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O’Donnell, Packo Assume New Leadership Roles at Hylant

Jan 27 2017 // Insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, has named Kevin O’Donnell and Tony Packo III to new roles within the leadership team at its headquarters in Toledo, Ohio.O’Donnell was appointed senior vice president,...

NAIC Leader Says Insurer Systemic Risk Process Is Unnecessary

Jan 26 2017 // Although the Financial Stability Oversight Council created by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform Act could serve an incredibly useful purpose, FSOC’s activities so far have been misguided, an insurance regulator...

Zurich North America Names Leaders of Realigned Commercial Divisions

Jan 25 2017 // Zurich North America has announced the name of its new North America Commercial Insurance unit and leadership team. This new unit brings together the former Commercial Markets and the former Global Corporate in North...

Idaho Insurance Director Tapped for NAIC Committee Leadership Position

Jan 24 2017 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron has been named as vice chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Insurance and Annuities Committee for 2017. Director Cameron was elected...

Markel to be Honored as 2016 Insurance Leader Of The Year in New York

Jan 23 2017 // Anthony F. Markel, vice chairman of the board at Markel Corp., was honored by The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University as the School of Risk Management’s 2016 Insurance Leader of the Year...

Business Leaders Urge New Job Policies as Technology Displaces Workers

Jan 23 2017 // Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines.And while business leaders gathered at the annual World Economic Forum...

Arkansas Commissioner Tapped for NAIC Committee Leadership Post

Jan 19 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has been named vice-chairman of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).In a statement released by...

Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Group Announces Senior Leadership Changes

Jan 12 2017 // Erie Insurance Group, an Erie, Penn., based insurer, has announced operational and senior leadership changes in order to further position the company for continued growth.The new appointments are effective January 19....

PwC Names Bichard as UK Insurance Leader, Succeeding Howe

Jan 12 2017 // PwC has appointed Jim Bichard to lead its 1,000-person strong UK insurance practice. Bichard succeeds Jonathan Howe, who has led the practice since 2013.Bichard, who has led PwC’s London Market and Broking team since...

Crew Leader in Deadly Texas Balloon Crash Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Jan 6 2017 // The ground crew leader for a Texas hot air balloon company involved in a 2015 deadly crash has been killed in a motorcycle accident.The Austin American-Statesman reports Alan Thomas Lirette was a key witness in the...

Integro Insurance Brokers Appoints Morris as New York Operations Leader

Jan 6 2017 // Integro Insurance Brokers, a New York headquartered international broker and risk management firm has appointed Deborah Morris as its New York operations leader.She succeeds Esther Ro, who is relocating to the West coast...

Markel to be Honored as 2016 Insurance Leader Of The Year in New York

Dec 30 2016 // Anthony F. Markel, vice chairman of the board at the Markel Corporation will be honored by The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University as the School of Risk Management’s 2016 Insurance...

USI Taps Lang as Practice Leader in Southern California

Dec 29 2016 // USI has named Jeff Lang practice leader for its Southern California commercial insurance division. Lang has more than 20 years of experience in property/casualty brokerage and five years as an insurance company and TPA...

USI Names Lang Commercial Insurance Leader in Southern California

Dec 21 2016 // USI has named Jeff Lang practice leader for the Southern California commercial insurance division.Lang is based in USI’s Woodland Hills regional office. He will focus on growth strategies, client service and...

Oklahoma, Texas Insurance Commissioners Elected to NAIC Leadership Posts

Dec 15 2016 // Texas Commissioner of Insurance David Mattax has been elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak was elected vice chair of...

Top 50 Personal Lines Leaders

Nov 21 2016 // The 2016 Personal Lines Leaders in this report are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes only the 2015 personal lines numbers of the...

Insurance Society of Philadelphia Presents Distinguished Leadership Award

Nov 18 2016 // Starr Companies, a New York-headquartered global insurance and financial services organization providing risk management solutions, announced that the Insurance Society of Philadelphia honored Maurice R. Greenberg,...

Woodruff-Sawyer Names Barrengos CEO, Among other Leadership Changes

Nov 14 2016 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.’s board of directors has named Andy Barrengos the firm’s new CEO.The appointment is effective Nov. 30. Barrengos, 52, has been with the firm for 20 years....

Lockton Adds van Winden as Sr. VP, Energy Property Leader in Houston

Nov 2 2016 // Rene van Winden has joined Lockton as a senior vice president and national energy property leader based in the insurance broker’s Houston operation. He is an expert in onshore property insurance programs and will...

Update: XL Group to Realign P/C Operations with Senior Leadership Team Named

Oct 27 2016 // Bermuda-based XL Group Ltd./XL Catlin announced senior role changes in connection with a planned realignment of its property/casualty operating model.All of the new appointments are effective as of Jan. 1, 2017. The new...