Latest Leadership Headlines

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Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Senior Leadership Changes

Oct 9 2020 // Erie Insurance, based in Erie, Penn., has announced a series of senior leadership changes within the Claims, Sales & Products and Information Technology divisions.The organizational changes are in conjunction with the...

IMA Names Hennessey in California Cannabis Practice Leader

Oct 5 2020 // IMA Inc. has named Michael Hennessey as vice president, cannabis national practice leader. Hennessey is based in California. He will lead business development and client service efforts across the U.S. He joins IMA after...

Nothing More Important than Culture

Oct 5 2020 // I LOVE working for this business. I look forward to working each day!!!”It’s not every day that you hear an employee of any given business say that, but it’s exactly what one respondent to Insurance...

Four Senior-Level Black Managers Including Diversity Leaders Exit AIG

Sep 28 2020 // American International Group Inc. has lost four senior Black managers in recent weeks, including two who were tasked with improving the diversity of the insurer’s ranks.Global inclusion head Vievette Henry and Walter...

What Distinguishes This Market? Here’s Lockton Re Leaders’ Insights

Sep 24 2020 // Lockton Re’s Tim Gardner, global CEO, and Ross Howard, global chairman, have been through their share of hard markets. Like many in the reinsurance business, they agree no two hard markets are exactly the same.For...

Fed Leader Says ‘Pernicious’ Effects of Redlining Against Blacks Still Persist

Sep 21 2020 // The “pernicious and persistent” impact of long-outlawed policies like “redlining” Blacks out of white neighborhoods continues to influence the ability of minority families to amass wealth, and...

Beazley Restructures U.S. Executive Risk Leadership Team

Sep 18 2020 // Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership structure in the United States, which aims to support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration within the global executive risk teams and will focus on developing...

Chances for Brexit Deal With Britain Fade Every Day, Warns European Union Leader

Sep 16 2020 // Every passing day reduces chances for sealing a new trade deal with Britain, the European Union’s chief executive said on Wednesday, warning London that there was “very little time” left to put an...

World Leaders Failed to Heed Warnings and Prepare for Pandemic, Says Global Report

Sep 15 2020 // A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world at risk” to a “world in disorder,” according to a report on...

Alera Group Promotes Hohman to EVP, Wealth Management Leader in Illinois

Sep 10 2020 // Alera Group, a national independent insurance agency based in Deerfield, Illinois, has appointed Tina Hohman as executive vice president and Wealth Management practice leader.In this role, Hohman is responsible for wealth...

How One Hospital Addresses Sexual Harassment Claims and Culture

Sep 3 2020 // Sexual harassment is not a new or rare phenomenon in the workplace, but since the #MeToo movement began in late 2017, more victims have come forward to report allegations of harassment at work, including at health care...

Marsh Promotes Leney to Risk Management Leader for Asia and Pacific Regions

Aug 14 2020 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Scott Leney as risk management leader for both its Asia and Pacific regions.In his new role, Leney will oversee Marsh’s regional risk...

Marsh JLT Specialty Promotes Cheung to UK Placement Leader

Aug 10 2020 // Broker and risk adviser Marsh announced the appointment of Winsee Cheung as UK Placement Leader, Marsh JLT Specialty. Effective in the fourth quarter, Cheung will report to Paul Moody, UK CEO, Marsh JLT Specialty, and will...

CRC Group Promotes Willis to National Personal Lines Practice Leader

Aug 5 2020 // CRC Group has promoted Mississippi-based Claire Willis to CRC Group’s national Personal Lines Practice leader. The move comes as part of the company’s increased focus on the personal lines market place,...

Fed Leaders Say Economy Needs More Federal Help and More People Wearing Masks

Aug 4 2020 // The U.S. economy, battered by a resurgence in the spread of COVID-19, needs increased government spending to tide over households and businesses and broader use of masks to better control the virus, U.S. central bankers...

Former A&A Leader, Insurance Historian Bogardus Passes Away at Age 92

Aug 3 2020 // John (Jack) A. Bogardus Jr., age 92, former chairman, president and CEO of Alexander & Alexander insurance brokerage, passed away from complications of Alzheimer’s in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 28, according to...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names Property Leadership in Middle East and Asia

Aug 3 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has appointed Kapil Palathinkal as head of First Party Lines, Middle East, and Carlos Beltran as head of First Party Lines, Asia, overseeing General Property,...

Lloyd’s Launches Culture Dashboard, Sets Gender Target for Market

Jul 31 2020 // The Lloyd’s re/insurance market has launched a Culture Dashboard and has set a gender target for the market supported by a commitment to achieve parity between men and women over the next decade.These measures mark...

Houston’s CrossCover Insurance Services Adds 3 to Leadership Team

Jul 30 2020 // Houston-based CrossCover Insurance Services, a managing general underwriter (MGU) of middle-market commercial properties, has expanded its leadership team with the appointments of Brett Dupre, director of Specialty and...

AXA XL Presents New Leadership Team for Americas

Jul 27 2020 // As part of the proposed changes to its insurance operating model announced in April, AXA XL has appointed its new Americas leadership team, reporting to Joe Tocco, chief executive officer for the Americas.The appointments...