SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matrix Absence Management, Inc., (Matrix), a market leading integrator of insurance and absence management services, has named Paul Dubé Vice President, Product Strategy and Development, a newly-created role reporting to Matrix President Kenneth Cope.
In his new position, Dubé will be responsible for creating and advancing Matrix’s growth and absence management service offerings, as well as new product development, research, strategy, data analytics and sales support.
Founded in 1987, Matrix is a market leader in delivering services to help employers proactively manage employee absence and related programs. Matrix seamlessly integrates workers’ compensation, short and long term disability, return-to-work services, and personal/family and medical leave (FMLA) programs. Matrix is also the administrator and claims platform for Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company’s integrated disability clients.
Dubé brings more than 20 years of directly related industry experience. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Lead Business Consultant for Aetna Life Insurance Company. In this executive-level role he was responsible for designing cross-functional, holistic business development solutions and led initiatives to achieve the company’s strategic business objectives. While with Aetna he also served as the head of claims risk management with responsibility for development of Aetna’s disability claim practices nationally.
Prior to his tenure at Aetna, Mr. Dubé held a variety of leadership roles at Hartford Life Insurance Company and Unum Life Insurance Company, driving business strategy, claim practices, metric development, and operational excellence.
“Paul has influenced the absence management industry from three of the largest and most influential insurance carriers in the market,” Kenneth Cope said. “He is a proven innovator and will play a vital role in keeping Matrix relevant, resonant and effective in today’s very dynamic business environment.”
Dubé is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts in Lowell with a MA in English. He currently resides in Tolland, CT with his wife Samantha and daughters Jordan and Natalie Morgan.
He will be based in Hartford, CT.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Matrix has service locations nationwide, including claims hubs in San Jose, Phoenix, AZ, Hawthorne, NY and Portland, OR. Matrix clients employ nearly 2 million employees nationwide with total payrolls exceeding $60 billion.
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (Reliance Standard) is a leading insurance carrier specializing in innovative and flexible employee benefits solutions including disability income and group term life insurance, a suite of voluntary (employee paid) coverage options and fully integrated absence management. Reliance Standard markets these solutions nationwide through independent brokers and agents to employers of all sizes.
Matrix and Reliance Standard also partner with leading wellness provider Viverae® to deliver RelianceONE®, an innovative program to improve the health of employees and the bottom lines of employers through integrated workforce health and productivity management services.
Both Matrix and Reliance Standard are members of the Tokio Marine Group. Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc., the ultimate holding company of the Tokio Marine Group, is incorporated in Japan and is listed on both the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. The Tokio Marine Group operates in the property and casualty insurance, reinsurance and life insurance sectors globally. The Group’s main operating subsidiary, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire (TMNF), was founded in 1879 and is the oldest and leading property and casualty insurer in Japan.
For more information, visit www.matrixcos.com or call (800) 980-1006.
