The Hartford has appointed Melinda Thompson as vice president and head of sales and distribution, reporting to Doug Elliot, president of The Hartford. In this role, Thompson will be responsible for enhancing relationships with The Hartford’s top distribution partners and working with the company’s property and casualty and group benefits sales leadership teams to drive growth across the businesses.
Thompson began her career with The Hartford in 1998 as an underwriter in the middle market business and has held positions of increasing responsibility in sales and underwriting across The Hartford’s middle market, small commercial and personal lines businesses.
Most recently Thompson served as regional vice president of the company’s office in Charlotte, N.C., where she led the middle market field operations in North and South Carolina.
