Portland, ME, November 20, 2008 … JHA, a subsidiary of Gen Re LifeHealth, is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Leo D. Tinkham as Vice President, Marketing and Business Development. In this role, Tinkham will lead JHA's marketing activities and be involved in the development and delivery of value-added services for reinsurance clients.

“Leo brings broad experience in both the Disability and Group Life markets, with over 25 years in underwriting, product/market development, training, research and consulting,” said Drew King, President, JHA. “He is a high energy, creative thinker who will enhance our current capabilities and seek to develop new ways for us to deliver value to our clients.”

Most recently, Tinkham worked as an independent underwriting and marketing consultant to the U.S. group insurance industry. He has held marketing positions at Aetna, where he led development of association, worksite, and integrated health-disability products, and at Unum, where he led market/product development for the California and Large Employer market segments. He began his career as a medical and disability claim specialist at Union Mutual in 1984, eventually becoming Manager of Training and Development. He also worked at Cigna Group Insurance as Second Vice President of Central Underwriting and at The PMA Insurance Group where he started up a group disability business. He earned his BA from Bowdoin College and his MBA from the University of Southern Maine, and holds the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation.

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JHA is a Disability and Group Life reinsurance, risk management and research firm headquartered in Portland, Maine. JHA offers its clients reinsurance solutions and consultative support in the areas of underwriting, risk assessment, pricing, valuation, claim management, marketing, distribution and product development. Through its research practice, publications, and industry events, JHA is the leading source for information and insight about the Disability and Group Life markets.

JHA is a subsidiary of General Re Life Corporation which conducts business as Gen Re LifeHealth, and is a Berkshire Hathaway Company.