ING U.S.’s Retirement business made several personnelappointments to support the company’s small-mid corporateretirement plans market.

Jeff Darnowski joined ING U.S. Retirement as a clientrelationship manager. Based in New York, Darnowski is responsiblefor ongoing plan sponsor relationship management and servicedelivery for ING U.S.’s existing 401(k) retirement plan sponsorslocated in metro New York. He most recently managed theInternational Benefits area at AIG. Prior to that, he was directorof Retirement Operations at Lord Abbet & Company where he wasresponsible for client service delivery in the company’s smallmarket 401(k) program. He also held several client servicepositions in the Retirement Group at Merrill Lynch.

Thomas Fleming was promoted to regional vice presidentof sales. Based in New York City, Fleming is responsible forthe sales and distribution of 401(k) retirement plans to thewirehouse channel in metro New York, Long Island and northern NewJersey. Fleming has been with ING U.S. for over 12 years working invarious sales and service roles, most recently as head of InsideSales where he managed the internal sales desk for small-midcorporate retirement plans.