Personnel Changes: Security Benefit, Principal, Hartford, Ohio (National Underwriter) - Security Benefit has hired Kevin Hart to be head of the retail retirement division’s national distribution group. Hart has been president of the Sun Life Financial Distributors Inc. unit of Sun Life Financial Inc Hartford Financial Services Inc., Hartford (NYSE:HIG), says it has tripled the number of in-house annuity sales professionals supporting its field wholesaling team.

Personnel Changes: New York Life, Word & Brown, Hartford, Lincoln (National Underwriter) - Lincoln Financial Distributors, Philadelphia, a division of Lincoln National Corp., Radnor, Pa. (NYSE:LNC), has hired Trey Caldwell and Michael Nash to be regional sales directors for defined contribution plans.

David Named T. Rowe Price Head of U.S. Third Party Distribution (Bank Investment Consultant) 

Franklin Templeton Hires New Sales Head, Pierre Caramazza (Bank Investment Consultant)

Transamerica Recruits a Principal Wholesaler (The MutualFundWire.com) - Jason Crane brings on board a wholesaler to cover North Texas.

GSAM's Distribution Chief Departs (The MutualFundWire.com) - Goldman Sachs Asset Management continues to see changes in its top ranks.

GE Boosts its Sales Team with BNY Mellon, Hartford Alums (The MutualFundWire.com)

Franklin Unveils its New RIA Sales Head (The MutualFundWire.com)

Hancock Hires an ING Wholesaler (The MutualFundWire.com)