Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
FEMA Chief Urges New Culture of More Individual Responsibility for Disaster Mitigation
Apr 29 2019 // Americans must assume more responsibility for protecting themselves from the rising toll of natural disasters, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned. “Most people think, ‘I see it on TV,...
New Atlanta-Based Multicultural Women’s Network to Tackle Industry Leadership Gap
Apr 15 2019 // After 25 years in the insurance business both as an agent and consultant, Mernice Oliver has heard a consistent theme from the women she has worked with and coached: there are no leadership initiatives or groups focused on...
Lloyd’s Cracks Down on Drinking Culture in Market
Apr 10 2019 // Lloyd’s continues to tighten up its workplace rules by restricting people from entering Lloyd’s premises who are drunk or under the influence of drugs. The new rule, which was included in a market bulletin...
AXA XL Promotes Minors to Product Line Leader, Bermuda Professional Lines Business
Apr 4 2019 // AXA XL has promoted Jennifer Minors to senior vice president – product line leader in its Bermuda Professional Lines Insurance business. Minors is responsible for managing directors and officers (D&O), professional...
New Atlanta-Based Multicultural Women’s Network to Tackle Industry Leadership Gap
Apr 3 2019 // After 25 years in the insurance business both as an agent and consultant, Mernice Oliver has heard a consistent theme from the women she has worked with and coached: there are no leadership initiatives or groups focused on...
UK Broker Price Forbes Taps Hewett from JLT as Leader of Sharing Economy Practice
Apr 2 2019 // Price Forbes, a London-based broker, has appointed Emma Hewett as leader of its Sharing Economy practice. Price Forbes said its Sharing Economy practice was one of the first established broking teams to specialize in...
Hamilton Hires Barrett, Garber to Fill New Leadership Slots; O’Donohoe to Depart
Mar 27 2019 // Hamilton Insurance Group, moving full-speed ahead with its growth strategy, is hiring two executives in newly-created roles, and a third leader is leaving the company. The Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding...
PartnerRe Restructures P/C Business, Makes Changes to Executive Leadership Team
Mar 13 2019 // PartnerRe announced the company will reorganize its Property & Casualty (P&C) business segment into a regional structure while making several changes to its executive leadership team. Effective April 1, 2019,...
