Symetra Financial Promotes Nicholas Mocciolo to Chief Investment Officer
Nicholas Mocciolo, Chief Investment Officer, Symetra Financial Corporation • Photo Credit: Symetra Financial Corporation
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BELLEVUE, Wash., April 29, 2026 (BUSINESS WATCH GLOBAL) — Financial services company Symetra Financial Corporation has promoted Nicholas Mocciolo to chief investment officer.
Mocciolo currently serves as interim co-president and senior managing director of Symetra Investment Management (SIM). In his new role, he will oversee the day-to-day management of the general account portfolios of Symetra Life Insurance Company and its affiliates. He will report to Tommie Brooks, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Symetra Financial Corporation.
“Nick has played a critical role in helping lead, manage and expand Symetra’s asset management capabilities, and was instrumental in the launch of SIM in 2019. He brings exceptional talent, investment knowledge, and management experience to his Symetra CIO role. Nick is also a trusted counselor to Symetra’s parent, Sumitomo Life, and has built a strong relationship with its investment management team over the last five years as SIM has overseen an increasingly larger portion of Sumitomo Life’s U.S.-based investment portfolio,” said Tommie Brooks, chief financial officer of Symetra Financial Corporation.
SIM, a registered investment adviser, manages more than $88 billion in assets for affiliated Symetra Financial and Sumitomo Life accounts.
Mocciolo joined Symetra in January 2015 from White Mountains Advisors, LLC, where he led the derivatives sector and participated in general account portfolio management for Symetra. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president and senior portfolio manager, derivatives, at Hartford Investment Management Company, overseeing enterprise-wide derivatives hedging activities for The Hartford.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Connecticut, as well as a master’s degree in operations research from Columbia University. Mocciolo is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and holds the Financial Risk Manager designation.
For more information, visit www.symetra.com.
Source: Symetra Financial Corporation
