Latest Leadership Headlines
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Top European Leaders Test Positive for Cancerous ‘Forever Chemicals’
Feb 1 2024 // Chemicals linked to severe health issues including cancer, infertility, birth defects and immune system disruptions are everywhere and no one is safe from them — not even top politicians, according to a campaign...
People Moves: Woodruff Sawyer Names Pazooki Northern California Regional Growth Leader
Feb 1 2024 // Woodruff Sawyer named Alex Pazooki the firm’s regional growth leader for Northern California. Previously, Alex served as western zone leader, business development for Coalition and as technology sales executive,...
People Moves: Jewelers Mutual Makes Leadership Hires
Jan 24 2024 // Jewelers Mutual Group, headquartered in Neenah, Wis., hired two new leadership team members. Nick Tenekedes is now senior vice president of digital solutions. Tenekedes joins Jewelers Mutual with over 15 years of...
Young Risk Professionals Expands National Leadership Team with New Board Members
Jan 23 2024 // As Young Risk Professionals looks towards continued growth in 2024, the networking organization has announced the appointment of Taylor Jones, Michelle Khajeh, and Holly Ragsdale as board members to the national leadership...
People Moves: Marsh Names Hennessy Northeast Leader; Lively Joins Alliant in Boston; ShoreOne Adds Carlson as CFO
Jan 11 2024 // Marsh Names Hennessy Northeast Zone Leader Patrick Hennessy Marsh named Patrick Hennessy as zone leader for its eight Northeast offices. Based in New York, Hennessy brings 30 years of insurance brokerage, consulting and...
New York Civil Trial Against NRA Leader LaPierre Over ‘Lavish Spending’ Opens
Jan 10 2024 // The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a...
Federal Agency Blames ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for 2021 D.C. Metro Train Derailment
Jan 9 2024 // A top federal transportation safety official on Thursday harshly criticized Washington’s regional transit agency, saying a “poor safety culture” led to an October 2021 derailment that caused hundreds of...
Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Former Southern Baptist Convention Leader Settled
Jan 4 2024 // The Southern Baptist Convention and others have reached a confidential settlement in a high-profile lawsuit that accused a former leader of sexual assault, ending a six-year legal drama that helped prompt a broader...
Southerners Rekindling ‘Fire Culture’ to Boost Longleaf Pine Range
Dec 20 2023 // WEST END, N.C. (AP) — Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors. Using new tools to revive an old communal tradition, they set fire to wiregrasses and forest debris with a drip torch, corralling embers with leaf...
People Moves: Woodruff Sawyer in California Names Parsons National Private Equity & Venture Capital Group Leader
Dec 15 2023 // Woodruff Sawyer named Luke Parsons the firm’s national private equity and venture capital practice group leader. Parsons was previously senior vice president of Woodruff Sawyer’s private equity and due...
People Moves: Berry Joins Alliant as Venture Capital Leader, Executive Vice President
Dec 11 2023 // Dan Berry joined Alliant Insurance Services as venture capital leader, executive vice president, with Alliant M&A. Based in San Francisco, Berry previously served as private equity and venture capital group leader at...
People Moves: Standard Lines Services Names Lakey as Division Leader
Dec 7 2023 // Standard Lines Services named Joshua Lakey division leader. Standard Lines Services is a division of Graham-Rogers Insurance, based in Bartlesville, Okla. Lakey has 18 years of insurance experience and previously served as...
Leadership Changes at The Hartford With New Heads of Commercial, Personal Lines
Nov 30 2023 // The Hartford said it will head into 2024 with new heads of commercial and personal lines and announced additional leadership changes. Mo Tooker A. Morris “Mo” Tooker, who joined The Hartford in 2015 as chief...
Alleged Leader of Multi-State Auto Fraud Ring Arrested in Florida After 4 Years in Hiding
Nov 29 2023 // A Washington State man, on the lam for four years and wanted in connection with $6 million in auto insurance fraud schemes and staged accidents across the country, has been arrested in Florida. The U.S. Marshals Service...
People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Names Swiss Re’s Chisolm as Senior Underwriting Exec; Everest Insurance Int’l Appoints 2 Senior Leaders in Asia
Nov 27 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Reinsurance and Everest Insurance International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Names Swiss Re’s Chisolm...
Intentional Investment in People, Culture Key Values at Crest Insurance
Nov 22 2023 // Crest Insurance Group offers its employees the freedom to succeed. “Our entrepreneurial structure enables teams and individuals to achieve higher levels of success than they would achieve in a more highly structured...
People Moves: Unison Risk Advisors Names Maisano SVP; Central Insurance Makes Changes to Leadership Team
Nov 20 2023 // Unison Risk Advisors Names Maisano SVP of Corporate Development Unison Risk Advisors, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, hired Andrew Maisano as senior vice president of corporate development. Unison Risk Advisors is the...
Beehive: They Come for the Employees, Stay for the Leaders
Nov 20 2023 // When asked what they like about the business they work for, employees may mention the leadership or their fellow employees – but it’s not often both. However, it appears the employees at Beehive Insurance Agency in...
Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO
Nov 20 2023 // Challenges facing today’s business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said in late October while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward progress:...
People Moves: Suda Joins RT Binding Authority’s Leadership Team
Nov 16 2023 // RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty headquartered in Chicago, Ill., hired underwriter Jessalynn Suda to RT Binding Authority’s leadership team. Suda brings 15 years of underwriting...
