Symetra Financial Corp names Peter S Burgess as director

Diversified financial services company Symetra Financial Corporation (NYSE:SYA) reported on Tuesday that its board of directors has appointed Peter S Burgess as a director.

Burgess will serve on the board's Audit and Finance Committees and stand for election at the annual shareholders' meeting in May 2011.

Burgess is an independent adviser on financial and governance issues to insurance companies and their audit committees. He previously spent 35 years at Arthur Andersen LLP as an accountant and partner.

David I Schamis, managing director of J.C. Flowers & Co, has resigned from the board. J.C. Flowers & Co sold its investment position in Symetra during the company's initial public offering in January 2010.

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