All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 27 2020 // AXA XL announced the new leadership team for its UK & Lloyd’s region. Effective immediately, the appointments are part of the proposed changes to the operating model of AXA XL’s Insurance business following...
Jul 22 2020 // Global insurer Chubb announced that Scott Meyer will succeed retiring Bruce Kessler as senior vice president, Chubb Group and division president of Westchester, the company’s wholesale and excess and surplus lines...
Jul 21 2020 // Two women sued Fox News, accusing former anchor Ed Henry of rape and claiming several of the network’s biggest stars participated in a culture of sexual harassment and misconduct.Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox News...
Jul 20 2020 // Berkley Fire & Marine, headquartered in the Chicago area, has promoted Debra Brickner to vice president of Claims and hired Mark Seich as vice president of Marketing, Sales & Distribution.Brickner has 15 years of...
Jul 16 2020 // Specialty insurance provider, Risk Placement Services (RPS), headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has appointed Mark Gallagher to lead its National Transportation Practice.Gallagher is based in Des Moines, Iowa. He...
Jul 14 2020 // Top officials in Houston are calling for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus.Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge...
Jul 7 2020 // Ray Harkins will retire as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer, Reinsurance, at St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National Re. Bob King has been tapped to succeed him as senior vice president and chief...
Jul 7 2020 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer, announced an update to senior leadership team responsibilities and the launch of an outside search for a chief financial officer to succeed...
Jul 6 2020 // Leaders in two of Texas’ biggest cities are calling on the governor to empower local governments to order residents to stay home as the state’s continued surge in coronavirus cases tests hospital...
Jul 2 2020 // Business leaders say the economy has begun to recover as businesses reopened in the past month in nine Midwest and Plains states, but it remains weaker than before the coronavirus outbreak began, according to a monthly...