Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE:LNC) announced today that Roger Martin joined its Group Protection business as Senior Vice President, Finance, effective July 13, 2015. Martin will lead the financial and risk management areas of the Group Protection business.

Martin joins Lincoln from Unum, where most recently he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for all the company’s US businesses. In this role, he led all the finance and planning functions, as well its Capital and Corporate Development and US Business Risk Management Committees. During his 16 year tenure at Unum, Martin held various financial leadership roles including Chief Actuary. Prior to Unum, Martin held various actuarial and financial roles at the Paul Revere Insurance Group.

“With 30 years in the insurance industry, Roger brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience coupled with a strong track record of financial leadership to this position,” said Dick Mucci, President of Lincoln’s Group Protection business. “His special expertise in group life and disability insurance, and his long track record of successfully leading a group business through a period of transformation will have a large, positive impact on our growing business.”

Martin holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics from Assumption College and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. He will be based in Omaha, NE.

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