Laura Haines has been appointed to Senior Vice President and Head of Government Affairs at Guardian.  She will lead Guardian’s public policy agenda through analysis, policy development, and advocacy with public officials, regulators, and the industry on global, federal, state, and local public policy issues.  She was previously Vice President of Federal Affairs at Hartford Financial Services Group, where she advised Hartford’s leadership team on federal legislative and regulatory opportunities.  She has also chaired the American Insurance Association’s Federal Affairs subcommittee and the American Council of Life Insurers’ Long Term Care Federal Legislative Strategy Group.