Latest Leadership Headlines
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People Moves: Kinsale’s Secor to Hamilton’s New U.S. Unit; Marsh Names Quintal, McLellan Financial Lines Leaders
Mar 26 2021 // Marsh and Hamilton announced several professional appointments this week. Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. has appointed Jamie Secor as head of Professional Liability Insurance at its U.S. managing general agency, Hamilton...
People Moves: Institutes’ Horowitz; Rizzuto from Travelers to IAT; BHSI Adds AIG’s Freid; Ryan Re Leaders
Mar 17 2021 // Horowitz Promoted at The Institutes Katherine Horowitz has been promoted to executive vice president and head of Business Units at The Institutes. Horowitz will oversee the growth and strategic direction of multiple...
Marsh Appoints Aon’s Bryant as U.S. Public Entity Industry Practice Leader
Mar 8 2021 // Kevin Bryant Marsh has added Kevin Bryant to lead its National Public Entity Industry Practice. In this role, Bryant will work with state and local government and not-for-profit clients across the U.S., offering public...
Illinois Specialty Insurer, RLI, Makes Leadership Promotions, Changes
Mar 8 2021 // Peoria, Illinois-based specialty insurer serving niche property, casualty and surety markets, RLI Corp., has promoted or named several leaders to new roles. Kevin Horwitz, vice president, Claim, has assumed the role of...
Maryland’s Harford Mutual Insurance Group Announces Leadership Team Changes
Mar 3 2021 // Harford Mutual Insurance Group has announced changes to its leadership team. Senior Vice President Jeffrey Rink has been promoted to executive vice president with the added oversight of Administrative Operations, Customer...
Michigan’s Kapnick Insurance Adds Tubergen as VP, Transportation Leader
Feb 24 2021 // Kapnick Insurance Group, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has hired Keith Tubergen as vice president and transportation practice leader. Tubergen joins Kapnick with 26 years of experience in the towing industry. In addition...
EPIC Realigns Leadership With O’Neil as President; Creates New Regional Lineup
Feb 24 2021 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced organizational and restructuring changes across the company. Tom O’Neil has been named president of EPIC and will work directly with CEO Steve Denton to grow the...
Lloyd’s Survey Results Show More Inclusive Culture, but Improvement Still Needed
Feb 23 2021 // Lloyd’s has made notable progress in its push to become more inclusive, according to its 2020 culture survey, but it still has plenty of room for improvement—especially when it comes to the experiences of Black and...
Third Point Re Announces Appointments to SiriusPoint Leadership Team
Feb 22 2021 // Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. has announced additional executive and senior underwriting roles at SiriusPoint Ltd., the new company created as a result of the anticipated merger of Third Point Re and Sirius International...
U.S. Financial Services Leaders Support Principles for Low-Carbon Transition
Feb 18 2021 // U.S. financial services leaders have stated their support in principle for a U.S. transition to a low-carbon economy. The support comes following the release of the Principles for a U.S. Transition to a Sustainable...
Texas Leaders Failed to Heed Warnings About Vulnerability of Power Grid, Experts Say
Feb 18 2021 // Millions of Texans have gone days without power or heat in subfreezing temperatures brought on by snow and ice storms. Limited regulations on companies that generate power and a history of isolating Texas from federal...
California Commissioner Names Morales Diversity Task Force Leader
Feb 16 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has named Mark Morales to lead the California Department of Insurance’s Diversity Task Force, the first LGBTQ+ person named to the post. Morales replaces Sal Peinado,...
Third Point Re Hires 3 Senior Leaders Ahead of Anticipated Merger with Sirius
Feb 9 2021 // Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty reinsurer, announced it has made three senior hires to strengthen its existing leadership team, ahead of the company’s anticipated merger transaction with...
Caldwell, Mowbray Named to Leadership Posts at Louisiana Insurance Dept.
Feb 9 2021 // James “David” Caldwell, Jr. has been appointed executive counsel and Rebecca Mowbray has been named deputy commissioner of Public Affairs at the Louisiana Department of Insurance Caldwell served as deputy...
Making Waves: How New York Became a Leader in State Cyber Regulation
Feb 2 2021 // New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda Lacewell spoke with Elizabeth Blosfield during the most recent episode of the Insuring Cyber Podcast about how she has always seen New York as a...
China Emphasizes Communist Party Leadership in Governance of Insurers, Banks
Jan 29 2021 // China’s banking and insurance regulator issued draft rules on Friday in which emphasized stronger Communist Party leadership in both state-owned and private banks and insurers to contain corporate governance...
Aon, Willis Announce Leadership Team for Post-Merger Brokerages
Jan 28 2021 // In anticipation of their proposed merger receiving final approval, insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson announced the future leadership team for the firm that will be effective following the close of the merger,...
Tennessee Insurance Dept. Makes Multiple Leadership Changes
Jan 25 2021 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has announced multiple senior leadership role additions and staffing updates from Commissioner Carter Lawrence. Jennifer Peck Jennifer Peck has assumed the role...
Biden’s Climate Accord Move Welcomed by World Leaders
Jan 21 2021 // New U.S. President Joe Biden wasted no time on making known his intentions regarding climate change on his first day in office, saying he was signing an executive order to undo a number of the Donald Trump’s...
Holmes Murphy Names Cornett, Spencer, Reavis to New Leadership Roles
Jan 19 2021 // Independent brokerage firm, Holmes Murphy, in Waukee, Iowa, has added Roger Cornett and Jeff Spencer to its board of managers, and Jay Reavis to its executive committee. Each of these leaders brings years of experience, as...
