Latest Leadership Headlines
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Everest Insurance Names Paretchan Risk Management East Region Leader
Aug 12 2019 // Everest Insurance has appointed Vahan Paretchan vice president and East Region leader for its Risk Management casualty division, which provides primary casualty solutions to customers in the large account marketplace. In...
McGriff Promotes Sellars, Cahill to Co-Practice Leaders of its Financial Services Division in Atlanta
Aug 6 2019 // McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc. has promoted David Sellars and Dusty Cahill to be co-practice leaders of its Financial Services Division (FSD). David Sellars Sellars joined McGriff in 2011 as a senior vice president...
Former Swett & Crawford CEO, NAPSLO Leader Hartoch Passes Away
Aug 1 2019 // David Hartoch, an executive long active in the wholesale insurance business, passed away on July 29. Hartoch served as president and CEO of Sherwood Insurance Services from 1991 to 1997 and then served as chairman and CEO...
Harden Expands into South Florida; Taps Beller as Market Leader
Jul 16 2019 // Harden, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits firm in the Southeast, has formally expanded into the South Florida market with the opening of an office in Fort Lauderdale. The firm currently serves many...
AGCS Names Global Leaders for Alternative Risk Transfer, Crisis Management Units
Jul 15 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has appointed Christof Bentele to the newly created position of head of Global Client Management for Alternative Risk Transfer. His previous role as head of Global Crisis...
Petri Honored with ICT’s Raymond Mauk Leadership Award
Jul 15 2019 // The Insurance Council of Texas has presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award to Verle Petri, a long time insurance executive and expert on Texas insurance regulation and policy. ICT honored Petri with the award during...
Jacoby Joins RCP in Dallas as Healthcare Practice Leader
Jul 12 2019 // Mike Jacoby has joined the Dallas-based team of Risk Consulting Partners (RCP) and will lead the firm’s rapidly growing healthcare practice. Jacoby brings to RCP more than 35 years of experience as an innovator and...
Michigan Democratic Leader Says Businesses, Heavy Trucks Must Fix Roads
Jun 27 2019 // With Republicans firmly opposed to a 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax hike, Democratic lawmakers want businesses to do more to help fix the roads. A new $1.2 billion proposal from House Democrats would raise the state’s...
Holmes Murphy Adds Payne as Organizational Wellbeing Practice Leader
Jun 20 2019 // Ali Payne has joined insurance services firm Holmes Murphy in Waukee, Iowa, as practice leader for Organizational Wellbeing. Payne brings more than 19 years of experience developing holistic, innovative solutions to...
Alera Group Selects Englert as National P&C Leader
Jun 19 2019 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm based in Deerfield, Illinois, has appointed Mark Englert as national property/casualty practice leader. Englert will...
Oklahoma Governor, GOP Leaders Say Opioid Drug Settlement Violates Law
Jun 17 2019 // Oklahoma’s governor and Republican legislative leaders are raising concerns about the state’s proposed $85 million settlement with an opioid manufacturer that has yet to be approved by a judge. Gov. Kevin...
UK Business Group Warns Next Tory Party Leader to Avoid No-Deal Brexit
Jun 3 2019 // Prime Minister Theresa May’s successor must avoid a no-deal Brexit or risk losing the Conservatives’ moniker as the party of commerce, the U.K.’s biggest business lobby group said. The task facing the...
European Business Leaders’ Confidence Drops Over Brexit
May 30 2019 // Uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union has triggered a sharp drop in business confidence in Europe over the past six months, a survey showed on Thursday. Only 50% of European business leaders...
Aon Makes Leadership Changes in Global Reinsurance Clients Team
May 17 2019 // Aon plc announced organizational changes within its Global Reinsurance Clients team, which supports 25 of the largest global insurers. Part of Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions business, the team was launched in 2014 to...
Woodruff Sawyer Restructures Northern California Management Liability Leadership
May 14 2019 // Woodruff Sawyer announced that Seth Pfalzer and Erin Stephenson have taken new leadership roles in the Northern California management liability practice. Pfalzer has been named Northern California management liability...
Lloyd’s Commissions Culture Survey to Help Raise Standards of Behavior
May 13 2019 // Lloyd’s of London has commissioned an independent culture survey following a Bloomberg Businessweek article that uncovered evidence of sexual misconduct in the world’s oldest insurance market. The survey is...
Guy Carpenter Names Senior Reinsurance Leadership Team to Further Integrate JLT Re
May 9 2019 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced a series of international leadership appointments to facilitate the integration of...
Breckenridge Insurance Group Names Trevor Pierce and Tim Anders to Leadership Positions
May 6 2019 // Atlanta, GA, May 6, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Group announced two senior leadership positions at the wholesale insurance organization. Trevor Piece has been promoted to division president for the Breckenridge...
WTW Names Richardson UK & Ireland Leader, Insurance Consulting & Technology Unit
May 1 2019 // Willis Towers Watson announced that Tammy Richardson will take on the role of UK and Ireland leader for life and property & casualty in the company’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business. Richardson most...
Council Formed with Goal of Changing Ohio’s Distracted Driving Culture
Apr 29 2019 // Gov. Mike DeWine says a newly formed council will develop a plan to change the distracted driving culture in Ohio. The Republican governor this week announced creation of the Distracted Driving Advisory Council. The...
