Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Woodruff-Sawyer in California Names Cartwright Practice Leader
Feb 17 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Darren Cartwright claims auditing and consulting practice leader. Cartwright will be responsible for the direction of the claims group, which provides claims...
Texas a Leader in Fatal Crashes, Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Feb 15 2017 // Texas highways continue to be a deadly form of travel as traffic crashes involving injuries and fatalities continue to rise. Last year, 3,390 traffic crashes resulted in 3,757 fatalities and 175,347 traffic crashes...
Woodruff-Sawyer in California Names Allen Practice Leader
Feb 8 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Norman Allen corporate executive protection practice leader. Norman will be responsible for providing vision and focus for the practice, which includes...
58% of UK Business Leaders Say Brexit Vote Has Taken a Toll: Survey
Feb 7 2017 // More than half of British business leaders believe the vote to leave the European Union has had a negative impact on their companies but most firms are confident they can survive the change, according to a survey on...
Halvorsen Joins HUB International Midwest as Technology Practice Leader
Feb 6 2017 // Robert Halvorsen has Technology Practice Leaders team at HUB International Midwest, a division of HUB International Limited. As a technology practice leader (TPL), Halvorsen will be responsible for helping to provide...
Markel Names Peterson to Product Line Leadership Team
Feb 3 2017 // Markel Corp., headquartered in Richmond, Va., has named Jane Peterson as executive underwriting officer on its Product Line Leadership team. In this role, Peterson is based in Markel’s Cranston, R.I., office and...
Navigators Appoints Ingerslev to Global Cyber Liability Leadership Post
Feb 2 2017 // Global specialty insurer The Navigators Group Inc. has appointed Jacob Ingerslev to the newly created position of global practice leader for cyber liability. Ingerslev will be responsible for leading Navigators’...
PwC Appoints Delbridge as London Market Insurance leader
Feb 1 2017 // Paul Delbridge has taken on the role of London market insurance leader at PwC. Delbridge is a partner with 30 years’ experience at the firm, including three years in New York, almost all of which has been spent in...
O’Donnell, Packo Assume New Leadership Roles at Hylant
Jan 27 2017 // Insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, has named Kevin O’Donnell and Tony Packo III to new roles within the leadership team at its headquarters in Toledo, Ohio. O’Donnell was appointed senior vice president,...
NAIC Leader Says Insurer Systemic Risk Process Is Unnecessary
Jan 26 2017 // Although the Financial Stability Oversight Council created by the DoddāFrank Wall Street Reform Act could serve an incredibly useful purpose, FSOC’s activities so far have been misguided, an insurance regulator...
Zurich North America Names Leaders of Realigned Commercial Divisions
Jan 25 2017 // Zurich North America has announced the name of its new North America Commercial Insurance unit and leadership team. This new unit brings together the former Commercial Markets and the former Global Corporate in North...
Idaho Insurance Director Tapped for NAIC Committee Leadership Position
Jan 24 2017 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron has been named as vice chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Insurance and Annuities Committee for 2017. Director Cameron was elected...
Markel to be Honored as 2016 Insurance Leader Of The Year in New York
Jan 23 2017 // Anthony F. Markel, vice chairman of the board at Markel Corp., was honored by The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University as the School of Risk Management’s 2016 Insurance Leader of the Year...
Business Leaders Urge New Job Policies as Technology Displaces Workers
Jan 23 2017 // Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines. And while business leaders gathered at the annual World Economic Forum...
Arkansas Commissioner Tapped for NAIC Committee Leadership Post
Jan 19 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has been named vice-chairman of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). In a statement released by...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Group Announces Senior Leadership Changes
Jan 12 2017 // Erie Insurance Group, an Erie, Penn., based insurer, has announced operational and senior leadership changes in order to further position the company for continued growth. The new appointments are effective January...
PwC Names Bichard as UK Insurance Leader, Succeeding Howe
Jan 12 2017 // PwC has appointed Jim Bichard to lead its 1,000-person strong UK insurance practice. Bichard succeeds Jonathan Howe, who has led the practice since 2013. Bichard, who has led PwC’s London Market and Broking team...
Crew Leader in Deadly Texas Balloon Crash Killed in Motorcycle Accident
Jan 6 2017 // The ground crew leader for a Texas hot air balloon company involved in a 2015 deadly crash has been killed in a motorcycle accident. The Austin American-Statesman reports Alan Thomas Lirette was a key witness in the...
Integro Insurance Brokers Appoints Morris as New York Operations Leader
Jan 6 2017 // Integro Insurance Brokers, a New York headquartered international broker and risk management firm has appointed Deborah Morris as its New York operations leader. She succeeds Esther Ro, who is relocating to the West coast...
Markel to be Honored as 2016 Insurance Leader Of The Year in New York
Dec 30 2016 // Anthony F. Markel, vice chairman of the board at the Markel Corporation will be honored by The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University as the School of Risk Management’s 2016 Insurance...
