J. Stephen Beckman came out of retirement to take over asinterim CEO of Security American Financial Enterprises, followingthe resignation of president and chief executive officer Susan J.Albrecht on Jan. 11. Albrecht resigned to take a senior positionwith anotherunnamedinsurance company.

The St. Paul Companies announced 48-year-old Andy Bessette wasnamed senior vice president and chief administrative officer.

Gary Breitbart has become president and CEO of PrudentialFinancials Prudential WorkingSolutions, a voluntary-benefitsportal, where he will worry about the units sales, customerrelationship development, product management, and day-to-dayoperations. To make sure hes busy, Breitbard will also retain hiscurrent responsibilities for Prudential Financials institutionaland employee benefits operations as chief strategist and marketingofficer.

Zurich Global Energy appointed David Fazan vice president andcasualty manager of its London branch. Technology Decisions haslearned that he will be reporting to senior vice president DerekRatteray.

Conseco announced that it has combined its Indianapolis-basedinsurance operations, and named Liz Georgakopoulos to head theunit. This part of Consecos insurance operations had been organizedas three separate units.

Frank Glassner was named CEO of the Compensation Design Group,an international compensation and benefits consulting firmheadquartered in New York.

Reinsurance Group of Americas board of directors elected AlanHenderson a director of the board. He succeeds William Stiritz, whoserved as a board member since the company became public in1993.

Pacific Life appointed James T. Morris executive vice presidentof the life insurance division, succeeding Lynn C. Miller; Millerwill continue in a corporate function until his retirement on June30.

The board of directors of Reinsurance Group of America electedStewart G. Naglercurrently vice chairman of the board and CFO ofMetLifeas chairman of the board.

American Re Corporation announced that Edward J. Noonan hasresigned as president and CEO effective March 31, after 18 yearswith the company. He will be succeeded by John P. Phelan, currentlypresident of Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada, which, likeAmerican Re, is a member of the Munich Re Group.

Hector R. Ortino has been elected a director of the New YorkLife Insurance Company, making him the 15th member of theboard.

Dennis Reding, president of Bermuda-based ACE INA Holdings andpresident and CEO of ACE USA, has resigned from the company.

In other news, Aon Corporation named Dennis Reding chiefexecutive officer of Combined Specialty Corporation.

After giving the past 17 years of his life to the company, CarlS. Thigpen has been named senior vice president and chief mortgageand real estate officer of Protective Life Corporation and itsprincipal subsidiaries.