Latest Leadership Headlines
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Marsh Appoints Denny as UK Financial & Professional Practice Leader
Apr 18 2018 // Marsh announced the appointment of Paul Denny as UK Financial and Professional Practice (FINPRO) Leader. Denny reports to Paul Moody, CEO of Marsh’s UK Specialties Division. Denny joined Marsh in 1989 and held senior...
Markel Revamps Excess Casualty Leadership Team
Apr 16 2018 // Markel Corp. has reorganized the leadership structure of its excess casualty team, the underwriting unit with teams in the U.S., Bermuda, Dublin and London. Matt Mullen and Colin Shaw, both managing directors, Casualty,...
Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader
Apr 2 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11. Prior to his 16 years working as a...
Chubb’s Darling Honored for Industry Leadership, Cystic Fibrosis Work
Apr 2 2018 // Compassion and helping others were the key takeaways from a message that Jim Darling delivered to a group of several hundred insurance professionals gathered to honor him in Los Angeles, Calif., at a dinner ceremony in...
The Key to Unlocking Creativity? Promoting an Innovative Culture
Apr 2 2018 // The insurance industry stands amid an increasingly fast-paced, ever-changing business world. Insurance companies are now face-to-face with constantly evolving marketplace conditions — including climate concerns,...
More than $1B Sought by Houston-Area Leaders for Flood Control
Mar 29 2018 // Officials in the Texas county hardest hit by Hurricane Harvey want to ask voters to approve up to $2 billion in bonds to fund critical flood-control projects, but worried Tuesday about potential roadblocks. Harris County,...
National Hurricane Center Gets New Leader
Mar 27 2018 // A meteorologist who aided emergency response efforts along the Gulf Coast after the 2010 oil spill has been tapped to lead the U.S. government’s hurricane forecasting hub in Miami. The National Oceanic and...
Sutherland Joins XL Catlin as a North Central Regional Leader in Chicago
Mar 26 2018 // XL Catlin has added Todd Sutherland in Chicago as its new regional leader, US North Central. Sutherland will lead the regional Broker and Client Management team in Chicago, working with XL Catlin brokers and clients...
JLT Specialty USA Names Dobos Leader of West Coast M&A Group
Mar 22 2018 // JLT Specialty USA has named Ted Dobos executive vice president and leader of JLT’s West Coast mergers and acquisitions practice. Dobos will be based in San Francisco, Calif. He has more than 25 years of finance,...
New York’s Broome Co-operative Taps New Leadership After CEO’s Retirement
Mar 22 2018 // Broome Co-operative Insurance Company, a Vestal, N.Y.-based regional property and casualty insurance company, has announced two senior leadership changes following the retirement of President and CEO Steven...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names DeVilbiss of Travelers P/C Leader in California
Mar 20 2018 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Joel DeVilbiss the San Francisco, Calif. property/casualty practice leader. DeVilbiss is charged with driving the direction and development of Woodruff-Sawyer’s P/C practice in...
Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader
Mar 19 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11. Prior to his...
Chubb’s Darling Honored for Industry Leadership, Cystic Fibrosis Work
Mar 16 2018 // Compassion and helping others were the key takeaways from a message that Jim Darling delivered to a group of several hundred insurance professionals gathered to honor him in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday night. Darling,...
Romanian Firm UiPath Ascends as Leader in Automating Business Tasks Such as Claims
Mar 7 2018 // Romanian firm emerges as leader in automating business tasks Romanian software firm UiPath has raised $153 million in new venture financing, marking both the company’s rapid ascent as a leader in automating routine...
XL Catlin Promotes MacColl as Global Practice Leader for Hull, Succeeding Talbot
Feb 7 2018 // XL Catlin announced the promotion of Mike MacColl to the position of global practice leader for Hull with immediate effect. Previously, MacColl held the role of head of Hull for the UK. MacColl takes on the role from Mike...
Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC
Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...
Hub Northeast Announces Two Leadership Promotions
Feb 1 2018 // Hub International Northeast Limited (Hub Northeast), a subsidiary of global insurance brokerage, risk advisory and employee benefits firm, Hub International Limited, has named Keti Mehta chief sales officer (CSO) across...
Sompo International Appoints Marine, Aviation & Energy Leaders in London
Jan 30 2018 // Bermuda-based Sompo International announced that Paul Ashworth has joined the company’s London Market Insurance platform as head of Marine Insurance, managing a diverse portfolio, including hull & liability and...
IBHS in Florida Announces Leadership Changes, Focus for 2018
Jan 26 2018 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has promoted Anne D. Cope, Ph.D., P.E., to senior vice president of Research and chief engineer. Cope has assumed leadership of...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Adds Stewart, McCumber to Leadership Team
Jan 25 2018 // Des Moines, Iowa-based independent insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy & Associates has added Tom Stewart, president of Innovative Captive Strategies (a Holmes Murphy subsidiary) and Charisse McCumber, senior vice...
