Latest Leadership Headlines
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CSAA Insurance Group Financial Leader in California Named to COIN Board
Jun 24 2016 // Lincoln Walworth, an investments executive for CSAA Insurance Group, has been appointed to the advisory board of the California Organized Investment Network. Since 1997, COIN has provided insurers with guidance on making...
Chubb Names P/C Insurance Risk Engineering Leaders for Europe
Jun 24 2016 // Chubb announced the leadership of its property & casualty (P/C) risk engineering team in Europe, all effective immediately. Paul Brooke, formerly head of property risk engineering, UK and Ireland for legacy ACE, will...
Re/Insurance Business Leaders Begin to Comment on Post-Brexit World
Jun 24 2016 // The UK joined the European Union in January 1973, and yesterday, the UK public voted to leave. After 43 years of marriage, the divorce proceedings will soon begin. No one knows how long it will take for the UK to untangle...
Wisconsin Commissioner Approved for IAIS Leadership Role
Jun 22 2016 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel was approved as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was...
‘Brexit’ Would Damage UK’s Leadership Position in Insurance: Aon
Jun 21 2016 // Aon Plc Chief Executive Officer Greg Case, who moved the insurance broker to London from Chicago four years ago, said the U.K.’s centuries-long leadership in the industry would be damaged if voters choose to leave...
Tennessee Updates Captive Law, Sets Sights on Being ‘Captive Leader’
Jun 21 2016 // Tennessee has stepped up its efforts to establish the state as a captive insurance industry leader with enhancements to the state’s captive insurance laws just passed by the Tennessee Legislature. The changes to the...
Using Agency Employees to Improve Leadership
Jun 20 2016 // In today’s business climate innovations in technology and systems have upended communication, payroll and record keeping. Even with these drastic changes one aspect of a business has yet to change, the CEO. Every...
Winners of 1st Innovation in Insurance Awards Are ‘Change Leaders’
Jun 13 2016 // The winners of the first annual Innovation in Insurance awards include Allianz, AXA, Europ Assistance, MS&AD Insurance, and USAA. The program, jointly launched by Efma and Accenture, seeks to reward and foster...
Future of London Market Threatened by ‘Brexit’, Warn Market Leaders
Jun 3 2016 // Brexit poses a grave threat to London’s insurance jobs and businesses, according to the International Underwriting Association of London (IUA), Lloyds, and Richard Brindle, group chief executive officer of...
Liberty Mutual Announces 3 Commercial Insurance Leadership Appointments
Jun 3 2016 // Liberty Mutual announced three senior appointments to its Commercial Insurance operating unit. Mike Fallon is appointed president, National Insurance, which helps large and specialized businesses with risk management....
Wisconsin Agents Group Honors Robertson Ryan Leaders
Jun 1 2016 // At the 2016 Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (IIAW) annual conference, several leaders at Robertson Ryan & Associates (RRA) were recognized for their insurance industry achievements. Jason Bott was recognized...
Aspen Appoints Global Leaders for Surety and Credit & Political Risk
May 31 2016 // Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., has announced the appointments of Mike Toppi as global head of Surety Risk and Paul Sanders as global head of Credit & Political...
PartnerRe Reshapes $16B Investment Portfolio Under Elkann/EXOR’s Leadership
May 26 2016 // PartnerRe exited junk bonds and shifted funds into property as the reinsurer reshaped a $16 billion investment portfolio after being acquired by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA. EXOR’s approach is to focus on holdings...
XL Catlin Hires Newick as Leader for Energy, Property & Construction Claims
May 23 2016 // XL Catlin announced the strengthening of its insurance claims team with the appointment of Oliver Newick to the position of global practice leader for Energy, Property & Construction Claims. Newick joins XL Catlin from...
Marsh Names Durant as Leader of Global Captive Solutions Practice
May 17 2016 // Marsh announced that Nick Durant will assume leadership of Marsh’s Global Captive Solutions Practice, effective July 1, 2016. In this role, Durant will have oversight of Marsh’s captive solutions business,...
Ex-New York Senate Leader Skelos, Son Get Prison Terms
May 16 2016 // A once-powerful New York politician convicted of using his position as Senate majority leader to help his son extort hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced May 12 to five years in prison after each asked for mercy...
Chubb Offers 3 Transactional Risk Products in UK; Britain Named Team Leader
May 13 2016 // Chubb announced the launch of a suite of three transactional risk liability insurance products for clients in the UK, across Europe and other international markets outside North America. In addition, Richard Britain has...
Fuhrman Joins Marsh in California as West Zone Leader
May 3 2016 // Marsh has named David Fuhrman to lead its West zone effective immediately. He will be based in Marsh’s Los Angeles, Calif. office, and will report to Rob Bentley, president of Marsh’s U.S. and Canada...
Captive Manager Marsh IAS Promotes 2 Senior Leaders in Bermuda
Apr 28 2016 // Marsh IAS has appointed Jill Husbands as chairman of Marsh IAS Bermuda and Lawrence Bird as head of office in Bermuda. Husbands succeeds David Ezekiel who retired on Dec. 31, 2015. Husbands will focus on strategic growth...
Global Financial Leaders Warn About Dangers of Negative Interest Rates
Apr 20 2016 // The chorus of global financial leaders warning about the fallout from negative interest rates is getting bigger. Nobuyuki Hirano, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., lambasted the Bank of Japan’s...
