Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Shimpi Named Practice Leader at Towers Perrin
Dec 7 2004 // The Tillinghast business of Towers Perrin has appointed Prakash Shimpi as practice leader with global responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in its New York office. In this role, Shimpi will lead the...
Agency Investigating Ex-SAIF Leader
Dec 6 2004 // The Oregon state ethics commission has launched an investigation into the lobbying activities of Katherine Keene, the former president of the SAIF Corp. At issue is whether Keene, who resigned in 2003, failed to register...
Ethics Agency Investigating Ex-SAIF Leader
Nov 22 2004 // The state ethics commission has launched an investigation into the lobbying activities of Katherine Keene, the former president of the SAIF Corp. At issue is whether Keene, who resigned in 2003, failed to register as a...
‘Wall Street’ Insurance Broker Scandal Hurting ‘Main Street’ Agents, Conn. Big ‘I’ Leader Fears
Nov 5 2004 // “We are Main Street agents. This problem was created on Wall Street.” A Connecticut independent agent leader hopes the reality behind those words will help protect independent agents from being grouped with...
Md. Gov.’s Med-Mal Plan Gets Frosty Reception from Senate Leader Miller; Special Session in Doubt
Oct 28 2004 // Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller this week blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s latest medical malpractice plan as “a work of fiction” and “a completely different bill” from the one he, the...
Md. Leaders Optimistic Over Med-Mal Session
Oct 18 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich and top legislative leaders emerged from a meeting in the governor’s mansion last Thursday, holding out hope of a special legislative session next month to deal with a medical malpractice...
ASCnet Honors Litwin with Leadership Award
Oct 12 2004 // Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems management technology, announced independent agent Jo Ann Litwin, president of Litwin, Castle & Christ in Orchard Park, N.Y., as the third...
Safeco Announces New Leadership Structure
Sep 27 2004 // Seattle-based Safeco announced a new leadership structure for the company, reflecting its evolution from a turnaround concern to a profit-and-growth enterprise. The cornerstone of the structure is the newly created...
Huntington Named Palmer & Cay Southwest Health Care Practice Leader
Sep 13 2004 // James B. Meathe, president and chief operating officer for Palmer & Cay, announced that Richard Huntington has joined Palmer & Cay in the position of Southwest Health Care Practice Leader. Huntington will be...
Sandlin Named New Practice Leader at Summit Global
Sep 6 2004 // Insurance brokerage and consulting firm Summit Global Partners of Texas Inc. announced the selection of Diane N. Sandlin as property and casualty practice leader of its Austin and Houston offices. Sandlin will manage...
BREMER, GORBACHEV, BACALL TO ADDRESS LEADERSHIP FORUM:
Aug 23 2004 // Ambassador Paul Bremer, who headed up the provisional government in Iraq, and Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader whose policies are credited with ending the Cold War, will be the keynote speakers at the 91st...
ABD Adds to Redwood City Leadership and Construction Services Unit
Aug 12 2004 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a leading provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announced appointments within the company’s property/casualty leadership and construction industry...
Growing U.K. Compensation Culture Poses Major Threat to Profitability, Jobs, Survey Reveals
Aug 1 2004 // U.K. businesses are being increasingly hampered by the costs of dealing with the burgeoning compensation culture, which in turn is diverting management resources and financial investment away from core business and revenue...
Bremer, Gorbachev, Bacall to Address Leadership Forum
Jul 29 2004 // Ambassador Paul Bremer, who headed up the provisional government in Iraq, and Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader whose policies are credited with ending the Cold War, will be the keynote speakers at the 91st...
FAIA 100th Conference Serves Up Banner Century, Honors Past Leaders
Jul 19 2004 // Orlando – From Capt. Scott O’Grady who survived six days in hostile territory after his F-16 was shot down enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia. To Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s...
CPCU Society’s L.A. Chapter Elects 2004-2005 Chapter Leaders
Jul 7 2004 // The Los Angeles Chapter of the CPCU Society announced its 2004-2005 Chapter Board of Officers and Directors, who took office on July 1, 2004. Los Angeles Chapter of the CPCU Society Elects 2004-2005 Chapter Leaders The...
Program Business Leaders Receive Targeted Advice
Jun 21 2004 // The Target Markets Program Administrators Association held its first mid-year meeting last month and attracted almost 200 program business professionals. In-between scheduled networking sessions and informal meetings at...
Program Business Leaders Receive Targeted Advice
Jun 7 2004 // Target Market Mid-Year attendees learn about planning, branding and purchasing. The Target Markets Program Administrators Association held its first midyear meeting recently and attracted almost 200 program business...
U.K. Survey Finds Compensation Culture Concerns
May 19 2004 // A recent survey commissioned by Norwich Union, a division of the Aviva group, and the U.K.’s largest b general insurer, has concluded that the “compensation culture,” i.e. the unbridled tendency to file a...
Joint Letter from Six Insurance Associations Urges Congressional Leaders to Reauthorize TRIA
Apr 20 2004 // In a joint letter to Michael G. Oxley, (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, six of the most prominent U.S. insurance...
