Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
People Moves: PADIC Elects Basi President; ICW Names Moitoso President; CAC Specialty Appoints Leaders for Private Equity Practice
Feb 12 2025 // PADIC Elects Basi President Anisha Basi The Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies, headquartered in California, elected Anisha Basi, general counsel for Pacific Specialty Insurance Co., to serve as PADIC...
People Moves: IMA Names Empey President, Salt Lake City and Utah Market Leader
Feb 10 2025 // Kendall Empey IMA Financial Group named Kendall Empey president, Salt Lake City and market leader for Utah. Empey oversees employee benefits and property/casualty activities in the Utah market. Empey has experience in...
People Moves: Willis Promotes Easton to Global Head of ART and Head of Western Europe, Risk & Analytics; Arch Insurance UK Division Promotes 4 Senior Leaders
Feb 7 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis and Arch Insurance UK. A summary of these new hires follows here. Willis Promotes Easton to Global Head of ART and Head of Western Europe, Risk...
People Moves: Hiscox Appoints Baldwin US Media Practice Leader; Willis Names Kyriacou Head of Contingent Risk Solutions
Feb 7 2025 // Hiscox Appoints Baldwin US Media Practice Leader Karen Baldwin Hiscox, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Karen Baldwin as vice president, media practice leader. Baldwin leads Hiscox USA’s media liability...
People Moves: DOXA Expands Executive Leadership Team; JM Wilson Promotes Boles to Senior Personal Lines Underwriter
Feb 5 2025 // DOXA Expands Executive Leadership Team DOXA, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired five new executive leadership team members. Matt Bishop joined the team as head of operating entities and business verticals. He has...
People Moves: Chubb’s Westchester Names Leaders of Three New Business Practices
Jan 27 2025 // Matt Booker Westchester, Chubb’s Excess and Surplus Lines Division, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, named three leaders for its recently formed new business practices – property, casualty, and financial lines...
People Moves: Ansay Announces New Leadership Team; Ryan Specialty Adds Budd to Specialty Underwriting Segment
Jan 23 2025 // Anneren Family Holding Company, established to perpetuate the Ansay family’s legacy, has announced the appointment of Angela Sikowski as President and Nikki Kiss as Chief Operating Officer (COO). This transition...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Names Region Heads of Property, Financial Lines; New Leadership Roles at Resilience
Jan 22 2025 // Allianz Commercial Makes North American Leadership Promotions in Financial Lines and Property Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, made two promotions to its North American leadership in financial lines and...
People Moves: Arch Insurance Int’l Promotes Senior Leaders in Casualty Team; Markel Taps Chubb’s Jordan as Casualty Claims Manager in Australia
Jan 17 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Markel. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Promotes Senior Leaders in Casualty...
People Moves: MEMIC Promotes McCracken; NFP Appoints Kim; Harford Mutual Changes Leadership
Jan 15 2025 // MEMIC Promotes McCracken to VP of Business Intelligence and Analysis Kaila McCracken The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, promoted Kaila McCracken to vice president of business intelligence and analysis....
People Moves: XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna in New York; Leadership Changes at Falvey Insurance
Jan 6 2025 // XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna to Regional Leader of New York Peter Buccinna XS Brokers, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, promoted Peter Buccinna to vice president and regional leader of New York. Buccinna has over 26...
