Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Willis Towers Watson Appoints Hotchkiss, Johnson, Haitsch to Leadership Roles in West
Mar 12 2019 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed George Haitsch, Linde Hotchkiss and Nicole Johnson to leadership positions in its corporate risk and broking segment for its Western North America region. Hotchkiss will lead regional...
Marsh Names AIG’s Bauer as Sharing Economy, Mobility Practice Leader
Mar 4 2019 // Robert Bauer has joined insurance broker Marsh to lead its U.S. Sharing Economy & Mobility Practice. Bauer will focus on developing and delivering products and services to companies operating in the new economy,...
Arch Promotes Executives to Innovation, Mortgage Insurance Leadership Roles
Mar 4 2019 // Arch Capital Group Ltd. said it has made some strategic leadership changes affecting innovation and investment, and mortgage insurance. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer named Andrew Rippert as chief...
Wisconsin’s Integrity Insurance Names Sharp to Leadership Team
Mar 1 2019 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based Integrity Insurance has added Matt Sharp to its Integrity Leadership Team (ILT) as AVP, senior finance officer. Sharp is responsible for the strategic financial oversight and reporting for...
Hanover Insurance Enhances Specialty Leadership; Mills to Lead E&S
Feb 27 2019 // The Hanover Insurance Group has expanded its specialty leadership team to enhance as part of a series of personnel changes the company has made to its specialty business over the last year. The Hanover announced it has...
Insurance Council of Texas Seeks Leadership Award Candidates
Feb 26 2019 // Property/casualty insurance trade group, the Insurance Council of Texas, is seeing candidate nominations for its annual industry leadership award. Since 1998, has awarded its Raymond Mauk Leadership Award to an individual...
Chubb Names Graswinckel as Segment Leader, Major Accounts, Continental Europe
Feb 11 2019 // Chubb announced the appointment of Peter Graswinckel as segment leader for Major Accounts in Continental Europe. In this newly created role, Graswinckel will be responsible for delivering tailor-made solutions and services...
Fowler Joins RHSB as VP – Employee Benefits Practice Leader in Fort Worth
Feb 11 2019 // RHSB (Roach Howard Smith & Barton) has hired Dennis Fowler as vice president in its Fort Worth Employee Benefits Practice group. Fowler is a seasoned sales professional and has been an employee benefit consultant for...
How a ‘Sharing’ Workplace Can Undermine Leadership
Feb 8 2019 // Sharing personal information with friends and family has long been held by researchers as a way to build rapport and healthy relationships. But between coworkers, that’s not always true. That is at the center of new...
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Afable Names 3 to Leadership Team
Feb 6 2019 // Wisconsin’s new insurance commissioner, Mark Afable, has made three additional appointments to the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance’s (OCI) leadership team Nathan Houdek has been tapped to serve as...
Larson Promoted to Leadership Role at Wisconsin’s Integrity Insurance
Feb 5 2019 // Integrity Insurance, headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, has promoted Mischel Larson from personal lines underwriter to personal lines underwriting supervisor. In her new supervisor role, Larson is responsible for...
Insurance Leaders Urged to Engage the Smarter People in the Room
Feb 5 2019 // As insurance executives fret about helping their companies embrace new technology and change, one CEO offers this idea: Embrace that there are smarter people in the room. “Everybody in my organization is a whole lot...
4 Promoted in Leadership Roles at Wisconsin’s Church Mutual
Feb 4 2019 // Merrill, Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted four individuals into new leadership roles. Janet Selnes is now vice president – broker distribution. Selnes has a proven track record of leadership...
Ironshore Names Hartley U.S. Program Business Leader; Appoints Sharis Director
Feb 4 2019 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has announced executive appointments to oversee the Programs business unit in the U.S. Casey Hartley has been named senior vice president, head of Programs. Hartley will oversee the...
The MEMIC Group Promotes Greco to Business Segment Leader in Northeast
Jan 31 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has promoted Dustin Greco to business segment leader to support the company’s continued growth of the small business market in the Northeast. Greco’s...
Specialist Re/Insurance Broker THB’s Completes Leadership Transition for Europe Division
Jan 31 2019 // THB, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, confirms the completion of its THB Europe leadership transition. Joaquim Caria retires today as managing director of THB Europe, which was first announced...
Qatar Re CEO Saacke to Step Down with Interim Leader Named
Jan 29 2019 // Qatar Re said that CEO and Executive Director Gunther Saacke would be stepping down from both roles in March, at the company’s next board meeting. He’ll stay on for the transition and depart later in 2019, the...
Corporate Culture, Cyber Risk Are Top of Mind for D&O Underwriters
Jan 21 2019 // Transparency and culture awareness were the key takeaways from a panel discussion on top directors and officers’ claims trends that took place at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)...
Woodruff Sawyer in California Names Mckenna National Healthcare Practice Leader
Jan 17 2019 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Frank Mckenna senior vice president and national healthcare practice leader. Mckenna will be responsible for expanding and growing the current Healthcare...
Guy Carpenter Forms New Division, Makes Post-JLT Merger Leadership Appointments
Jan 17 2019 // Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the formation of a new Global Capital Solutions Group as well as a series of leadership appointments that will become effective upon the closing of the acquisition of...
