MLC Life Insurance has appointed Bozenna Hinton as its new GM, Product, Pricing & Retail Insurance Proposition, responsible for the insurer’s portfolio, including a new income protection product to be launched later this year.

Ms Hinton, who reports to Chief Life Insurance Officer Michael Rogers and becomes a member of the leadership team, has spent six years at TAL, most recently as Head of Portfolio Management Individual Life.

She has more than 20 years’ experience in life insurance, including roles spanning customer retention, claims and underwriting insights, pricing, analytics, and portfolio management.

She spent many years in actuarial consulting at Trowbridge Consulting and Ernst & Young and is currently the Chair of the International Committee for the Actuaries Institute of Australia. She has also been Chair of the International Actuarial Association (IAA) Education Committee since 2016.