Latest Leadership Headlines
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People Moves: Conyers Joins Brown & Riding’s Environmental Practice Leadership
Apr 4 2025 // Robert Conyers Jr. Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, hired Robert Conyers Jr., to lead B&R’s environmental practice with Jeff Hubbard. With over eight years of industry experience, Conyers joined Brown...
People Moves: World Insurance Associates Promotes Scheuer to Division Revenue Leader for Great Lakes Region
Apr 4 2025 // Katie Scheuer has been promoted to the newly created position of Division Revenue Leader for the Great Lakes Region at World Insurance Associates. She was formerly the Division Growth Leader for the Great Lakes and West...
Insurance Leaders Raise Record $1.2 million for Charity at IICF Southeast Gala
Apr 2 2025 // Laura Beckmann of AmRisc honored with 2025 Philanthropic Leadership Award Dallas, TX, April 2, 2025 –The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a unique nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities...
Majority of Small Biz Leaders Think AI Will Play ‘Crucial Role’ in Work Safety
Apr 2 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...
People Moves: The Hartford Expands Roles of Tech Leadership; Everest Appoints Fobert to Lead US Retail Casualty
Apr 1 2025 // Shekar Pannala The Hartford of Hartford, Connecticut said Shekar Pannala was named the company’s chief information officer and leads technology, as well as cybersecurity, infrastructure and cloud modernization. Prior...
People Moves: Aspire Promotes New Leadership; Venbrook Names Hicks Transportation Practice Lead
Mar 31 2025 // Tyler Nicholson Aspire Promotes Nicholson, Storms and Storms to New Leadership Roles Aspire General Insurance promoted Tyler Nicholson to the newly created role of chief revenue and distribution officer. Myles...
SEC to Focus on Traditional Cases Under New Leadership, Acting Director Says
Mar 26 2025 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will likely focus on more traditional cases under incoming leadership, including those involving individual wrongdoing and fraud targeting elders, the agency’s acting...
People Moves: CRU Group Expands Leadership With Sutton VP in Southwest
Mar 24 2025 // CRU Group named Catherine Sutton vice president for the U.S. Southwest Region. Sutton has an education in engineering and experience in insurance adjusting, forensic engineering and account management. Based in Austin,...
People Moves: Marsh Names Curran US Surety Leader, Schweitzer US Construction Claims Leader; Ryan Alternative Risk Promotes Havey to President
Mar 21 2025 // Fran Curran Marsh, headquartered in New York City, appointed Fran Curran as U.S. surety leader and Todd Schweitzer as U.S. construction claims leader. Based in Philadelphia, Curran is a 24-year veteran of Marsh who most...
People Moves: Shipper to Head Beazley N.A. Commercial Property; Porch Group Names New Leadership; Allstate Names Carter as CHRO
Mar 14 2025 // Lindsay Shipper Specialty insurer Beazley appointed Lindsay Shipper as head of commercial property, North America, effective April 1. She will report to Richard Montminy, group head of property risks, and will be based in...
People Moves: Arch Insurance Names 2 Senior Leaders for Casualty Team in Spain
Mar 12 2025 // Arch Insurance Names 2 Senior Leaders for Casualty Team in Spain Arch Insurance announced the appointments of Carmen Cobeta as head of Casualty, Spain, and Irene Fernandez Franic as senior casualty underwriter, effective...
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...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Appoints Contreras Portfolio Solutions Leader; Risk Strategies Names Simon Managing Director, Private Equity
Feb 25 2025 // Allianz Commercial Appoints Contreras North American Portfolio Solutions Leader Jenna Contreras Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jenna Contreras to the North American distribution team in the...
Developing Leaders in Insurance Agencies
Feb 24 2025 // Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your team is crucial–especially for insurance agency owners. Recognizing personal limitations allows leaders to strategically delegate tasks and fill talent gaps with the...
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...
People Moves: People Moves: Brown & Riding appoints Conyers, Jr. Energy Practice Leader
Feb 21 2025 // Robert Conyers, Jr. Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, appointed Robert Conyers, Jr., as energy practice leader. Conyers joined Brown & Riding in 2017 and became a principal in 2023. As energy practice...
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,...
People Moves: Encova Insurance Appoints Two Commercial Lines Leaders
Feb 18 2025 // Dawn Colavecchi Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, appointed Dawn Colavecchi as commercial lines regional vice president, and Todd Becker as vice president, commercial underwriting office, workers’...
People Moves: OGA Promotes and Makes New Leadership Hires
Feb 18 2025 // One General Agency (OGA), headquartered in Oklahoma City, promoted and hired several new team members to leadership positions. OGA promoted Taylor Matthews to vice president of operations. Matthews spent eight years with...
People Moves: AIG’s Furth to Hiscox to Head US Claims; Hamlin to Lead TMHCC US Hospital Pro Liability; Amwins Names Healthcare Practice Leader
Feb 12 2025 // Alex Furth Hiscox, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Alexandra Furth as head of claims in the U.S., effective March 10. Furth has over 20 years of claims and legal leadership experience, most recently serving as...
