Best Read Leadership Headlines
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#1 Building and Retaining Talent: Salary and Culture Matter but That’s Not Always Enough
Feb 24 2025 // Independent agency owners, producers, and support staff continue to report higher pay, according to Insurance Journal’s national online Agency Salary Survey results. But for the second year in a row, survey...
#2 Computers of Senior US Treasury Leaders Accessed in Hack
Jan 3 2025 // Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the computers of senior US Treasury Department leaders as part of a recent breach of the agency, according to a US official and another person familiar with the matter. The...
#3 Camp Mystic Leader May Not Have Seen Alert Before Flood, Family Spokesman Says
Jul 17 2025 // The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to...
#4 Malcolm X’s Daughters Sue CIA, FBI and NYPD Over Civil Rights Leader’s Assassination
Nov 17 2024 // Three daughters of Malcolm X have accused the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others in a $100 million lawsuit Friday of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader. In the lawsuit filed...
#5 How a US judge Injected Culture Wars Into Boeing 737 MAX Plea Deal
Oct 24 2024 // A Texas federal judge with a record of ruling in favor of conservative causes injected uncertainty into Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty over two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes, seizing upon a single sentence in the...
#6 E&S Leaders Embrace the Risky Future
Sep 16 2024 // The property/casualty insurance industry and excess and surplus lines brokers in particular are at the world’s beck and call to help navigate what is an increasingly risky environment. The industry continues to...
#7 Marsh Sues Aon, Ex-Team Leader Over Exit of 20 Construction Surety Employees
May 5 2025 // Global insurance broker Marsh USA filed suit against competitor Aon and a former Marsh team leader for allegedly poaching key members of Marsh’s construction surety team who resigned and moved to Aon in March. A...
#8 Majority of Small Business Leaders Think AI Will Play ‘Crucial Role’ in Work Safety
Apr 21 2025 // More than half of small business leaders believe artificial intelligence will play a “crucial role” in worker safety over the next five years, according to a new report from Pie Insurance. A survey of...
#9 Berkshire, Progressive Are Underwriting Profit Leaders; Industry Sets Income Record
Mar 12 2025 // S&P Global Market Intelligence expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to post more than $100 billion of net income for 2024—and that the biggest underwriting profits contributing to the figure will...
#10 Trump’s SEC Leader Shifts Power From Investors to Boardrooms
Feb 19 2025 // New policies from the top U.S. securities regulator hand corporate boards more power over investors in ways that could curtail investor-initiated reform efforts on everything from climate policy to director contests,...
#11 Marsh Sues Aon, Ex-Team Leader Over Exit of 20 Construction Surety Employees
Apr 22 2025 // Global insurance broker Marsh USA filed suit against competitor Aon and a former Marsh team leader for allegedly poaching key members of Marsh’s construction surety team who resigned and moved to Aon last month. A...
#12 Buffett’s Insurance Leader Ajit Jain Sells Large Part of Berkshire Stake
Sep 13 2024 // Ajit Jain, the longtime top insurance executive at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N, sold more than half of his Class A shares in the conglomerate this week. According to a Wednesday night regulatory...
#13 Economic Threats Top of Mind for US Business Leaders
Dec 10 2024 // Economic downturn, labor shortages and inflation top the list of concerns for business leaders globally, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Executive Opinion Survey, released by strategic partners Marsh...
#14 Foundational, Leadership-Driven Education High Priority in Insurance
Jun 20 2025 // Foundational learning remains a high priority for insurance and risk management professionals, according to The Institutes Knowledge Group’s annual Skills Report. Risk assessment, coverage analysis, and insurance...
#15 Aon Promotes Reinsurance Leaders as John Neal Takes a New Direction With AIG
Jul 16 2025 // Insurance broker Aon announced the promotions of Alfonso Valera as CEO of International for Reinsurance, responsible for UK, EMEA and APAC, and Steve Hofmann as CEO of Americas for Reinsurance, responsible for North...
#16 USI Says Lockton, Former Team Leader Poached Workers, Harmed Client Relations
Apr 18 2025 // USI Insurance Services, one of the largest brokerages in the country, has filed suit against a former sales team leader and another powerhouse broker, Lockton, accusing them of poaching employees and harming client...
#17 Leader of Crew That Stole 500 Catalytic Converters Worth $2 Million Sentenced
Oct 8 2024 // The leader of a regional organized theft crew, who orchestrated the thefts of catalytic converters from nearly 500 vehicles across the region, multiple jewelry store robberies and the stealing of banks’ automated...
#18 Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Let President Fire Independent Agency Leaders
Oct 22 2024 // The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal that sought to give the president control over agencies that have long operated independently, potentially including the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange...
#19 Female Leadership Suffers When Private Equity Firms Invest
Oct 16 2024 // Female board and leadership representation at European companies plunges whens private equity firms invest, according to a study by consultancy LCap Group. The average percentage of women in leadership positions tumbles to...
#20 New Florida Legislative Leaders Talk Tough on Property Insurance, But No Specific Plans
Nov 20 2024 // Florida’s newest legislative leaders on Tuesday rattled some sabers about property insurance rates and claims but offered no agenda for the upcoming session that begins in March, according to state news...
