All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2020 // Arch Insurance International, part of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has today announced the appointment of Simon Williams to the position of active underwriter, Syndicate 1955. He will be supported by David Slade as deputy...
Jun 4 2020 // Business leaders are optimistic the economy will begin to recover later this year in a nine-state region of the Midwest and Plains despite the ongoing impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a monthly survey...
Jun 2 2020 // Donald W. Grant served as the chair of the board of directors for the Surplus Line Association of California, was involved in the wholesale brokerage community and founded a managing general agency.Grant died on May 24....
Jun 2 2020 // The leader of governor’s committee studying how to best reopen South Carolina after the coronavirus said one of the most critical pieces of unfinished business is protecting businesses from lawsuits if they follow...
Jun 1 2020 // Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. Practice Leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for...
May 21 2020 // A lax safety culture at an air ambulance company led to the crash of a medical helicopter last year in snowy weather in Ohio that killed three people, federal investigators said Tuesday.Survival Flight’s...
May 19 2020 // Global insurance broker Aon has promoted Steve Petrevski as senior vice president and general manager of Data & Analytic Services.Petrevski will be responsible for developing and executing Aon’s data and analytic...
May 1 2020 // Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has added Laura McCormick to its leadership team. McCormick joins Burns & Wilcox as regional practice group leader, Professional Liability for...
Apr 29 2020 // Independent insurance brokerage Lockton two key leaders to support the company’s planned growth trajectory.Hiram Marrero, currently executive vice president and regional executive officer with Lockton, will assume...
Apr 27 2020 // McGriff Insurance Services has added Denise Cabrera to the firm as National Pharmacy Practice leader in Orlando, Fla.Cabrera will develop and drive the strategic direction for McGriff’s Pharmacy Benefit Practice...
Apr 24 2020 // Michael J. Hall, founder of M.J. Hall & Co. and Golden Bear Insurance Co., was a well-respected leader in the admitted and surplus lines industries.Hall, who was 81, died on Tuesday. He established himself early on as...
Apr 23 2020 // Everest Insurance announced changes to the Commercial Casualty leadership team. Four underwriters across the country have been appointed leaders for the Northeast, South, Midwest and Southwest regions. Frank Engle has been...
Apr 21 2020 // AXA XL announced a new leadership team and proposed changes to the operating model of its Insurance business following a strategic review.Key proposed changes to the operating model include the creation of a single global...
Apr 21 2020 // UK Insurance industry leaders have combined to form a steering group, which will work with terrorism reinsurer Pool Re, with the primary objective to ensure that, working alongside the industry to support customers and...
Apr 16 2020 // Church Mutual Insurance Co. S.I., based in Merrill, Wisconsin, has promoted six individuals into new leadership roles.Jeff Steffen has been promoted to senior vice president – chief financial officer. Steffen has a...
Apr 16 2020 // Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Center and other locations on the morning of September 11th, President Bush declared that the atrocities were “an act of war.” That statement prompted a call to me from...
Apr 9 2020 // Victor Insurance Holdings, the world’s largest managing general underwriter (MGU), announced the appointment of Matteo Bonfà as country manager, Victor Italia S.r.l., effective immediately.Bonfà is based in Milan...
Apr 7 2020 // Insurance broker and risk advisor, Marsh, has appointed David Rahr as global leader, Multinational Client Service. Based in Chicago, he will report to Flavio Piccolomini, president, Marsh International, and Martin South,...
Apr 6 2020 // Newport Beach, Calif.-headquartered Alliant Insurance Services has tapped Kevin Dolan and Craig Graham to co-lead the national wrap up insurance team for Alliant Construction Services Group.Dolan is based in New York City...
Apr 1 2020 // In early March, well before stay at home orders were enacted in states and communities across the country, Tony Caldwell recognized that COVID-19, the disease created by the new coronavirus, was going to have a huge impact...