Latest Leadership Headlines
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Brown & Brown Promotes Downs to EVP for Leadership Development
Jan 10 2006 // Linda S. Downs, a Brown & Brown regional executive vice president has been promoted to the newly formed position of executive vice president for leadership development. According to J. Hyatt Brown, chairman and CEO of...
Midwestern Congressmen Enter Race for Majority Leader Position
Jan 10 2006 // Midwestern Congressmen are wasting no time in the joining the mad march to fill former House Majority Leader Rep. Tom Delay’s (R-Texas) spot since the announcement of his resignation. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), the...
Allstate’s Michael J. Roche Honored as 2006 100 IT Leader
Jan 3 2006 // Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, Ill., was named in December to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award...
Milwaukee CPCU Society schedules leadership courses
Jan 1 2006 // The CPCU Society and the Society’sGreater Milwaukee Chapter will host two CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) courses, Strategic Thinking and Strategic Planning, Jan. 18, 2006. The CPCU Society National...
Milwaukee CPCU Society Schedules Leadership Institute Courses
Dec 22 2005 // The CPCU Society and the Society’s Greater Milwaukee Chapter announced recently that it will be host two CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) courses, Strategic Thinking and Strategic Planning on January...
Zelman Receives PIA of Florida’s ‘Leadership Award’
Dec 8 2005 // Phil Zelman, vice president and co-owner of NCF Insurance Associates in Coral Gables, was awarded the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida’s “Leadership Award” at the PIA of Florida board of directors...
XL Announces Changes in Leadership at Specialty Marine and Energy Unit
Dec 6 2005 // Clive Tobin, chief executive responsible for XL Capital Ltd’s insurance operations announced the appointment of a new leadership team for XL Insurance Global Marine and Offshore Energy unit, part of XL’s...
LEADER IN DEER CRASHES:
Dec 5 2005 // Pennsylvania motorists are reporting more deer-vehicle collisions than any other state. More than 150 people are killed each year in the estimated 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions that occur across the country, State...
Big ‘I’ Leader Says Hurricane Response ‘Too Slow;’ Hails Flood Reform, TRIA Progress
Nov 22 2005 // The insurance industry’s response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been “too slow” and the job of adjusting claims is a long way from being completed in the view of the leader of the nation’s...
FAIA Forms Young Agents Council to Perpetuate Leadership, Advocacy
Nov 9 2005 // A new Young Agents Council has been formed by the Florida Association of Insurance Agents in Tallahassee, Fla. The purpose of the YAC is to perpetuate the future of the independent insurance agency system by serving as the...
Willis Group Leader Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Construction Risks in New Orleans Recovery
Nov 8 2005 // Paul Becker, North American Construction Practice Group leader for Willis, the global insurance broker, testified Tuesday at a hearing held by the Senate Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management on the construction...
NAMIC Leader Lauds Links to State Insurance Trades
Oct 18 2005 // The president of a national property/casualty organization told a group of state insurance trade executives in Savannah, Georgia, on Monday that their work makes them invaluable partners in the achievement of industry...
Kinnect’s Leaders Resign; Lloyd’s IT Platform to Undergo “Recoding”
Sep 15 2005 // Lloyd’s spokesperson Louise Shield confirmed that Toby Davies, the CEO of its Kinnect IT platform, and Iain Saville, the project’s Executive Chairman, have both stepped down, effective Sept. 14. Shield noted...
N.Y. Insurance Community Mourns Passing of Agent Leader Demetriou
Sep 13 2005 // Peter T. Demetriou, president of New Windsor Insurance Agency and first vice president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. died Sunday of a heart attack. He was 55. Demetriou was slated to be...
Business Leaders Launch Campaign to Combat Data Fraud, Losses
Jul 22 2005 // After a string of high-profile data thefts and losses, business leaders this week announced an education campaign to better protect sensitive client information from hackers and other thieves. “The fraudsters are...
Agent Leader Hits Hodgepodge of Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 18 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
Agent Leader Hits Hodgepodge of Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 18 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
Agent Leader Hits Hodgepodge of Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 4 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
IIABA Leader Fears Hodgepodge of Fee Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 4 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
EU Leaders Fiddle while Europe Burns
Jun 17 2005 // One would have thought that the crisis in the European Union, provoked when French and Dutch voters rejected the proposed EU Constitution, might have caused a bit of soul-searching and reassessment on the part of...
