Leston Welsh joins Prudential Group Insurance as head of Disability and Absence Management
Prudential Group Insurance today announced that Leston Welsh has joined the firm as vice president, head of Disability and
Absence Management. In this role he is responsible for defining and executing the strategic direction for disability and absence
management products, services, and capabilities. Welsh succeeds Jake Biscoglio, who is leading a business development initiative
for the Workplace Solutions Group. Prudential Group Insurance is a unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
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Leston Welsh, vice president, head of Disability and Absence Management for Prudential Group Insurance (Photo:
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Welsh joins Prudential from Unum where most recently he served as senior vice president and chief operating officer of Starmount
Insurance Company, accountable for IT, claims, call center, enrollment, billing, implementation, account management and compliance
across the individual life and dental/vision business segments. During his tenure at Unum, as vice president of individual
disability insurance operations and market development, Welsh had profit and loss accountability and oversaw the redesign of the
company’s sales and operational model to address growing market emphasis on voluntary offerings. Welsh came to Unum from Sun Life
Financial where, starting in 2008, he led projects that included developing and resetting the company’s voluntary product strategy
and improving data analytics.
Welsh, who will report to Jim Gemus, senior vice president and head of product and business segments for Prudential Group
Insurance, is responsible for successfully delivering on product portfolio vision and maximizing profitability through the creation
and effective ongoing management of product offerings. In addition, he will build and mentor a team of talented leaders across the
Disability and Absence Management business, and provide leadership of other areas including the Health and Productivity Analytics
and Consulting Practice.
“Leston brings to Prudential broad multi-disciplinary experience, including voluntary benefits, sales and operations, risk
management and actuarial,” said Gemus. “We are thrilled to have him join Prudential Group Insurance.”
Welsh, who holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the City University of New York’s Baruch College, is a fellow in the
Society of Actuaries and speaks at industry conferences on leadership, individual and group insurance products, disability and
enrollment.
About Prudential Group Insurance
Prudential Group Insurance manufactures and distributes a full range of group life, long-term and short-term disability and
corporate and trust-owned life insurance in the U.S. to institutional clients primarily for use within employee and membership
benefit plans. The business also sells critical illness, accidental death and dismemberment and other ancillary coverages and
provides plan administrative services in connection with its insurance coverages.
About Prudential Financial, Inc.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their
wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds
and investment management. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation
for more than a century. For more information, please visit news.prudential.com.
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