Brooks Named Symetra Financial’s Chief Actuary

Symetra Financial in Bellevue, Wash., has named Tommie Brooks vice president and chief actuary. Brooks, who has been with the company for 15 years, will be the senior manager in charge of actuarial functions and guide the company’s product pricing strategies, insurance risk analysis and reserving. He will assume leadership of the actuarial division from Margaret Meister, Symetra’s chief financial officer and prior chief actuary.

Previously, Brooks served as managing actuary for Symetra’s life insurance subsidiaries. Brooks began his career with Symetra in 1992 as an actuarial student in the Retirement Services division, and later went on to hold several managerial positions with actuarial teams throughout the company. He attained the Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 1998 and is a graduate of Central Washington University.