ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In keeping with its policy of promoting from within, Securian Financial Group promoted three women from manager- to director-level positions.
Laurie J. Fenwick, CEBS, FLMI, was promoted to director of compensation, payroll and human resources information services. Fenwick joined Securian in 1988 as a management trainee. She spent three years in the retirement plan business unit, then moved to human resources in 1993 as a benefits specialist. Fenwick received her bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN.
As director of individual annuity product development in annuity actuarial, Linda G. Sonterre is responsible for all aspects of developing and implementing individual annuity products and features. Sonterre joined Securian in 1987 as an analyst and technician in the Individual Actuarial department. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota.
Angela R. Schema was promoted to director of communications and market research and is responsible for all enterprise communications and research. Schema joined Securian in 2007 as a marketing communications account representative. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree from the College of St. Scholastica, St. Paul, MN.
Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Services Kathleen L. Pinkett says Securian invests in good people with the goal of keeping them professionally engaged and challenged so they stay at Securian throughout their entire careers. Many senior executives, including Pinkett and CEO and Chairman Robert L. Senkler, joined the company right out of college.
“In a business like ours, where the products are intangible, our people become our product,” said Pinkett. “We believe retaining good people and developing their potential for expanded accountability is fundamental to our success.” Pinkett sways Securian’s internal promotion rate in 2012 was 85% and the employee retention rate was 96 percent.
Securian’s employment policies and practices have earned it many employer awards – some several years in a row – including the Minneapolis Star Tribune list of Top Workplaces, the AARP list of Best Employers for Workers over 50 and Computerwold’s list of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT.
Since 1880, Securian Financial Group and its affiliates have provided financial security for individuals and businesses in the form of insurance, investments and retirement plans. Now one of the nation’s largest financial services providers, it is the holding company parent of a group of companies that include Minnesota Life Insurance Company and Securian Life Insurance Company, a New York admitted insurer.
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