Comings and goings

Here's a roundup of recent position changes in the industry: Steven A. Kandarian, currently EVP and CIO at Metlife, will step up to president/CEO on May 1. He will replace C. Robert Henrikson, who will reach MetLife’s executive management mandatory retirement age in 2012. Henrikson will continue to serve as chairman of the board through the end of this year … Towers Watson has appointed Rory O’Brien as global Risk Consulting and Software leader. He replaces Steve Taylor-Gooby, who is stepping down from that role after 25 years at the company … ING has promoted Heather Lavallee to president of Employee Benefits Distribution. Most recently, Lavallee served as a regional vice president and general manager of ING Employee Benefits … Symetra Life Insurance has named George McKinnon senior vice president and chief information officer.