Education: India Institute of Technology, BS, 1969; Drexel University, MS, 1971; PhD, 1973.
Ramani Ayer was born in Kerala in India.
Ramani Ayer was born on May 27th, 1947.
The Hartford Financial Services Group, 1997-, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
1983-1984, vice president, HartRe
1973-1978, operations researcher
Chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Hartford Financial Services Group
Immigrated to the United States, 1969; naturalized American citizen
1991-1997, president and chief operating officer, property-casualty operations
in 2003 and 2004 Ayer implemented innovations that included an electronic claim submission method for agents and cooperative development of a buyer protection plan service on eBay.
Ayer joined The Hartford in 1973 and worked his way up from a position in the operations research department to becoming chairman, president, and chief executive officer in 1997.
In India, Ayer began honing his innovative problemsolving abilities out of necessity. His father was a low-paid government servant in the accountant general's office in Bombay. In college Ayer could barely afford the materials needed for his classes.
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