Time Warner Cable Inc, the $11.9 billion cable giant with headquarters in New York, promoted senior vice president of finance Arthur Minson to executive vice president and the new post of deputy CFO. Minson came to Time Warner Cable in 2006 from AOL where he was senior vice president of corporate finance and development. He joined AOL in 2004 as senior vice president of finance for its broadband, premium and platform services unit. Earlier in his career, he also worked for Rainbow Media Holdings and Ernst & Young.

Farmers Group Inc, a $2.1 billion division of Zurich Financial Services, an insurance-based financial services provider, based in Los Angeles, named Scott Lindquist executive vice president and CFO. Lindquist, 43, replaces Pierre Wauthier, who was named treasurer of Zurich Insurance Group. Most recently, Lindquist served as controller of Genworth Financial Inc. Prior to Genworth, he served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer of Phoenix Cos. in 2002. Lindquist began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Constellation Energy Group, the $19.3 billion Baltimore-based electricity supplier, named Brenda Boultwood senior vice president and chief risk officer. Boultwood succeeds John R. Collins, who is now the company's executive vice president and CFO. Boultwood joined Constellation from JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she served as global head of strategy of alternative investment services. She began at JPMorgan in 2003 after it bought Bank One where she served as head of global risk management for treasury services.