Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
G20 Leaders Expected to Back Easy Rules on Shadow Banking
Aug 26 2013 // World leaders are expected to take a softly-softly approach to regulating the so-called shadow banking sector when they meet in Russia next month to avoid damaging the flow of finance to the global economy. While...
QBE North America to Launch D&O Line, Names Grange As Leader
Aug 23 2013 // Jeffrey S. Grange has been appointed head of Management Liability and Professional Lines for QBE North America, which plans to launch a directors and officers (D&O) liability division. Grange has 25 years experience in...
Swett & Crawford Appoints Sales Leader for Atlanta Branch
Aug 7 2013 // Wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford promoted Matt Brott to sales leader for the Atlanta branch. In addition to his new sales leadership responsibility, Brott will continue to serve as a broker in Swett &...
Ironshore Names Practice Leaders for Energy, Construction, Personal Lines
Jul 26 2013 // Ironshore Inc. has created a new management team to serve as industry practice leaders. These leaders will be for business lines that the company says increasingly demand new products that address distinct...
Oklahoma House Dem Leader: Tort Reform Special Session ‘Waste of Time’
Jul 24 2013 // Getting Oklahoma lawmakers to return for a special session to address a civil lawsuit bill ruled unconstitutional by the courts is a “waste of time and money,” the House Democratic leader said. Rep. Scott Inman...
Oklahoma Leaders Ask ‘What Have We Learned’ from May Storms?
Jul 23 2013 // With thousands of destroyed houses, 46 deaths and damage estimates topping the $5 billion mark, victims of Oklahoma’s two EF-5 tornadoes are asking the same question: What have we learned? The answers are almost as...
MarketScout Expands Private Client Services, Hires New Executive Leadership
Jul 12 2013 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA with headquarters in Dallas, has expanded its nationwide specialty high-net-worth underwriting practice by bringing Brian Botwinick on board as...
Zurich’s Broker Relationship Leader Moves to Berkshire Hathaway Specialty
Jul 3 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the new commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — appointed Lori Spoon Rafkin as senior vice president, customer and broker engagement. Spoon Rafkin was...
Senate Leader Reid Rules Out Extending Current Farm Law
Jun 25 2013 // The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives needs to solve its farm bill impasse by enacting the Senate’s bipartisan bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday, warning that the Democrat-run Senate...
Combined Agents of America Elects New 2013 Leadership
Jun 19 2013 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has elected an new management committee for 2013-14, led by Chairman Bill Kliewer. CAA member agencies are located in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. Each CAA...
Marsh’s U.S. Casualty Practice Leader to Join Victor O. Schinnerer as President
Jun 17 2013 // Chevy Chase, Md.-based underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc. has tapped senior Marsh executive Jonathan M. Zaffino to be its president.Jonathan M. ZaffinoThe position of president was previously...
EU, U.S. Leaders Launch Free-Trade Talks
Jun 17 2013 // The United States and the European Union launched negotiations for the world’s most ambitious free-trade deal on Monday, promising thousands of new jobs and accelerated growth on both sides of the Atlantic. Trade...
Wisconsin Insurance Leaders Detail Uncertainty of Exchanges
Jun 13 2013 // It will be a tough task implementing the online health insurance marketplaces that are required of each state under the federal health care overhaul, and there will no doubt be consumer horror stories about trying to...
Game Changer: Agency Download with the Leader in CRM
Jun 10 2013 // Westerville, OH, 6/10/13 – Revolution Group, a Silver Salesforce.com Cloud Alliance Partner and leading technology integration provider specializing in the property/casualty segment of the insurance industry, is...
Florida Alleged Insurance Fraud Leader Found Competent for Trial
Jun 3 2013 // The alleged leader of an $800 million South Florida insurance fraud scheme has been found competent to stand trial despite severe pain from a spinal cord ailment that requires him to take powerful drugs including...
Willis North America Appoints Personal Lines Leadership Team
May 29 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, announced a series of appointments to its Personal Lines Practice as part of its succession plan. Willis’ Personal Lines Practice includes 250 private client and...
Gene Eisenmann, Excess and Surplus Lines Industry Leader, Passes
May 21 2013 // Gene Eisenmann, a leader in the excess and surplus lines industry in Texas and nationally, has passed away after a long battle with a host of illnesses, his family by his side. A giant of E&S lines, Eisenmann built...
Willis North America Appoints Japan Global Practice Group Co-Leaders
May 13 2013 // Willis North America has named Brian Murphy and Hiromoto Ushiki as North American Practice co-leaders of the Japan Global Practice Group. Murphy and Ushiki assume the position previously held by Junji Hamada who retired in...
Illiniois-Based RLI Announces Leadership Promotions
May 8 2013 // Specialty insurer RLI Corp., based in Peoria, Ill., announced a number of promotions within its operations and underwriting team. Craig Kliethermes, senior vice president, risk services, has been promoted to executive vice...
EU Supports French Demand; Trade Talks with U.S. Should not Cover Culture
Apr 26 2013 // European Union lawmakers have backed French demands to exempt culture from a proposed free-trade pact between Europe and the United States, keeping Paris on side and raising the chances that the talks can start on...
