IRI Exec Announces Retirement
The Insured Retirement Institute's annual conference started off with the news that its president and CEO will retire at the end of next year.
Cathy Weatherford, who has led the organization since Sept. 2008, announced she will retire in December 2018. Weatherford has had a long history in the financial services industry, serving for 12 years as executive vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and for three years as Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner.
Weatherford's announcement was just part of an information-packed opening session at IRI's annual conference. Here is a sampling of some tweets from today's activities.
CEO Cathy Weatherford announces retirement as of next year. #irivision pic.twitter.com/eaE9XyBG1e
— InsuranceNewsNet (@InsNewsNet) September 25, 2017
Congrats IRI on 25 years of leading, advocating, and connecting! Thank you Cathy for your amazing leadership! #irivision #iri25 @irionline pic.twitter.com/CnAjLzEWcy
— Jerry Patterson (@JerryWPatterson) September 25, 2017
Some great insights from today's CEO panel -- it may be difficult to predict the future, but we can certainly prepare for it. #iriVISION pic.twitter.com/lwiqZxKfOB
— Insured Retirement (@IRIonline) September 25, 2017
Listening to the great insights from the C-Suite execs of Lincoln, Jackson and Cetera at #iriVision to seek retirement solutions for all. pic.twitter.com/93wXgb67Lf
— Jeff Aaron (@jeff_aaron7) September 25, 2017

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