United Guaranty Names New Chief Operating Officer

American International Group subsidiary United Guaranty Corp., Greensboro, N.C., has a new chief operating officer who — like the company's recently named chief executive — at one time worked for Safeco Corp., Seattle. Kim Garland will have responsibility for UGC's claims service and operations, business development, underwriting, marketing and risk management functions. Most recently, he was the president of the Open Seas Solutions group for Safeco. UGC president and CEO Eric Martinez, before joining the mortgage insurer's parent company AIG, New York, earlier this year, was executive vice president — claims, customer care and business operations for Safeco. Mr. Garland's previous positions also include being vice president, auto product management at Safeco, and before that he held various senior management and actuarial positions at Safeco and GEICO.