Aviva USA has hired Christopher Welp to be executive vice president of insurance operations.
Welp has been chief operating officer at the Des Moines operations of ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam (NYSE:ING), according to Aviva USA, Des Moines, Iowa, a unit of Aviva P.L.C., London (NYSE:AV).
Welp has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Iowa.
In other personnel news:
- Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia has hired Susan Larkin to be vice president of account management.
Larkin previously was vice president at Gallagher Benefits Services, Itasca, Ill.