Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Endurance Appoints Housley as Global Property Insurance Leader
Apr 22 2014 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings has announced that Richard Housley has joined the company this week as Executive Vice President and Global Practice Leader for Property Insurance. He has extensive experience in...
Couch, Leung Named to Leadership Posts at Missouri Insurance Department
Apr 15 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance appointed two veteran regulators to key leadership posts. Carrie Couch has been named the acting director of the Consumer Affairs Division and William Leung has joined the Division of...
Ironshore Forms Executive Leadership Committee to Drive Growth Strategy
Mar 12 2014 // Specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. said it has formed a Group Executive Leadership Committee to formulate the firm’s strategy for continued growth and enhanced performance of its group of companies globally. The...
Bianchi Named Sales Leader Of Swett & Crawford’s Los Angeles Office
Mar 10 2014 // Swett & Crawford, part of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, named Jeff Bianchi as sales leader for its Woodland Hills, Calif. office. Bianchi will continue to be based in Swett’s San Francisco office and will...
Campus Culture Change: ‘Deadliest’ College Fraternity Nixes Pledging
Mar 10 2014 // Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of the largest U.S. fraternities and the deadliest, said it would ban pledging, citing the toll that hazing has taken on its recruits and its reputation. SAE announced yesterday what it called a...
ACE Expands M&A Practice, Appoints North America Practice Leader
Mar 7 2014 // The ACE Group has expanded its Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Practice into a Private Equity Practice concentrating on insurance options for private equity firms, their portfolio companies as well as their M&A...
Minority Bar Owners in Racine, Wisconsin Say City Leaders Discriminated
Feb 28 2014 // Eight former bar owners in Racine, Wis., filed a lawsuit accusing the mayor and other city officials of racially discriminating against them and forcing their businesses to close. The federal lawsuit filed against Mayor...
Texas Insurer Group Seeks Nominations for Industry Leadership Award
Feb 26 2014 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) is seeking nominations for its annual Raymond Mauk Leadership Award, the council’s highest honor. The award will be presented on July 17, at the annual Mid-Year Property and...
Willis Appoints Benolken Global Leader – Technology, Media, Telecommunications
Feb 18 2014 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Sara Benolken as the firm’s Global Industry Leader for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT). She has “specialized in advising Willis’s TMT clients since...
House Leader Promises Vote on Flood Insurance Rate Delay
Feb 14 2014 // The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is promising to take up legislation to delay certain flood insurance premium increases during the week of Feb. 24. The details of any House bill remain a mystery...
Louisiana Congressman Says Leadership Post Lost after Flood Insurance Vote
Feb 13 2014 // U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said he’s been booted from a Republican leadership position because he broke with GOP leaders in his efforts to stop higher flood insurance premiums from hitting...
The Institutes , Univ. of Wisconsin Partner on Leadership Development
Feb 11 2014 // The Institutes have partnered with the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to offer a leadership development program designed for managers and supervisors in the property/casualty insurance...
Lockton Hires Investment Management Practice Leader in D.C.
Feb 7 2014 // Lockton Cos. announced Frank Vento has joined as vice president and leader of the investment management practice in Lockton’s Washington, D.C., office.Frank VentoVento brings to Lockton more than 20 years of...
AIG’s Benmosche Receives Leadership Award in N.Y.
Jan 27 2014 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) held its 19th annual “Insurance Leader of the Year” award dinner on Jan. 15 before a crowd of more than 1,400 in New York City. AIG Property...
Insurance Leaders from India, Japan to Speak at Iowa Symposium
Jan 26 2014 // Keynote speakers at a global insurance symposium scheduled for May in Des Moines, Iowa, will include high ranking insurance officials from Japan and India. Gov. Terry Branstad says Japan’s Vice Commissioner Masamichi...
Marketing Leadership Changing at Columbia Lloyds, MDOW Insurance Cos.
Jan 26 2014 // Houston-based Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co. (CLIC) and MDOW Insurance Co. (MDOW) announced the retirement of James Robert “Bob” Sullivan effective Jan. 31, 2014. Sullivan served CLIC and MDOW as president from...
Fosdick Named Sales Leader in Swett & Crawford’s Los Angeles Office
Jan 22 2014 // Swett & Crawford, part of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, named John Fosdick sales leader for Swett & Crawford’s Los Angeles office. Fosdick will continue to be the sales leader for Swett &...
AIG’s Benmosche Receives Leadership Award From St. John’s University in N.Y.
Jan 17 2014 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) held its 19th annual “Insurance Leader of the Year” awards dinner Wednesday before a crowd of more than 1,400 in New York City.(Left to right)...
Combined Agents of America Adds Wade to Leadership Team
Jan 15 2014 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), with headquarters in Austin, Texas, announced that William H. (Bill) Wade II has joined its team as director of carrier relations and program management. Wade has more than 40 years of...
St. John’s Univ. to Honor AIG’s Benmosche as 2013 Insurance Leader of the Year
Jan 13 2014 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) in New York will honor American International Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche as the “2013 Insurance Leader...
