Latest Leadership Headlines
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USI Names Goldman Employee Benefits Leader for Mountain Region
Jan 25 2016 // USI Insurance Services has named David Goldman employee benefits leader and producer for its Mountain region. Goldman is responsible for driving new business growth as well as managing a book of clients for USI. Goldman...
Starkweather & Shepley Announces Leadership Succession Plan
Jan 22 2016 // From L to R: Larry Keefe, David Soforenko and Nat Calamis Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., the largest independent insurance agency in Rhode Island, has announced a leadership succession plan. The...
Everest Re Announces Senior Leadership Changes at Bermuda, Europe Operations
Jan 19 2016 // Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. announced that Mark de Saram, managing director and chief executive officer of Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda) Ltd., has notified the company of his decision to retire effective April 6,...
Willis Towers Watson Appoints Financial Institutions Leader for CEEMEA
Jan 14 2016 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Alexander van Kuffeler as regional leader of Financial Institutions in Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA). Based in London, van Kuffeler takes up the role with...
Online Agency Insureon Adds Hartford, PwC Execs to Leadership Team
Jan 13 2016 // Insureon, an online agency for small business insurance, said it has expanded its leadership team to include Brandon Hickey as president of Insureon Brokerage and Mark Thompson as senior vice president, Product...
Israel Emerges as Leader in Developing Cyber Defenses for Cars
Jan 13 2016 // Building on its expertise in technology, Israel is emerging as a leader in the race to keep cars secure and prevent the nightmare scenario of a hacker commandeering your vehicle. Most cars today are equipped with some...
RIMS Names 2016 Leaders; Outerwall’s Pemberton Becomes President
Jan 8 2016 // RIMS, the risk management society, announced that Julie Pemberton will lead the group as president for the 2016 term. Pemberton is the director of Enterprise Risk and Insurance Management for Outerwall Inc. She has been a...
$10M Contributor Greenberg Says Jeb Bush Would Be ‘Outstanding Leader’
Jan 8 2016 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s insurance company donated $10 million to a super-PAC supporting Republican Jeb Bush‘s bid for the White House, making him one of the biggest contributors to the 2016...
XL Catlin Finalizes UK & Ireland Team of Business Leaders with Energy Promotions
Jan 6 2016 // XL Catlin announced it has made a series of promotions in its energy team, which complete its U.K. and Ireland team of business leaders. Stephen Hawkins has been promoted to global product head for upstream energy, while...
Marsh Taps Nashville-Based Benefield as Food & Beverage Practice Leader
Jan 5 2016 // Marsh has hired Greg Benefield to lead its US Food & Beverage Practice. In this role, Benefield is responsible for ensuring that Marsh delivers its advisory and transactional services to the firm’s growing roster...
ACE Appoints Two Senior Leaders in European Management Team
Dec 29 2015 // ACE Group announced two appointments within its European management team, with immediate effect. Drazen Jaksic, currently executive vice president for Combined Insurance in Europe and Asia Pacific, has been appointed to...
ACE Appoints Future Leadership Team for P&C Business in Asia Pacific
Dec 28 2015 // ACE Group announced the future commercial property & casualty leadership team for the new Chubb Group in Asia Pacific. These appointments will take effect upon completion of the acquisition of Chubb, which is expected...
ACE Announces Future Field Leadership Team for Boston Region
Dec 23 2015 // Mitchell C. Schmidt ACE Limited announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the Boston region of the company’s North America field organization. The appointments will take effect upon completion of the...
Brown Named Marketform’s M&A Insurance Global Practice Leader
Dec 14 2015 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced the appointment of Robert Brown as the Global Practice Leader of its Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance operations. He joins to lead the team of...
Jury Finds Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Skelos, Son Guilty in Corruption Trial
Dec 13 2015 // The former New York State Senate leader and his son were convicted on Dec. 11 of federal extortion charges, the second time in a month that one of New York’s most powerful politicians was run out of office by a...
Cognitive Distortion: Agency Sales Leaders & Producer Worth
Dec 7 2015 // Have you ever been guilty of saying something to someone and they took it wrong and maybe got offended. In defense, you said, “That’s not what I meant.” The same could be true in this instance if...
Meeker Sharkey & Hurley Hires Ambrose as Benefits Practice Leader in N.J.
Dec 4 2015 // Meeker Sharkey & Hurley, a Cranford, New Jersey-based provider of employee benefits and insurance services, has hired Richard Ambrose as senior vice president, Employee Benefits Practice leader. In his new role,...
ACE Appoints Leadership Team for Canada, Effective 1st Quarter of 2016
Dec 4 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced the leadership team it has appointed for the company’s Canadian operations. The leadership appointments will take effect upon completion of the acquisition of Chubb, which is expected in the first...
ACE Appoints Commercial P&C Leaders for Overseas General Insurance Division
Dec 3 2015 // ACE Ltd. has appointed the commercial property & casualty leadership team for the company’s Overseas General Insurance division. The leadership appointments will take effect upon completion of the acquisition of...
ACE Announces Future Leadership Team for Global Surety Business Unit
Dec 2 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced the leadership team it has appointed for the company’s Global Surety business unit, which will take effect upon completion of the acquisition of Chubb, expected in the first quarter of 2016. As...
