Aviva USA, part of Aviva plc, the world's fifth largest insurance group, recently announced the appointment of Jeff Fitch as senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective immediately.
Aviva USA, part of Aviva plc, the world's fifth largest insurance group, recently announced the appointment of Jeff Fitch as senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective immediately.
Jeff Fitch joined the company in 2009 as vice president of risk management. Since then, he has worked closely with the Aviva USA executive committee and the risk management leadership team to build upon the company’s risk management framework. Fitch will coordinate company resources to plan for the impact of any potential event, ensuring that Aviva USA is within its risk tolerance, and optimising the company’s risk and reward profile.
“Jeff’s work promoting risk awareness and working with senior leadership provides him the ideal experience for this role,” said Dan Guilbert, executive vice president and chief risk officer for Aviva North America.
Fitch will report to Guilbert, with dotted-line accountability to Aviva USA president and CEO Chris Littlefield.
According to Littlefield, Fitch’s appointment demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to sound risk management. “We understand the importance of identifying, assessing and prioritising the inherent risks in operating a financial services company,” he said. “Jeff’s knowledge and experience within the risk management field allow us to focus even more tightly on these priorities.”
Prior to joining Aviva USA, Fitch served in a variety of actuarial roles at Principal Financial Group, including senior actuary with a focus on risk management and financial modelling. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst. Fitch is a 1995 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a BA in actuarial science and mathematics.
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Contact:
Kevin Waetke, Director of Public Relations
Telephone: (515) 557 3822
E-mail: kevin.waetke@avivausa.com
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About Aviva USA
Aviva USA is a sales leader of fixed indexed annuities and fixed indexed life insurance. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Aviva USA has additional offices located in Topeka, Kansas, and Woodbury, New York. In the United States, Aviva has approximately one million customers and employs nearly 1,500 people across the country. Aviva USA is part of Aviva plc, which can trace its presence in the United States back to the late 1800s.
About Aviva plc and Aviva North America
Aviva plc serves 50 million customers across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Aviva’s main business activities are long-term savings, fund management and property and casualty insurance. Aviva is the largest insurance services provider in the UK and one of the leading providers of life and pension products in Europe. In North America, Aviva is the largest provider of indexed annuity and life insurance in the US, and the second largest property and casualty insurer in Canada.