Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Capital Insurance Adds Okelberry, Ebnet, La Porta to Leadership Team
Aug 3 2021 // Capital Insurance Group in California has promoted three members of the senior leadership team: Kevin Okelberry, Tammy Ebnet and John La Porta. Okelberry has been promoted to vice president and chief underwriting officer....
People Moves: Aon Cyber Appoints Bixby; Guy Carpenter Adds 2 from Willis Re, Zywave Names 3 Senior Leaders
Jul 20 2021 // Hacking Expert Bixby Joins Aon Cyber Solutions Aon has appointed Adam Bixby as the new managing director, Proactive Security leader, for Cyber Solutions North America. Bixby is responsible for the Proactive Security...
TransRe Reorganizes Global Underwriting Structure, Promoting Key Leaders
Jul 19 2021 // TransRe has reorganized its global underwriting structure and promoted key leaders in the areas of Regional Markets, North America, Global Portfolio Management, Europe and Asia Pacific. In addition, it has restructured its...
People Moves: Lockton Names Harrison Market Leader in California, Hanleigh Names Haley Sales Director
Jun 17 2021 // Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC has named Sherri Harrison, senior vice president, to market leader. Harrison is responsible for clients, people, operations and the growth of the benefits practice in San Diego, Calif., and...
People Moves: CSAA Names Brown EVP of Commercial, Woodruff Sawyer Names Fuhrman Southern California Practice Leader
Jun 14 2021 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Julie Brown executive vice president of commercial insurance. Brown will be responsible for the distribution of commercial insurance under the Mobilitas brand,...
QUESTPRO ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP THROUGH PROMOTIONS, NEW HIRES
Jun 9 2021 // Dallas, TX (June 9, 2021) –– Halfway through the fiscal year, Questpro announces plans to expand its national footprint through the promotion of several key team members as well as the strategic addition of a new hire:...
Insuring Cyber: Lacewell on How New York Became a Leader in Cyber Regulation
Jun 3 2021 // New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda Lacewell spoke with Elizabeth Blosfield during the most recent episode of the Insuring Cyber Podcast about how she has always seen New York as a...
Patra Expands Leadership Team to Advance Technology-Enabled Services for the Insurance Industry
May 27 2021 // Matt Hewitt joins the leading insurance services provider as Corporate Development Officer. EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., May 27, 2021 – Patra, a leading provider of technology-enabled services for the insurance industry,...
People Moves: The Plexus Groupe Adds Stollenwerck as VP; New Leadership at ANCO Insurance
May 26 2021 // The Plexus Groupe Commercial insurance brokerage and consulting firm, The Plexus Groupe, has named industry veteran John Stollenwerck to vice president of Business Development. He is based in Dallas. Stollenwerck has more...
Labor Leader Urges U.S. to Require Human Drivers in Automated Vehicles
May 18 2021 // A senior American labor union leader will tell U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the government should require human operators in all self-driving passenger services to take over in the event of an emergency. Greg Regan,...
People Moves: MEMIC Names Three to Leadership Roles; USG Hires Starr
May 11 2021 // MEMIC Names Three Underwriting Territory Managers In its plan to continue profitable growth of its workers’ compensation business along the Eastern seaboard, The MEMIC Group has named three underwriting territory...
AXIS Re Appoints New Division Leaders
May 11 2021 // AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced appointments within its leadership team, creating a new division for Property Reinsurance and simplifying the overall...
Union Leaders Say Indiana’s Rate of Worker Fatalities Too High
May 10 2021 // Indiana labor union leaders are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state’s rate of deaths while working about one-third higher than the national average. Federal data shows Indiana had 146...
People Moves: Hippo in California Adds Numerous Technology Leaders
May 7 2021 // Hippo in Palo Alto, Calif. has added new leadership to its technology team led by Chief Technology Officer Ran Harpaz. The newly appointed technology leaders will be responsible for expanding and enhancing the delivery of...
RMS Global Catastrophe Model Leader Launches First Climate Change Models, Enabling New Risk Insights
May 6 2021 // New Climate Change Models Show Impact of Climate Change on Losses; Losses from Hurricanes Could Increase by 24 percent by 2050 Newark, Calif., May 5, 2021 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk modeling and...
People Moves: InterWest Names Espinosa Senior Director in California, IMA Adds Washington to Executive Leadership
Apr 30 2021 // InterWest Insurance Services has named Brad Espinosa senior director in its surety division. He will be based in Sacramento, Calif., and report to Keith Schuler, president and CEO of InterWest Insurance Services. He has...
Digital Leader Kerridge Named CEO of Hiscox USA
Apr 26 2021 // Specialty insurer Hiscox Ltd. announced that Kevin Kerridge will succeed Steve Langan as chief executive officer of Hiscox USA. Kerridge will take the helm effective May 15, 2021. Langan, who is retiring, will return to...
What Young Agents Think Survey: Optimism High Among Young Agent Leaders
Apr 19 2021 // Despite ongoing concerns over the pandemic, young agents say they felt supported by their agencies over the past year. A majority of young agents felt satisfied with how their agency responded to COVID-19 and rated their...
The Business Case for Promoting Women to Leadership Roles
Apr 5 2021 // The numbers are in, and they solidify something many people in our industry have known for years: having women in leadership positions drives business results. A McKinsey & Company article published late last year...
American Family’s Stauffacher, Yancy, Others Assume Key Leadership Posts
Apr 1 2021 // The American Family Insurance group has announced leaders in several new and existing key positions. Jessie Stauffacher, president and CEO of CONNECT, powered by American Family Insurance, and Telisa Yancy, chief operating...
