Kumar took over as General Manager and Director of GIC Re on August 1 and is also holding additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director from the same date, the company said today.
The post of CMD has been lying vacant since the retirement of A K Roy on July 31. Kumar will hold the post of acting CMD for three months.
Prior to it, he was General Manager and Director at country's largest non-life insurer New India Assurance.
Kumar is a direct recruit of the 1979 batch of general insurance cadre officers. His first posting was at United India Insurance Company (UIIC), Ernakulam office.
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