All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 5 2021 // Several leaders of the insurance industry joined nearly 200 New York corporate executives in a letter urging members of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden as President without delay this week and support a...
Dec 18 2020 // Independent insurance agency AssetSure has hired Ted Karlunas as vice president and Personal Insurance Practice leader.In this role, Karlunas will lead personal insurance operations as the agency expands its outreach to...
Dec 16 2020 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Phil Hobson as affinity leader, International Division.Effective Jan. 1, 2021, Hobson will join the International Executive Committee and report to Flavio Piccolomini,...
Dec 9 2020 // A survey funded by the by Accident Fund Insurance Company of America and the Michigan Business Network shows that most leaders of small-to mid-sized businesses in the state continue to be wary about the economy.The latest...
Dec 9 2020 // Newfront Insurance has added Mic De Fazio as a field sales leader. De Fazio will lead brokers in developing client solutions and continuing the firm’s organic growth. De Fazio will join the sales leadership team. He...
Nov 23 2020 // SECURA Insurance, based in Neenah, Wis., has promoted five company leaders: Amy DeHart, senior vice president and chief actuary; Dan Ferris, chief legal officer; Tripp Humston, regional vice president–Sales; Tim...
Nov 19 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced a pair of promotions in its Executive & Professional Lines Claims group, naming Shelby Rootenberg as senior vice president, head of U.S. Commercial Lines (Public)...
Nov 19 2020 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Hamish Roberts as global renewable energy leader, Marsh JLT Specialty.Effective 1 January, Roberts will continue to be based in London and will...
Nov 17 2020 // Risk Placement Services (RPS) in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has hired Brian Foley to lead its National Personal Lines Practice.This is a new role created by the excess and surplus (E&S) wholesale insurance broker and...
Nov 13 2020 // Everest Insurance announced that Edward Wu has been promoted to the role of vice president and national leader, Excess & Surplus Excess Casualty. In this role, Wu will be responsible for strategy, underwriting...
Nov 12 2020 // Britain will attempt to reassure nervous business leaders that it appreciates the need for clarity on rules outside of the European Union by setting up a task force to discuss challenges 50 days before the transition...
Nov 4 2020 // Selective Insurance has appointed two new members to its leadership team.Cyndi Bennett took the helm as the company’s new executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), and Giunero Floro has...
Oct 29 2020 // QBE North America has hired Bobby Steinsdoerfer as senior vice president, regional underwriting leader – central region. Steinsdoerfer joins QBE from AIG’s Blackboard Insurance Co., bringing 12 years of...
Oct 29 2020 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Mark McEvoy its property practice leader. McEvoy is based in San Francisco and will lead the practice nationally. McEvoy has more than 13 years of experience in both...
Oct 27 2020 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Carolina Klint as risk management leader for Continental Europe. Based in Stockholm, Klint will report to Siegmund Fahrig, CEO of Marsh Continental Europe. In her role,...
Oct 19 2020 // National wholesaler insurance broker CRC Group announced changes to the company’s senior leadership team effective January 1, 2021.Ron Helveston currently CEO, Commercial Solutions, is retiring and will be succeeded...
Oct 16 2020 // Cline Agency has named “Skip” Robert Raymond Rawstron III its real estate practice leader based in Los Angeles, Calif. Rawstron specializes in commercial real estate. He has owned an agency and has been a...
Oct 15 2020 // Financial leaders of the world’s seven biggest economies on Tuesday vowed to fight rising ransomware attacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and said no stablecoin operation should start until it is properly regulated.In...
Oct 15 2020 // European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will pressure Britain for concessions in their troubled Brexit talks, saying a trillion euros worth of trade could be sunk if London does not budge on fisheries, fair...
Oct 9 2020 // The board of directors of AssuredPartners has appointed Thomas E. Riley as chief executive officer.Jim Henderson, the current CEO, will assume the role of executive chairman. The transition will be effective January 1,...