Latest Leadership Headlines

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Woodruff-Sawyer Names DeVilbiss of Travelers P/C Leader in California

Mar 20 2018 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Joel DeVilbiss the San Francisco, Calif. property/casualty practice leader. DeVilbiss is charged with driving the direction and development of Woodruff-Sawyer’s P/C practice in...

Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader

Mar 19 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11.Prior to his 16 years working as a regulator...

Chubb’s Darling Honored for Industry Leadership, Cystic Fibrosis Work

Mar 16 2018 // Compassion and helping others were the key takeaways from a message that Jim Darling delivered to a group of several hundred insurance professionals gathered to honor him in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday night.Darling,...

Romanian Firm UiPath Ascends as Leader in Automating Business Tasks Such as Claims

Mar 7 2018 // Romanian firm emerges as leader in automating business tasksRomanian software firm UiPath has raised $153 million in new venture financing, marking both the company’s rapid ascent as a leader in automating routine...

XL Catlin Promotes MacColl as Global Practice Leader for Hull, Succeeding Talbot

Feb 7 2018 // XL Catlin announced the promotion of Mike MacColl to the position of global practice leader for Hull with immediate effect. Previously, MacColl held the role of head of Hull for the UK. MacColl takes on the role from Mike...

Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC

Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...

Hub Northeast Announces Two Leadership Promotions

Feb 1 2018 // Hub International Northeast Limited (Hub Northeast), a subsidiary of global insurance brokerage, risk advisory and employee benefits firm, Hub International Limited, has named Keti Mehta chief sales officer (CSO) across...

Sompo International Appoints Marine, Aviation & Energy Leaders in London

Jan 30 2018 // Bermuda-based Sompo International announced that Paul Ashworth has joined the company’s London Market Insurance platform as head of Marine Insurance, managing a diverse portfolio, including hull & liability and...

IBHS in Florida Announces Leadership Changes, Focus for 2018

Jan 26 2018 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has promoted Anne D. Cope, Ph.D., P.E., to senior vice president of Research and chief engineer.Cope has assumed leadership of...

Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Adds Stewart, McCumber to Leadership Team

Jan 25 2018 // Des Moines, Iowa-based independent insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy & Associates has added Tom Stewart, president of Innovative Captive Strategies (a Holmes Murphy subsidiary) and Charisse McCumber, senior vice...

Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC

Jan 22 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...

Business, Political Leaders List Cyber Attacks, Geopolitical Tensions as Top Concerns: WEF Survey

Jan 18 2018 // The threat of large-scale cyber attacks and a “deteriorating geopolitical landscape” since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global elite’s list of concerns, the...

For Florida Insurer American Integrity, Giving Back is Part of Company Culture

Jan 18 2018 // American Integrity Insurance Group’s charitable efforts have become an integral part of the company’s culture, and not just during the holiday season.The Florida-based insurer, which formed in 2006, began...

Few Women Hold Leadership Roles in Germany’s Financial Services Sector: Study

Jan 10 2018 // Women occupied only around 9 percent of top management jobs in Germany’s finance industry in 2017, and the pace at which the gender gap is narrowing has slowed in recent years, according to a study on Wednesday.Only...

Drivers Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon, Say Driverless Car Leaders

Jan 9 2018 // Carmakers and tech companies have fallen over one another in recent weeks to show the strides they’ve made with self-driving cars. At CES — usually a stage for bragging about futuristic bona fides — top...

Willis Towers Watson Appoints Pennington as Large Account Leader

Jan 5 2018 // Insurance advisor and broker Willis Towers Watson has named Louise Pennington as large account leader for its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. In this newly created role, Pennington will be responsible for large account...

How Sex Abuse Culture Threatens Restaurant Industry and What It Can Do About It

Dec 21 2017 // That there’s abuse behind the scenes in restaurant isn’t news. Within the chef community, the news is that people are surprised to hear about it.The true scale of the issue has yet to be revealed, though...

Leadership Changes Coming for Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance

Dec 19 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that the leadership of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will change in 2018. Two long-serving employees, Chief Operating Officer Vijay Ramachandran and Chief...

For Florida Insurer American Integrity, Giving Back is Part of Company Culture

Dec 18 2017 // American Integrity Insurance Group’s charitable efforts have become an integral part of the company’s culture, and not just during the holiday season.The Florida-based insurer, which formed in 2006, began...

A Culture of Action at Distinguished Programs

Dec 18 2017 // Distinguished Programs, a New York, N.Y.-headquartered national insurance program manager providing specialized insurance programs to brokers and agents, works to develop a culture of action by giving back to the...