Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Penn National Insurance Announces Leadership Changes for 2026
Dec 12 2025 // Robert Brandon Penn National Insurance, headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is making changes to its leadership team effective in early 2026. After over 30 years with the company, including more than five as...
People Moves: Salem Five Insurance Names Leadership of New Private Client Practice
Dec 11 2025 // Kelly Ewert Salem Five Insurance, a division of Salem Five Bancorp headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, launched its private client practice, naming Kelly Ewart as senior vice president and private client practice...
Florida OIR to Host its Own Insurance Summit in April With Regulators, Industry Leaders
Dec 10 2025 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will host its own insurance summit in April, calling it a chance to hear from industry professionals and regulators, Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky announced this...
Longtime WTW Cyber Risk Leader Heads to Marsh
Dec 5 2025 // Marsh this week announced it has hired Tom Srail its cyber analytics and digital infrastructure leader for the U.S. and Canada. Srail had spend the last 21 years with WTW, mostly recently as executive vice president of its...
People Moves: Neumann Appointed Howden US Financial Lines Claims Leader
Dec 4 2025 // Elizabeth Neumann Howden, with U.S. headquarters in Miami, Florida, appointed Elizabeth Neumann as executive vice president, financial lines claims leader. Neumann will be based in New York. Neumann joins Howden from CAC...
Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding
Dec 3 2025 // Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted...
Royal Bank of Canada Denies Claims of ‘Boys Club’ Culture, Bias Against Women
Nov 25 2025 // Royal Bank of Canada denies claims that it fostered a “boys’ club” environment at its US capital-markets business, disputing allegations that the firm engaged in sex-based discrimination against female...
People Moves: Marinello Named ReSource Pro Senior Director, Partnerships; United Risk Makes Additions to Leadership Team
Nov 20 2025 // Marinello named ReSource Pro Senior Director, Partnerships and Advisory Rob Marinello ReSource Pro, headquartered in New York City, appointed Rob Marinello as senior director of partnerships and advisory. Marinello will...
Phelan Insurance: Where a ‘Family First’ Culture Inspires Loyalty
Nov 17 2025 // When a new hire accepts a position at Phelan Insurance Agency, senior management send them a “welcome” personal note. When the employee arrives for their first week of work, they’re met with a welcome...
People Moves: TWFG Announces Leadership Appointments
Nov 13 2025 // TWFG Insurance announced a series of leadership appointments, which it said are designed to accelerate the company’s growth and strengthen its position for continued industry innovations. Katherine Nolan, who has...
People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Adds New Leaders in Atlanta, Baltimore and Minneapolis
Nov 13 2025 // Scott Kiser Burns & Wilcox, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, hired new leaders for the company’s offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scott Kiser was named...
People Moves: Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives; King & Neel Appoints Itami and King to Leadership
Nov 7 2025 // Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives David Guthrie Mutual of Enumclaw named Daniel Guthrie as vice president of product operations and chief operating officer and Hem Chari as chief information officer. Hem...
People Moves: Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps Former AIG Exec Baldwin as President; Vantage Promotes Senior Leaders in Reinsurance, Partnership Capital Platform
Nov 4 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Westfield Specialty International and Vantage Group Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. Westfield Specialty Int’l Names Former AIG...
People Moves: Cowbell Names Klipphahn and Hewerdine to Mid-Market and Claims Leadership; Alliant Human Capital Names Steinhoff as First VP
Oct 27 2025 // Cowbell Names Klipphahn and Hewerdine to Mid-Market and Claims Leadership Jessica Klipphahn Cowbell named Jessica Klipphahn head of North America mid-market and Stephanie Hewerdine as director of claims. Klipphahn has more...
People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Blosche to Head of Northern Europe as Van Oort Retires; AXA Announces Key Leadership Appointments
Oct 20 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Reinsurance and AXA. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Blosche to Head of Northern Europe as Van Oort...
Focusing on Culture, Employees & Clients Keeps Morris & Garritano on Top
Oct 20 2025 // “A team that loves what they do does it better.” Those sage words are the wisdom of Kerry Morris, chief operating officer at Morris & Garritano Insurance. The San Luis Obispo, California, agency was...
People Moves: Holmes Murphy Names Anderson Sioux Falls Employee Benefits Sales Leader
Oct 7 2025 // Jordan Anderson Holmes Murphy, headquartered in Waukee, Iowa, hired Jordan Anderson as vice president and employee benefits sales leader in its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, office. Anderson will focus on helping Holmes...
Be a Leader by Listening to Employees and Clients
Oct 6 2025 // During the past 60 years, Milwaukee-based Robertson Ryan Insurance has grown from a small, local independent agency into a Top 100 firm employing some 150 agents and 385 associates. But employees say that despite its...
Be a Leader by Listening to Employees and Clients
Oct 6 2025 // For the second straight year, Brightway Insurance in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, has made the list of finalists for the Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For – Southeast. This year, the agency made it...
People Moves: AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation; Aon Promotes Polanco as Iberia Reinsurance Leader
Oct 1 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation AXA XL...
