N.J.-based Prudential Group Insurance Names Chief Information Officer

Prudential Group Insurance, a unit of Prudential Financial in Newark, N.J., appointed Joseph Hayes vice president, information systems and chief information officer.

He will be responsible for group insurance technology and systems, as well as collaboration on business strategies throughout the organization.

Hayes began his Prudential career in 1997 and has held a number of positions in operations and systems, including activities in support of Prudential’s demutualization and initial public offering. Most recently, he served as vice president, IT operations for Prudential Annuities.

Prior to joining Prudential, Hayes served as assistant vice president of Mutual Fund Systems for Merrill Lynch, where he worked for 11 years.

Prudential Group Insurance manufactures and distributes a full range of group life, long-term and short-term disability, long-term care, dental, and corporate and trust-owned life insurance in the U.S. to institutional clients primarily for use in connection with employee and membership benefits plans.

The business also sells individual long-term care insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment, and other ancillary coverages and provides plan administrative services for its insurance coverages.