Financial Guaranty Insurance Co., a subsidiary of GE Capital, yesterday named one of its own to take over as its new public finance business leader.
Cheryl Whaley, who recently served as president, chief executive officer, and chairwoman of the board of GE Capital Life Assurance Co. of New York and American Mayflower Life Insurance Co. of New York, takes over on Monday for A. Edward Turi 3d, FGIC's general counsel and a managing director. Turi had served as the acting head of FGIC public finance since Joseph L. Campion, a 10-year FGIC veteran, left the company on April 10.
With General Electric, Whaley served as senior vice president of quality and integration of GE Financial Assurance, director of strategic planning for CNBC, and manager of business development at GE Capital. She has also worked for CS First Boston, Northwest Airlines, and Bain & Co.
Whaley graduated as a Durant Scholar, magna cum laude from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., and holds an MBA from Harvard University. She is a member of the board of directors of the Life Insurance Council of New York.
In the last year, FGIC has lost its place as the leader in the bond insurance market to Financial Security Assurance Inc. FGIC finished the first quarter of 2001 ranked third among bond insurers, having insured some $5.35 billion in bonds in 219 issues. This is down from its first place ranking in the first quarter of 2000, when it backed some $6.94 billion in bonds in 200 issues, according to Thomson Financial Securities Data.