Genworth Financial Inc. on Wednesday named Kevin Schneider as chief operating officer in a newly created role, effective the first of the year.

Mr. Schneider, tasked with overseeing the company's daily operations, has been with the firm since it went public in 2004. He most recently worked as Genworth's executive vice president and previously held senior positions at GE Capital.

In his new role, Mr. Schneider will report to Chief Executive Tom McInerney, who said the appointment will enable him to focus on driving Genworth's growth strategy and other priorities.

Earlier this year, Genworth said that it planned to sell some operations as part of a move to comply with tighter federal requirements for mortgage insurers that want to do business with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In October, the firm struck a deal to sell its European mortgage-insurance business to AmTrust Financial Services Inc. for about $60 million in cash.

In its most recent year, Genworth reported a loss of $1.24 billion, down from a profit of $560 million a year earlier.

Shares in the company, down 55% this year, were inactive premarket.

Write to Lisa Beilfuss at lisa.beilfuss@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 16, 2015 09:15 ET (14:15 GMT)

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