ACLI names Szostek director

The American Council of Life Insurers has added James Szostek as the director of pensions in the taxes and retirement security department. He joins the council from Hartford Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., where he worked on regulatory and legislative issues in the company’s retirement plan business. In his new capacity, Mr. Szostek will help the group with policies on regulation and legislation surrounding the retirement security business of member carriers. He reports to Walter Welsh, executive vice president of taxes and retirement security.