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Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Not applicable.
PART III
Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Executive Officers of the Company
Set forth below is information concerning the Company’s executive officers as of February 27, 2006.
Name AgeOffice
Jay S. Fishman ........... 53 Chairman of the Board ofDirectors, Chief Executive Officer and
President
Jay S. Benet ............. 53 Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Irwin R. Ettinger ......... 67 Vice Chairman
William H. Heyman ...... 57 Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
Brian W. MacLean ....... 52 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Andy F. Bessette ......... 52 Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Kenneth F. Spence, III.... 50 Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Doreen Spadorcia ........ 48 Executive Vice President—Claim
Joseph P. Lacher, Jr....... 36 Executive Vice President—Personal
Jay S. Fishman,53, has been Chairman since September 2005 and Chief Executive Officer and
President of the Company since joining SPC in October 2001. He held the additional title of Chairman of
SPC from October 2001 until the Merger. Prior to October 2001, Mr. Fishman was Chief Operating
Officer of finance and risk for Citigroup Inc, where he was responsible for coordinating all risk and
financial functions throughout that company.He was also then serving as Chief Executive Officer and
President of TIGHI (since 1998) and as Chairman (from March 2000 to January 2001), and as head of
Citigroup’s global insurance businesses and the consumer business in Japan and Western Europe.
Mr. Fishman held several key executive posts at Primerica, Travelers and Citigroup from 1989 to
October 2001.
Jay S. Benet, 53, has been Vice Chairmanand Chief Financial Officer since August 2005, and before
that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since the Merger, and
from February 2002 until the Merger, he held those same offices at TPC. From March 2001 until
January 2002, Mr. Benet was the worldwide head of financial planning, analysis and reporting at Citigroup
and Chief Financial Officer for Citigroup’s Global Consumer Europe, Middle East and Africa unit
between April 2000 and March 2001. Before that, Mr. Benet spent 10 years in various executive positions
with Travelers Life & Annuity, including Chief Financial Officer of Travelers Life & Annuity and
Executive Vice President, Group Annuity from December 1998 to April 2000, and Senior Vice President
Group Annuity from December 1996 to December 1998. Prior to joining Travelers Life & Annuity,
Mr. Benet was a partner of Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).
Irwin R. Ettinger, 67, has been Vice Chairman of the Company since the Merger. Prior to that time,
he was Vice Chairman of TPC since June 2002. Mr. Ettinger served as the Chief Accounting andTax
Officer for Citigroup from 1998 to May 2002 and held other positions of increasing responsibility since
joining Citigroup in 1987. He joined Citigroup from Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young) where he
was a partner for 18 years.
William H. Heyman,57, has been Vice Chairman since May 2005, and before that, he was Executive
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since the Merger. Prior to the Merger, he
held the same offices with SPC since he joined SPC in May 2002. Mr. Heyman held various executive