Latest Leadership Headlines

All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Chubb Names Graswinckel as Segment Leader, Major Accounts, Continental Europe

Feb 11 2019 // Chubb announced the appointment of Peter Graswinckel as segment leader for Major Accounts in Continental Europe.In this newly created role, Graswinckel will be responsible for delivering tailor-made solutions and services...

Fowler Joins RHSB as VP – Employee Benefits Practice Leader in Fort Worth

Feb 11 2019 // RHSB (Roach Howard Smith & Barton) has hired Dennis Fowler as vice president in its Fort Worth Employee Benefits Practice group.Fowler is a seasoned sales professional and has been an employee benefit consultant for...

How a ‘Sharing’ Workplace Can Undermine Leadership

Feb 8 2019 // Sharing personal information with friends and family has long been held by researchers as a way to build rapport and healthy relationships. But between coworkers, that’s not always true.That is at the center of new...

Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Afable Names 3 to Leadership Team

Feb 6 2019 // Wisconsin’s new insurance commissioner, Mark Afable, has made three additional appointments to the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance’s (OCI) leadership teamNathan Houdek has been tapped to serve as deputy...

Larson Promoted to Leadership Role at Wisconsin’s Integrity Insurance

Feb 5 2019 // Integrity Insurance, headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, has promoted Mischel Larson from personal lines underwriter to personal lines underwriting supervisor.In her new supervisor role, Larson is responsible for leading...

Insurance Leaders Urged to Engage the Smarter People in the Room

Feb 5 2019 // As insurance executives fret about helping their companies embrace new technology and change, one CEO offers this idea: Embrace that there are smarter people in the room.“Everybody in my organization is a whole lot...

4 Promoted in Leadership Roles at Wisconsin’s Church Mutual

Feb 4 2019 // Merrill, Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted four individuals into new leadership roles.Janet Selnes is now vice president – broker distribution. Selnes has a proven track record of leadership...

Ironshore Names Hartley U.S. Program Business Leader; Appoints Sharis Director

Feb 4 2019 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has announced executive appointments to oversee the Programs business unit in the U.S.Casey Hartley has been named senior vice president, head of Programs. Hartley will oversee the development,...

The MEMIC Group Promotes Greco to Business Segment Leader in Northeast

Jan 31 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has promoted Dustin Greco to business segment leader to support the company’s continued growth of the small business market in the Northeast. Greco’s...

Specialist Re/Insurance Broker THB’s Completes Leadership Transition for Europe Division

Jan 31 2019 // THB, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, confirms the completion of its THB Europe leadership transition.Joaquim Caria retires today as managing director of THB Europe, which was first announced...

Qatar Re CEO Saacke to Step Down with Interim Leader Named

Jan 29 2019 // Qatar Re said that CEO and Executive Director Gunther Saacke would be stepping down from both roles in March, at the company’s next board meeting. He’ll stay on for the transition and depart later in 2019, the...

Corporate Culture, Cyber Risk Are Top of Mind for D&O Underwriters

Jan 21 2019 // Transparency and culture awareness were the key takeaways from a panel discussion on top directors and officers’ claims trends that took place at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)...

Woodruff Sawyer in California Names Mckenna National Healthcare Practice Leader

Jan 17 2019 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Frank Mckenna senior vice president and national healthcare practice leader. Mckenna will be responsible for expanding and growing the current Healthcare...

Guy Carpenter Forms New Division, Makes Post-JLT Merger Leadership Appointments

Jan 17 2019 // Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the formation of a new Global Capital Solutions Group as well as a series of leadership appointments that will become effective upon the closing of the acquisition of...

Michigan’s AF Group Promotes 5 in Leadership Positions

Jan 15 2019 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group has promoted five in key leadership positions across the organization.Abel Travis has been promoted to vice president, Underwriting & Product Innovation. Prior to joining AF Group in...

Insurance Regulators’ Group NAIC Names 2019 Key Committee Leaders

Jan 15 2019 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has named its 2019 committee chairs and vice chairs. The association of state insurance regulators also assigned members to its standing committees. “The...

Grose Named Interim Leader of Argo Group’s Colony Specialty Business

Jan 10 2019 // San Antonio-based Argo Group U.S., member of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., has tapped Gary Grose, Argo Group head of marketing and producer management, to serve as the interim head of its excess and surplus lines...

Newly-Privatized AmTrust Announces Leadership Changes

Jan 9 2019 // AmTrust Financial Services announced leadership changes as it moves forward now as a private company.Its $2.95 billion privatization plan was finalized on November 28, 2018 after receipt of all approvals, according to the...

WTW Names Forrest EMEA Regional Leader, Insurance Consulting & Technology

Jan 9 2019 // Willis Towers Watson announced that Colin Forrest will take on the role of regional leader for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in the company’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business. Forrest takes over...

3 Female Agency Leaders on Opportunities in Insurance

Jan 7 2019 // I was so intrigued by McKinsey & Company’s “Women in the Workplace 2018” study that I decided to flip the script for my first column of 2019. From a simple question, “What are opportunities for...