Intact Financial Corporation announced changes to the roles and responsibilities of members of the company's leadership team. The new executive appointments are effective January 1, 2020. Leveraging his wealth of knowledge from previous roles, Pete Weightmanwill take on a newly created role of Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, Specialty Solutions, North America. Pete will focus on achieving Intact's goal of a sustainable low 90s combined ratio in North American Specialty Solutions. Pete will also assume responsibility for all managing general agent operations for Intact. Carla Smith will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Specialty Solutions, Canada. Drawing on her strong operational background in claims, direct distribution and broker channels, Carla will focus on growing and expanding Intact's specialty solutions distribution channel and strengthening relationships with brokers. Ken Anderson will be promoted to Senior Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Development. In his new role, Ken will continue to lead the investor relations team while building on the strong track record of merger and acquisition success that has supported Intact's growth and outperformance over the past decade.