Weatherford Era Comes To A Close At IRI
October 1, 2017 by Cyril Tuohy
Last week’s announcement that Insured Retirement Institute president and CEO Cathy Weatherford would retire next year brings to an end her decade-long effort to broaden the IRI’s appeal beyond the variable annuity industry.
In hindsight, enlarging the tent to include other segments of the annuity industry was perhaps the single most important strategic decision authorized by the IRI, then known as the National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA).
NAVA was “hyper-specialized in what it represented,” Weatherford said. “When the switch to the IRI took place, that umbrella opened wider.”
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