Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Surplus Lines Pioneer Hall Remembered as Well-Respected Leader
Apr 24 2020 // Michael J. Hall, founder of M.J. Hall & Co. and Golden Bear Insurance Co., was a well-respected leader in the admitted and surplus lines industries. Hall, who was 81, died on Tuesday. He established himself early on as...
Everest Insurance Promotes 4 as Regional Leaders on Commercial Casualty Team
Apr 23 2020 // Everest Insurance announced changes to the Commercial Casualty leadership team. Four underwriters across the country have been appointed leaders for the Northeast, South, Midwest and Southwest regions. Frank Engle has been...
AXA XL Forms New Leadership Team, Aims to Restructure with Regional Business Units
Apr 21 2020 // AXA XL announced a new leadership team and proposed changes to the operating model of its Insurance business following a strategic review. Key proposed changes to the operating model include the creation of a single global...
UK Insurance Industry Leaders Form Steering Group to Propose Pandemic Response, Chaired by Catlin
Apr 21 2020 // UK Insurance industry leaders have combined to form a steering group, which will work with terrorism reinsurer Pool Re, with the primary objective to ensure that, working alongside the industry to support customers and...
Wisconsin’s Church Mutual Promotes 6 in Leadership Positions
Apr 16 2020 // Church Mutual Insurance Co. S.I., based in Merrill, Wisconsin, has promoted six individuals into new leadership roles. Jeff Steffen has been promoted to senior vice president – chief financial officer. Steffen has a...
Why Leaders Need to Resist Rewriting Insurance Contract Language
Apr 16 2020 // Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Center and other locations on the morning of September 11th, President Bush declared that the atrocities were “an act of war.” That statement prompted a call to me from...
MGU Victor Taps Bonfà from US Underwriting Solutions as Country Leader of Victor Italia
Apr 9 2020 // Victor Insurance Holdings, the world’s largest managing general underwriter (MGU), announced the appointment of Matteo Bonfà as country manager, Victor Italia S.r.l., effective immediately. Bonfà is based in Milan...
Marsh Names Rahr in Chicago as Global Leader of Multinational Client Service
Apr 7 2020 // Insurance broker and risk advisor, Marsh, has appointed David Rahr as global leader, Multinational Client Service. Based in Chicago, he will report to Flavio Piccolomini, president, Marsh International, and Martin South,...
Alliant Names Dolan, Graham National Wrap-Up Program Leaders
Apr 6 2020 // Newport Beach, Calif.-headquartered Alliant Insurance Services has tapped Kevin Dolan and Craig Graham to co-lead the national wrap up insurance team for Alliant Construction Services Group. Dolan is based in New York City...
Going Home. How One Oklahoma Agency Leader Prepared His Firm for Remote Work.
Apr 1 2020 // In early March, well before stay at home orders were enacted in states and communities across the country, Tony Caldwell recognized that COVID-19, the disease created by the new coronavirus, was going to have a huge impact...
Willis Re Appoints Melanson as SVP, Health Practice Leader in Massachusetts
Mar 26 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed Dan Melanson as senior vice president and Health Practice leader. He is based in Boston, Mass. In...
Lockton Hires Asencio to Northeast Region as Employee Benefits Practice Leader
Mar 17 2020 // Lockton has hired John Asencio to its Northeast region as Employee Benefits Practice leader. With more than 25 years of experience in health and welfare benefits consulting, Asencio will oversee operations in New York,...
Crawford & Co. Names Adkins Vertical Market Leader in Washington
Mar 6 2020 // Crawford & Co. has named Lizzy Adkins as vertical market leader in litigation management. Adkins will be responsible for expanding Crawford’s casualty book focusing on litigation management for the U.S. She will...
Small Business Insurance Digital Distributor, Insureon, Expands Leadership Team in Chicago
Mar 4 2020 // Insureon, a Chicago-based digital distributor small business insurance, has created a new leadership team comprised of experts across the insurance, insurtech, and technology industries. Dan Kazan, CEO and member of the...
Chubb Names Buonpane as Construction Industry Practice Leader in New York
Mar 3 2020 // Chubb has named Stephen Buonpane as Construction Industry Practice leader for its large account segment. He succeeds Bill Hazelton who was recently named head of Chubb North America Claims. In this capacity, he will...
Chubb Enhances North American Claims Leadership with Hazelton, Watt
Mar 3 2020 // Chubb has expanded its North America claims leadership team with two appointments: Bill Hazelton has been named head of Chubb North America Claims, and Megan Watt has been appointed to a newly created leadership role, head...
New York’s SterlingRisk Insurance Hires Friedman as Alternative Market Leader
Feb 21 2020 // SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based independently owned insurance brokerage, has hired Kaitlin Friedman as alternative market leader. A licensed property and casualty insurance broker, Friedman also provides...
Gaining a Risk Manager Seat at Technology’s Table: Interview with RIMS Leader Langone
Feb 11 2020 // The culture at technology startups like Uber, Airbnb and PayPal is all about risk-taking. They start by offering a unique, untested or reimagined product or service or by disrupting an industry’s established...
RT Specialty Names Lentz in Nevada National Practice Leader
Feb 4 2020 // R-T Specialty LLC has named Jason Lentz national practice leader of its private client group. Lentz, who is based in Las Vegas, Nev., has been with RT Specialty for more than three years and has focused on high net worth...
Aon Taps Willis Towers Watson’s Carpenter for Global Super Yacht Leader in London
Feb 4 2020 // Insurance broker Aon has appointed Emma Carpenter as global super yacht leader. She will join Aon in London in early March and will drive the development of Aon’s super yacht insurance broking business...
