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Republican Leader McConnell Hints at Bipartisan Action If Obamacare Repeal Fails

Jul 7 2017 // U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that Congress must act to shore up private health insurance markets if it fails to repeal Obamacare, comments seen as providing a pathway to a bipartisan deal...

Southeast Michigan a Leader in Smart Road Technology

Jun 27 2017 // Southeast Michigan is becoming a leader in developing “connected” roads and traffic signals that will “talk” directly to the next generation of cars.The features are the building blocks that will...

XL Catlin Promotes E&S Property Insurance Regional Leader in Boston

Jun 23 2017 // XL Catlin’s excess and surplus (E&S) insurance team has promoted Caitlin Murphy from senior underwriter to the role of eastern regional vice president of E&S Property.In her new role, Murphy will direct...

JLT Specialty Makes Leadership Changes at North America Aerospace Practice

Jun 20 2017 // Global specialty broker and risk advisor JLT Specialty USA has made several leadership appointments in its Aerospace practice in North America.The appointments include elevating Phil Gingell, who most recently served as...

Inland Marine Underwriters Association Elects Leadership

Jun 5 2017 // The Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) has approved its 2017 slate of officers, with William Rosa, XL Catlin Re, being re-elected the association’s chair.Also re-elected were Richard Pye, QBE North...

NICB Confirms Texas as Leader in Hail Damage Claims

Jun 5 2017 // Everything is big in Texas, including hailstorms. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that insurance claims for hail damage in Texaslast year exceeded the previous two years combined.Hail damage fluctuates...

How Diverse and Inclusive Cultures Drive Business Results

Jun 5 2017 // There is a famous story about a visit by President Kennedy to the NASA space center. When Kennedy noticed a man carrying a broom in one of the buildings, he asked: “What’s your job here?” The janitor...

States May Seize U.S. Climate Change Leadership Following Trump’s Paris Exit

Jun 2 2017 // State governors and city mayors were quick to claim the mantle of U.S. leadership in fighting climate change after President Donald Trump said on Thursday the country will pull out of the Paris climate agreement.The...

Trump Hands Climate Leadership Role to China to Dismay of Global Leaders

Jun 2 2017 // President Donald Trump’s decision to isolate the U.S. on climate change triggered waves of complaints from government and business leaders around the world and handed China a golden opportunity to burnish its image...

Emotional Intelligence: Do Your Leaders Walk the Talk?

May 25 2017 // There is a famous story about a visit by President Kennedy to the NASA space center. When Kennedy noticed a man carrying a broom in one of the buildings, he asked: “What’s your job here?” The janitor...

ISMIE Mutual Insurance Leader, Harold Jensen, Passes

May 24 2017 // Chicago-based medical professional liability insurer, ISMIE Mutual, is mourning the the loss of its late chairman, Harold L. Jensen, M.D. Jensen died unexpectedly on Monday, May 22, 2017.A strong and visionary leader, Dr....

Re/Insurers, Other Global Businesses Have Stake in New WHO Leader

May 19 2017 // The World Health Organization’s 194 member-states will vote for a new director-general next week, choosing a doctor to lead the planet’s top technical agency on all matters health.With a $4 billion annual...

FCCI Appoints New Leadership in Gulf Coast Region

May 18 2017 // FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI), a provider of commercial property and casualty insurance, has promoted Tiffany Hawkins to regional vice president, and Trey Stone to assistant vice president in the Gulf Coast Regional office...

FM Global Appoints 3 Senior Leaders to New Positions

May 17 2017 // Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has moved three of its seasoned leaders to new roles. Michael C. Lebovitz, senior vice president at middle market property insurer AFM, a member of the FM Global Group,...

Brian Reid of OSC Recognized for Exemplary Contact Center Leadership by inContact

May 16 2017 // Atlanta, GA, May 16, 2017 — OSC, an established lender-placed insurance and tracking company and part of Breckenridge Insurance Group, announces Brian Reid, director of Escrow & Call Center Operations, was a recent...

Allianz Names Thomas West Zone Programs Team Leader

May 12 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has promoted Tobel Thomas to West zone programs team leader. Thomas will be based in San Francisco and will be responsible for...

Aon Names Hogg as Leader of Cyber Solutions, CEO of Stroz Friedberg

May 11 2017 // Aon plc announced that Jason Hogg has joined the firm as leader of Aon Cyber Solutions, responsible for the growth strategy of the firm’s solutions that help clients address and manage cyber risk.He will also serve...

Willis Towers Watson Names 6 to Global FINEX Senior Leadership Team

Apr 25 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant Willis Towers Watson has made six senior appointments across its Global FINEX business, the company’s financial, executive and professional risk specialty group.Jeremy Wall has been...

Sompo International Taps QBE’s Sordillo as Sr. VP, Loss Control Leader

Apr 17 2017 // Sompo International, the Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Victor Sordillo has joined the company as senior vice president, loss control leader.Sordillo is...

Oswald Cos. Names Sandusky Global Casualty Practice Leader

Mar 23 2017 // Oswald Companies, based in Cleveland, Ohio, has appointed Suzanne Sandusky as global casualty practice leader for property/casualty. Sandusky will lead the independent insurance brokerage firm’s national and...