down as chief executiveofficer of Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation. Hell besucceeded by Tony Ferronato.

GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation named Nicholas D. Gassmanvice president of sales for its specialty insurance group.

Healthaxis added Adam J. Gutstein as a director. That isall.

PacifiCare Health Systems announced that Joseph S. Konowieckihas assumed the fulltime position of executive vice president andgeneral counsel for the company. It also promoted 44-year-old RichRoge to senior vice president of commercial sales, marketing, andproduct development.

Insurance Data Systems e-commerce subsidiary MarketScout,announced that executive vice president Krista Tankersley, has beennamed to the board of the Certified Insurance ServiceRepresentatives, where she will serve six years.

Zurich North America has named Richmond Waller to the positionof executive vice president, e-business, where he will help leadthoughts and strategize the companys e-business initiatives.

Tony Wilkey has joined CNA Life as senior marketing officer forCNAs individual life, long-term care, and annuity business. Helloversee the business marketing, product development, anddistribution divisions for both Life and LTC. Technology Decisionshas learned that he will report directly to Susan McGory, chiefoperating officer of CNA Life and LTC.