Latest Leadership Headlines

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

Former Bismarck, North Dakota Leader Files Complaint Against Over flooding

Jul 27 2016 // A former city commissioner in Bismarck has filed a complaint with the North Dakota Department of Health accusing the city of neglecting to address sewer wastewater and storm water problems on the city’s south side...

Tennessee Commish McPeak Elected to Global Insurance Committee Leadership Post

Jul 25 2016 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance Commissioner (TDCI) Julie Mix McPeak has been elected by her fellow members of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to serve as vice chair of the...

Beecher Carlson Adds Brainard as Innovation Chief, Names Darrr Practice Leader for National Casualty

Jul 20 2016 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson Insurance Services has expanded its National Casualty Practice leadership team, creating a new innovation chief position and appointing a new practice leader.Sharon Brainard will take on the...

AIR Worldwide Launches Global Resilience Practice with Kaniewski as Leader

Jul 19 2016 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has formed a global resilience practice, which aims to support risk reduction and resilience initiatives across the globe.These initiatives are aimed at developing solutions to...

Integro Names Ro as New York Operations Leader

Jul 19 2016 // International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers today announced the appointment of Esther Ro as New York operations leader. She succeeds Anne Anderson, who has taken on the role of North America...

Swiss Re Taps Harman, Poppie for U.S. Central Region Leadership Positions

Jul 18 2016 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has added Christine Harman as senior vice president, head of Casualty, and named Gabriel Poppie as senior vice president, head of Sales, for its U.S. Central Region. Both are based in...

Way Promoted to Senior VP and Practice Leader at Assurance

Jul 13 2016 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based insurance brokerage, Assurance, Anthony Way to senior vice president, practice leader. Way has been a leader and mentor in the firm’s property/casualty division for six years. Way will oversee...

Insurance Society of Philadelphia to Honor Starr’s Greenberg with Leadership Award

Jul 11 2016 // The Insurance Society of Philadelphia (ISOP) announced that Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg, chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co. Inc., is the recipient of its 2016 Distinguished Leadership Award.The...

Tennessee Updates Captive Law, Sets Sights on Being ‘Captive Leader’

Jul 11 2016 // Tennessee has stepped up its efforts to establish the state as a captive leader with new enhancements to the state’s captive insurance laws passed this year by the Tennessee Legislature.The changes to the 2011...

PartnerRe Appoints Senior Leaders to Implement Reorganization

Jul 7 2016 // PartnerRe Ltd. has announced a series of appointments, following the reorganization of its business units announced on June 30, 2016.As previously announced, PartnerRe has restructured its business units in order to better...

Ohio-Based Hylant Announces Leadership Changes

Jul 6 2016 // Insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, announced that Chris Godley has been named president in the Columbus, Ohio, office, Craig Markos has been promoted to president of Property/Casualty, and Richard Hylant has been named...

BHSI Enters Australia A&H Market, Appoints Product Leaders

Jul 6 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced it has launched a full suite of Accident & Health Insurance products in Australia and appointed Daniel Kenny as head of Accident & Health and Shaun...

CSAA Insurance Group Financial Leader in California Named to COIN Board

Jun 24 2016 // Lincoln Walworth, an investments executive for CSAA Insurance Group, has been appointed to the advisory board of the California Organized Investment Network.Since 1997, COIN has provided insurers with guidance on making...

Chubb Names P/C Insurance Risk Engineering Leaders for Europe

Jun 24 2016 // Chubb announced the leadership of its property & casualty (P/C) risk engineering team in Europe, all effective immediately.Paul Brooke, formerly head of property risk engineering, UK and Ireland for legacy ACE, will...

Re/Insurance Business Leaders Begin to Comment on Post-Brexit World

Jun 24 2016 // The UK joined the European Union in January 1973, and yesterday, the UK public voted to leave. After 43 years of marriage, the divorce proceedings will soon begin.No one knows how long it will take for the UK to untangle...

Wisconsin Commissioner Approved for IAIS Leadership Role

Jun 22 2016 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel was approved as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was...

‘Brexit’ Would Damage UK’s Leadership Position in Insurance: Aon

Jun 21 2016 // Aon Plc Chief Executive Officer Greg Case, who moved the insurance broker to London from Chicago four years ago, said the U.K.’s centuries-long leadership in the industry would be damaged if voters choose to leave...

Tennessee Updates Captive Law, Sets Sights on Being ‘Captive Leader’

Jun 21 2016 // Tennessee has stepped up its efforts to establish the state as a captive insurance industry leader with enhancements to the state’s captive insurance laws just passed by the Tennessee Legislature.The changes to the...

Using Agency Employees to Improve Leadership

Jun 20 2016 // In today’s business climate innovations in technology and systems have upended communication, payroll and record keeping. Even with these drastic changes one aspect of a business has yet to change, the CEO.Every...

Winners of 1st Innovation in Insurance Awards Are ‘Change Leaders’

Jun 13 2016 // The winners of the first annual Innovation in Insurance awards include Allianz, AXA, Europ Assistance, MS&AD Insurance, and USAA.The program, jointly launched by Efma and Accenture, seeks to reward and foster...