Latest Leadership Headlines

All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Marsh’s UK National Corporate Names New Leadership Team for Scotland

Jul 9 2010 // Marsh’s UK office announced senior appointments to its Scottish National Corporate business, which provides risk and insurance advice for mid to large size corporations. They follow Marsh’s acquisition of HSBC...

Marsh Appoints Woolley and Petit-Lambotte as EMEA P/C Leaders

Jun 24 2010 // Marsh has appointed Caroline Woolley as Property Practice Leader, and Alain Petit-Lambotte as Casualty Practice Leader, for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). A bulletin from Marsh’s London office explained...

EU Leaders Meet to Work on Ways to Prevent New Debt Crises

Jun 17 2010 // European Union leaders hope to agree on ways to strengthen budget discipline and economic policy coordination on Thursday to show financial markets they can prevent a repeat of the euro zone debt crisis. Leaders of the 27...

Dillabaugh Joins Hylant Group as Sr. VP, Employee Benefits Sales Leader

Jun 16 2010 // Ohio-based Hylant Group hired industry veteran Scott Dillabaugh as senior vice president and employee benefits sales leader for its Cleveland, Ohio, office. In this role, he will be part of the employee benefits practice,...

Harding Joins White Sutton as Main Street Unit Practice Leader

May 25 2010 // White Sutton & Co. Insurance Services, based in Santa Monica, Calif., named Trey Harding as the practice leader of its Main Street Business Division. A Westside Los Angeles native, Harding held an underwriting position...

Atlanta CPCU Elects Stevens as President, Installs Other Leaders

May 21 2010 // The Atlanta chapter of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) recently installed its new officers and directors for 2010-2011. The officers are: President Robert Stevens, Crawford & Co., assistant vice...

Florida Leaders See Omnibus Bill Stabilizing Home Insurance Market

May 18 2010 // Florida insurance leaders belive that recently passed legislation (SB2044) is a step towards stabilizing the state’s property insurance market that has had been rocked by politics, premiums assessments, company...

Marsh Names Denney as ‘Networks Leader;’ Mills for Networks Service

May 13 2010 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has appointed Martyn Denney to the newly-created role of Networks Leader. He will be responsible for the strategic development and positioning of Marsh’s broker network...

Aon Consulting Appoints Chaudhari, Connell to Global Leadership Posts

May 4 2010 // Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting business of Aon Corporation, announced two new appointments to its global leadership team. Aon named Piyush Chaudhari to the position of CEO of Aon Consulting EMEA [Europe,...

Woodruff-Sawyer Names Polikoff Corporate & Executive Protection Practice Leader

May 3 2010 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that Carolyn Polikoff has been named the new Corporate & Executive Protection (CorpEx) Practice leader. She will be responsible for providing vision and strategic...

Wells Fargo Insurance Names Marchant as Southeast Leader

Mar 31 2010 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services has named Wayne Marchant as senior vice president and Southeast region healthcare practice leader. He will be based in Savannah. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Marchant was...

Woodruff-Sawyer Names Griffin VP, Employee Benefits Team Leader

Mar 26 2010 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Robert (Andy) Griffin vice president, employee benefits team leader in the Southern California office. For more than 30 years, Griffin has been providing employee...

Golden Gate Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Recognizes Leaders

Mar 22 2010 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Golden Gate Chapter has awarded Janis Dunivin of Wells Fargo Insurance Services of California with its Insurance Person of the Year Award, and State Farm with its...

Newman, Hofmann, Werner Join Marsh & McLennan Agency Leadership

Mar 5 2010 // As it continues to build a national business, Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has appointed three executives to its senior leadership team. They are: Lisa R. Hoffmann, chief...

Leadership and Sales Culture in Insurance Agencies

Mar 2 2010 // Leadership is lightning in a bottle. There are as many definitions for it as there are leaders. Any rules that could be agreed upon as to what constitutes leadership could be quickly contradicted by an example of an...

Connecticut PIA Elects New Leadership

Mar 2 2010 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc has elected new officers. They are: President Howard Olderman, of Milford, who is president of The Olderman and Hallihan Agency Inc. in Ansonia. President-elect: James...

Lockton Dunning Benefits Appoints Pixley Executive VP, Practice Leader

Feb 12 2010 // Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with...

Agents Honor Texas House Speaker with Leadership Award

Feb 3 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) on Feb. 2 presented its 2010 Independent Leadership Award to Joe Straus III, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Speaker Straus was elected to the House of...

Davos Report: Business Leaders Warn Regulations May Crimp Recovery

Jan 27 2010 // Global business leaders warned Western governments on Wednesday that a populist crackdown on the financial industry could crimp a fragile recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. The worried response to U.S....

Marsh Names Macey-Dare Leader Int’l. Political Risk, Structured Credit

Jan 11 2010 // Marsh has appointed Julian Macey-Dare as International Leader of its Political Risk and Structured Credit Practice, based in London. He will “drive new business opportunities for Marsh’s Political Risk and...