Latest Leadership Headlines

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UK Hopes New Task Force Reassures Business Leaders Over Brexit

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...

Selective Insurance Appoints Bennett, Floro to Leadership Team in New Jersey

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...

QBE NA Appoints Steinsdoerfer as Central Regional Underwriting Leader

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...

Woodruff Sawyer Names McEvoy of Marsh Property Practice Leader in California

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...

Marsh Appoints Klint as Risk Management Segment Leader for Continental Europe

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,...

CRC Group Sets New Leadership Roles for Brennan, Kessler As Helveston to Retire

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...

Cline Agency Names Rawstron Real Estate Practice Leader in California

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...

G7 Leaders Vow to Combat Surging Ransomware Attacks Against Financial Services

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...

EU Leaders to Pressure Britain for Trade Concessions in Troubled Brexit Talks

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...

Florida-Based AssuredPartners to Transition Leadership Team Jan. 1, Names Riley CEO

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,...

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...