ACLI elects chairman, directors

The American Council of Life Insurers today elected Dennis R. Glass, president and chief executive of Lincoln Financial Group, as its 2008 chairman. Mr. Glass will serve for one year. The Washington-based trade association conducted its elections at its 2007 annual conference, entitled “Protecting the Past; Securing the Future.” The group has also chosen its leaders and board directors, who will all serve one-year terms. Patrick S. Baird, president and chief executive of AEGON USA Inc., has been chosen as chairman-elect and will assume the chairmanship next October, when Mr. Glass’s appointment is up. C. Robert Henrikson, chairman, president and chief executive of MetLife, will take over in 2009. Next year’s new directors include Thomas J. McInerney, chairman and chief executive of ING Insurance Americas, and William Cameron, chairman and chief executive of American Fidelity Assurance Co. Subsequent directors include Theodore Mathas, president and chief operating officer of New York Life Co. in 2009 and Bret L. Benham, chairman, president and CEO of TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co. in 2010.