Caterpillar, the$60 billion manufacturer of construction and mining equipment,appointed Brad Halverson CFO and group presidentof corporate services. He succeeds Ed Rapp, whowill become Caterpillar's group president of constructionindustries. Halverson, 52, pictured at right, most recently servedas vice president with responsibility for Caterpillar's financeservices division. He was appointed corporate controller in 2004and business resource manager for Caterpillar's engine division in1998. Earlier, he was a strategy and planning consultant inSwitzerland for Caterpillar Overseas and served as controller inEurope. Halverson joined Caterpillar in 1988 as an accountant afterstarting his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Zurich North America, the $4.3 billioninsurance provider, named Dalynn HochCFO. She replaces Vibhu Sharma, who has beenappointed group controller at Zurich's headquarters in Switzerland.Hoch has been on an international assignment involving financetransformation projects worldwide since 2011. Earlier, she headedthe finance planning and performance management team for the NorthAmerican Commercial unit and also served as a member of the ZurichNorth America finance leadership team. Hoch joined Zurich in 2009after serving as a partner at KPMG for 15 years.

Phoenix Cos., a$1.8 billion life insurance and annuity company, appointedBonnie Malley CFO. She succeeds PeterHofman, who will become the company's executive vicepresident of strategy and business development. Malley, 51,pictured at left, most recently served as executive vice presidentand chief administrative officer at the Hartford, Conn.-basedcompany. Since joining Phoenix in 1985, Malley has held senioraccounting and finance roles including chief accountingofficer.