Latest Leadership Headlines

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

Future of London Market Threatened by ‘Brexit’, Warn Market Leaders

Jun 3 2016 // Brexit poses a grave threat to London’s insurance jobs and businesses, according to the International Underwriting Association of London (IUA), Lloyds, and Richard Brindle, group chief executive officer of Fidelis.In...

Liberty Mutual Announces 3 Commercial Insurance Leadership Appointments

Jun 3 2016 // Liberty Mutual announced three senior appointments to its Commercial Insurance operating unit.Mike Fallon is appointed president, National Insurance, which helps large and specialized businesses with risk management. Steve...

Wisconsin Agents Group Honors Robertson Ryan Leaders

Jun 1 2016 // At the 2016 Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (IIAW) annual conference, several leaders at Robertson Ryan & Associates (RRA) were recognized for their insurance industry achievements.Jason Bott was recognized...

Aspen Appoints Global Leaders for Surety and Credit & Political Risk

May 31 2016 // Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., has announced the appointments of Mike Toppi as global head of Surety Risk and Paul Sanders as global head of Credit & Political...

PartnerRe Reshapes $16B Investment Portfolio Under Elkann/EXOR’s Leadership

May 26 2016 // PartnerRe exited junk bonds and shifted funds into property as the reinsurer reshaped a $16 billion investment portfolio after being acquired by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA.EXOR’s approach is to focus on holdings...

XL Catlin Hires Newick as Leader for Energy, Property & Construction Claims

May 23 2016 // XL Catlin announced the strengthening of its insurance claims team with the appointment of Oliver Newick to the position of global practice leader for Energy, Property & Construction Claims.Newick joins XL Catlin from...

Marsh Names Durant as Leader of Global Captive Solutions Practice

May 17 2016 // Marsh announced that Nick Durant will assume leadership of Marsh’s Global Captive Solutions Practice, effective July 1, 2016.In this role, Durant will have oversight of Marsh’s captive solutions business, which...

Ex-New York Senate Leader Skelos, Son Get Prison Terms

May 16 2016 // A once-powerful New York politician convicted of using his position as Senate majority leader to help his son extort hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced May 12 to five years in prison after each asked for mercy...

Chubb Offers 3 Transactional Risk Products in UK; Britain Named Team Leader

May 13 2016 // Chubb announced the launch of a suite of three transactional risk liability insurance products for clients in the UK, across Europe and other international markets outside North America.In addition, Richard Britain has...

Fuhrman Joins Marsh in California as West Zone Leader

May 3 2016 // Marsh has named David Fuhrman to lead its West zone effective immediately.He will be based in Marsh’s Los Angeles, Calif. office, and will report to Rob Bentley, president of Marsh’s U.S. and Canada division....

Captive Manager Marsh IAS Promotes 2 Senior Leaders in Bermuda

Apr 28 2016 // Marsh IAS has appointed Jill Husbands as chairman of Marsh IAS Bermuda and Lawrence Bird as head of office in Bermuda.Husbands succeeds David Ezekiel who retired on Dec. 31, 2015. Husbands will focus on strategic growth...

Global Financial Leaders Warn About Dangers of Negative Interest Rates

Apr 20 2016 // The chorus of global financial leaders warning about the fallout from negative interest rates is getting bigger.Nobuyuki Hirano, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., lambasted the Bank of Japan’s...

Swiss Re’s Revamped U.S. P/C Leadership Team Headed by Wolfe, Ruff, Michaelson

Apr 18 2016 // Swiss Re Americas announced a new structure and leaders for the company’s U.S. property/casualty markets.The changes follow Bill Donnell’s departure as president of Swiss Re Americas’ U.S....

Woodruff-Sawyer Names Prosser Northwest Benefits Practice Leader

Apr 14 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Kathy Prosser Northwest benefits practice leader in its Oregon office. Prosser will co-lead the office with Brett Bauer, the firm’s Oregon practice leader. She was previously vice...

Woodruff-Sawyer Oregon Office Undergoes Leadership Transition

Apr 11 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. on Monday announced leadership changes in its Portland, Ore. office.Mike Bennison will transition his office leadership role to Brett Bauer and Kathy Prosser, who together will co-lead the office....

Chubb Names James Leader for North America Commercial Marine

Apr 11 2016 // Chubb has appointed Mark S. James as senior vice president for Commercial Marine insurance for North America.James will be responsible for development of marine insurance products and loss prevention services for mid-size...

Csorba Joins Great American Insurance to Succeed Rowney as Ocean Marine Leader

Apr 8 2016 // Great American Insurance Group has hired F. Michael Csorba as divisional president within the Property and Casualty Group’s Ocean Marine division. Csorba is succeeding John Rowney, who is retiring after nearly 28...

IMA Promotes 3 Top Leaders

Apr 1 2016 // Denver-based independent insurance broker IMA Inc. one of the largest independent insurance brokers in the country, is excited to announce the internal promotion of its newest top leaders.Sandy Harvath has been promoted to...

Cuomo, N.Y. Legislative Leaders Reach Deal on Minimum Wage Hike

Apr 1 2016 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders reached a deal on Thursday to raise New York state’s minimum wage towards $15 per hour, but fell short of a uniform state-wide increase.The deal outlines a...

Chubb Appoints P&C Risk Engineering Leadership Team in Asia Pacific

Mar 28 2016 // Chubb has appointed Darren Cantas its head of Risk Engineering for Property and Casualty in Asia Pacific.He will continue to lead the region’s P&C Risk Engineering Services team, comprising 32 risk engineers...