{"id":14684,"date":"2024-04-15T20:17:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/?p=14684"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:01:25","slug":"shelterpoint-announces-leadership-succession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/2024\/04\/15\/shelterpoint-announces-leadership-succession\/","title":{"rendered":"ShelterPoint  Announces  Leadership  Succession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">As Richard White transitions to Executive Chairman of the Board, Leston Welsh steps up as CEO of ShelterPoint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Richard White, who has led ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company (ShelterPoint) as CEO since 2009, is moving into the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, with the company\u2019s existing Chairman, Dr. Seth Goldberg, remaining on the Board as a Director. Leston Welsh, who joined ShelterPoint as President last April, is now stepping into the CEO role effective the same day. This announcement follows a thorough and thoughtful succession planning process conducted by the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cServing as CEO at ShelterPoint has been a great honor and my favorite chapter of my career. Having gotten to know Leston over the time we have worked together, I am pleased that we found such a talented executive to take the lead as CEO. Leston has demonstrated a strong understanding of the culture that makes ShelterPoint a great organization, and I\u2019m confident he will lead the company to even greater success over the coming years. I\u2019m excited to expand my role on the Board where I\u2019ll be able to support ShelterPoint during our next chapter of growth,\u201d said Richard White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI am honored by the Board\u2019s decision. It\u2019s a privilege to step into this role, and I look forward to ensuring a smooth transition together with our experienced management team and dedicated employees,\u201d added Leston Welsh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Mr. Welsh brought a wealth of leadership experience from highly respected companies in the industry when he joined ShelterPoint \u2013 including Sun Life, Unum, Prudential, New York Life, and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). Mr. Welsh is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Richard White transitions to Executive Chairman of the Board, Leston Welsh steps up as CEO of ShelterPoint. Richard White, who has led ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company (ShelterPoint) as CEO since 2009, is moving into the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, with the company\u2019s existing Chairman, Dr. Seth Goldberg, remaining on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":14687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[479,485],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-14684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-479","category-april-2024","tag-cover-story","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14688,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14684\/revisions\/14688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurance-advocate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}