Omaha, Neb.-based Mutual of Omaha Chairman and CEO Dan Neary announced that he will retire in 2015. He will retain the role of chairman of the company’s board of directors.
Executive Vice President James T. Blackledge has been appointed president of the company and picked to succeed Neary as CEO upon Neary’s retirement.
Named Chairman and CEO in December 2004, Neary led Mutual of Omaha through the most successful decade in the company’s 105-year history, returning record profits and building on the company’s solid financial strength through one of the most challenging economic periods in the nation’s history. He joined Mutual of Omaha as an actuary and went on to hold a number of key management positions within the group insurance area. He was appointed president of Mutual of Omaha in August 2003.
Blackledge, who joined Mutual as an actuary in 1989, most recently served as executive vice president and chief information officer/chief risk officer, where he had responsibility for the company’s technology applications and systems infrastructure as well as enterprise risk management. He previously held leadership roles in the company’s Individual Financial Services and Group Benefit Services business units.
Source: Mutual of Omaha
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