Latest Leadership Headlines
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Cline Agency Names Rawstron Real Estate Practice Leader in California
Oct 16 2020 // Cline Agency has named “Skip” Robert Raymond Rawstron III its real estate practice leader based in Los Angeles, Calif. Rawstron specializes in commercial real estate. He has owned an agency and has been a...
G7 Leaders Vow to Combat Surging Ransomware Attacks Against Financial Services
Oct 15 2020 // Financial leaders of the world’s seven biggest economies on Tuesday vowed to fight rising ransomware attacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and said no stablecoin operation should start until it is properly...
EU Leaders to Pressure Britain for Trade Concessions in Troubled Brexit Talks
Oct 15 2020 // European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will pressure Britain for concessions in their troubled Brexit talks, saying a trillion euros worth of trade could be sunk if London does not budge on fisheries, fair...
Florida-Based AssuredPartners to Transition Leadership Team Jan. 1, Names Riley CEO
Oct 9 2020 // The board of directors of AssuredPartners has appointed Thomas E. Riley as chief executive officer. Jim Henderson, the current CEO, will assume the role of executive chairman. The transition will be effective January 1,...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Senior Leadership Changes
Oct 9 2020 // Erie Insurance, based in Erie, Penn., has announced a series of senior leadership changes within the Claims, Sales & Products and Information Technology divisions. The organizational changes are in conjunction with the...
IMA Names Hennessey in California Cannabis Practice Leader
Oct 5 2020 // IMA Inc. has named Michael Hennessey as vice president, cannabis national practice leader. Hennessey is based in California. He will lead business development and client service efforts across the U.S. He joins IMA after...
Nothing More Important than Culture
Oct 5 2020 // I LOVE working for this business. I look forward to working each day!!!” It’s not every day that you hear an employee of any given business say that, but it’s exactly what one respondent to Insurance...
Four Senior-Level Black Managers Including Diversity Leaders Exit AIG
Sep 28 2020 // American International Group Inc. has lost four senior Black managers in recent weeks, including two who were tasked with improving the diversity of the insurer’s ranks. Global inclusion head Vievette Henry and...
What Distinguishes This Market? Here’s Lockton Re Leaders’ Insights
Sep 24 2020 // Lockton Re’s Tim Gardner, global CEO, and Ross Howard, global chairman, have been through their share of hard markets. Like many in the reinsurance business, they agree no two hard markets are exactly the same. For...
Fed Leader Says ‘Pernicious’ Effects of Redlining Against Blacks Still Persist
Sep 21 2020 // The “pernicious and persistent” impact of long-outlawed policies like “redlining” Blacks out of white neighborhoods continues to influence the ability of minority families to amass wealth, and...
Beazley Restructures U.S. Executive Risk Leadership Team
Sep 18 2020 // Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership structure in the United States, which aims to support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration within the global executive risk teams and will focus on developing...
Chances for Brexit Deal With Britain Fade Every Day, Warns European Union Leader
Sep 16 2020 // Every passing day reduces chances for sealing a new trade deal with Britain, the European Union’s chief executive said on Wednesday, warning London that there was “very little time” left to put an...
World Leaders Failed to Heed Warnings and Prepare for Pandemic, Says Global Report
Sep 15 2020 // A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world at risk” to a “world in disorder,” according to a report on...
Alera Group Promotes Hohman to EVP, Wealth Management Leader in Illinois
Sep 10 2020 // Alera Group, a national independent insurance agency based in Deerfield, Illinois, has appointed Tina Hohman as executive vice president and Wealth Management practice leader. In this role, Hohman is responsible for wealth...
How One Hospital Addresses Sexual Harassment Claims and Culture
Sep 3 2020 // Sexual harassment is not a new or rare phenomenon in the workplace, but since the #MeToo movement began in late 2017, more victims have come forward to report allegations of harassment at work, including at health care...
Marsh Promotes Leney to Risk Management Leader for Asia and Pacific Regions
Aug 14 2020 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Scott Leney as risk management leader for both its Asia and Pacific regions. In his new role, Leney will oversee Marsh’s regional risk...
Marsh JLT Specialty Promotes Cheung to UK Placement Leader
Aug 10 2020 // Broker and risk adviser Marsh announced the appointment of Winsee Cheung as UK Placement Leader, Marsh JLT Specialty. Effective in the fourth quarter, Cheung will report to Paul Moody, UK CEO, Marsh JLT Specialty, and will...
CRC Group Promotes Willis to National Personal Lines Practice Leader
Aug 5 2020 // CRC Group has promoted Mississippi-based Claire Willis to CRC Group’s national Personal Lines Practice leader. The move comes as part of the company’s increased focus on the personal lines market place,...
Fed Leaders Say Economy Needs More Federal Help and More People Wearing Masks
Aug 4 2020 // The U.S. economy, battered by a resurgence in the spread of COVID-19, needs increased government spending to tide over households and businesses and broader use of masks to better control the virus, U.S. central bankers...
Former A&A Leader, Insurance Historian Bogardus Passes Away at Age 92
Aug 3 2020 // John (Jack) A. Bogardus Jr., age 92, former chairman, president and CEO of Alexander & Alexander insurance brokerage, passed away from complications of Alzheimer’s in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 28, according to...
