Nancy Goodwin and Alejandro Benavides take senior roles at Combined Insurance

Combined Insurance, a provider of voluntary supplemental accident, disability, health and life insurance products, and a Chubb company, has made two new senior leadership appointments.

Nancy Goodwin has been appointed senior vice president, chief underwriting officer. Alejandro Benavides has been appointed chief information officer. Goodwin and Benavides report to Joe Vasquez, president, combined insurance and SVP, global accident and health, Chubb Group. Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company.

"We are pleased to welcome Nancy and Alejandro to our executive team," said Vasquez. "Their deep expertise and proven leadership will be instrumental in our company's dynamic path forward—focused on attracting strong talent and providing best-in-class service for our customers and distribution partners while delivering sustainable growth."

Goodwin leads Combined's individual and group underwriting team, driving the strategy to ensure positive underwriting results. Goodwin brings more than 30 years of insurance industry, underwriting experience to Combined Insurance. She began her career at The Paul Revere Corporation, now part of Unum, in underwriting group disability, dental and life insurance. From there, she held underwriting leadership roles at John Hancock Financial Services, Liberty Mutual and Lincoln Financial. Most recently, she served as vice president of group underwriting at Lincoln Financial.

Benavides leads the IT organisation for Combined Insurance, ensuring that the technology strategies are aligned with supporting the company's business and growth objectives. Prior to his current role, Benavides spent more than six years at Chubb, where he served as Regional CIO and led the integration of ABA Seguros and Fianzas Monterrey units in Mexico—two previous Chubb insurance company acquisitions. Benavides brings more than 30 years of IT experience and leadership within the insurance industry and various software consulting firms. He received his bachelor's degree in Information Systems from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and an MBA from the IPADE Business School in Mexico.

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