Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marsh Names Denney as ‘Networks Leader;’ Mills for Networks Service
May 13 2010 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has appointed Martyn Denney to the newly-created role of Networks Leader. He will be responsible for the strategic development and positioning of Marsh’s broker network...
Aon Consulting Appoints Chaudhari, Connell to Global Leadership Posts
May 4 2010 // Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting business of Aon Corporation, announced two new appointments to its global leadership team. Aon named Piyush Chaudhari to the position of CEO of Aon Consulting EMEA [Europe,...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names Polikoff Corporate & Executive Protection Practice Leader
May 3 2010 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that Carolyn Polikoff has been named the new Corporate & Executive Protection (CorpEx) Practice leader. She will be responsible for providing vision and strategic...
Wells Fargo Insurance Names Marchant as Southeast Leader
Mar 31 2010 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services has named Wayne Marchant as senior vice president and Southeast region healthcare practice leader. He will be based in Savannah. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Marchant was...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names Griffin VP, Employee Benefits Team Leader
Mar 26 2010 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Robert (Andy) Griffin vice president, employee benefits team leader in the Southern California office. For more than 30 years, Griffin has been providing employee...
Golden Gate Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Recognizes Leaders
Mar 22 2010 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Golden Gate Chapter has awarded Janis Dunivin of Wells Fargo Insurance Services of California with its Insurance Person of the Year Award, and State Farm with its...
Newman, Hofmann, Werner Join Marsh & McLennan Agency Leadership
Mar 5 2010 // As it continues to build a national business, Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has appointed three executives to its senior leadership team. They are: Lisa R. Hoffmann, chief...
Leadership and Sales Culture in Insurance Agencies
Mar 2 2010 // Leadership is lightning in a bottle. There are as many definitions for it as there are leaders. Any rules that could be agreed upon as to what constitutes leadership could be quickly contradicted by an example of an...
Connecticut PIA Elects New Leadership
Mar 2 2010 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc has elected new officers. They are: President Howard Olderman, of Milford, who is president of The Olderman and Hallihan Agency Inc. in Ansonia. President-elect: James...
Lockton Dunning Benefits Appoints Pixley Executive VP, Practice Leader
Feb 12 2010 // Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with...
Agents Honor Texas House Speaker with Leadership Award
Feb 3 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) on Feb. 2 presented its 2010 Independent Leadership Award to Joe Straus III, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Speaker Straus was elected to the House of...
Davos Report: Business Leaders Warn Regulations May Crimp Recovery
Jan 27 2010 // Global business leaders warned Western governments on Wednesday that a populist crackdown on the financial industry could crimp a fragile recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. The worried response to U.S....
Marsh Names Macey-Dare Leader Int’l. Political Risk, Structured Credit
Jan 11 2010 // Marsh has appointed Julian Macey-Dare as International Leader of its Political Risk and Structured Credit Practice, based in London. He will “drive new business opportunities for Marsh’s Political Risk and...
State Leaders in Iowa Look to Cedar Falls for Flood Law Ideas
Jan 5 2010 // After devastating floods in 2008, Cedar Falls, Iowa, enacted a new flood plain ordinance. And state officials are paying attention. State Sen. Rob Hogg says what Cedar Falls has done shows great foresight. Hogg is part of...
World Leaders Try to Save Troubled Climate Talks
Dec 16 2009 // World leaders took the stage at the largest ever climate talks on Wednesday as ministers scrambled to rescue troubled negotiations on a pact to avoid dangerous global warming. Police using truncheons and pepper spray...
State Securities Regulators Blast SEC for ‘Madoff Culture’
Dec 8 2009 // The Securities and Exchange Commission culture that allowed the Madoff fraud scandal to go undetected for nearly two decades may not change and the agency isn’t doing enough to support investor protection proposals...
Marsh Names Gawthorpe Multinational Client Practice Leader in Midwest
Dec 8 2009 // Global insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh has appointed Philip Gawthorpe as Multinational Client Service Practice leader for the Midwest Zone. Gawthorpe, who has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience,...
Missouri Department of Insurance Promotes 3 to Leadership Team
Dec 4 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has announced the following changes to its division and section managers: Fred Heese was named director of the Division of Insurance Company Regulation. Heese has served as acting...
Big Leaders
Nov 15 2009 // As forecast, the nation’s unemployment rate went over 10 percent last month. Even though it was expected, it wasn’t easy to accept. Leave it to small business owners to put that development and the whole...
International Association of Claims Professional Elects New Leadership
Nov 3 2009 // The Excess/Surplus Lines Claims Association has changed its names and elected a new slate of officers and directors. The organization is now known as the International Association of Claim Professionals (IACP). Its new...
