Latest Leadership Headlines

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Ohio’s Westfield Insurance Expands Responsibilities of Leadership Team

Jan 30 2015 // Westfield Insurance, a super-regional property/casualty insurance carrier based in Westfield, Ohio, announced the following changes to its leadership team:Mike Prandi has been named to the new role of insurance operations...

CNA Names Middleton Business Development Leader For Los Angeles

Jan 28 2015 // CNA Financial Corp. has named Chris Middleton business development leader in Los Angeles. Middleton is responsible for leading the execution of distribution management and sales initiatives. Middleton has more than 14...

Chevron: Report Wrong About California Refinery’s Safety Culture

Jan 27 2015 // Chevron says it agrees with several findings in a federal report about a 2012 fire at one of its refineries in California’s San Francisco Bay Area.But it adds the report by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board inaccurately...

XL’s McGavick Receives St. John’s 2014 Insurance Leader of the Year Award

Jan 23 2015 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) in New York hosted its 20th Annual Insurance Leader of the Year Award Dinner on Jan. 21 in honor of Mike McGavick, chief executive officer of XL Group...

Willis China Unveils New Leadership Team to Drive Expansion

Jan 23 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc, the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced a group of internal promotions and moves to strengthen the Willis China leadership team.Mitchell Ma has been appointed as...

Integro Promotes Crain to Boston Operations Leader, Hires Lavery as Principal

Jan 14 2015 // Peter Lavery Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has promoted Ethan Crain to Boston operations leader, and hired Peter Lavery as a principal in the Boston office. Crain succeeds Ruth Kilduff, who was...

Rogers & Gray Announces Leadership Change in Massachusetts

Jan 12 2015 // Charles “Chuck” RobinsonRogers & Gray Insurance, an independent insurance agency with eight locations in Massachusetts, has announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Charles “Chuck”...

House Passes TRIA Renewal; Senate Leader Vows Quick Action Also

Jan 7 2015 // The U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize a government backstop for insurers’ losses from acts of terrorism after lawmakers let the measure expire last month.The legislation, which will extend the...

Fred C. Church Insurance Announces New Leadership in Massachusetts

Dec 30 2014 // Chris Duble Fred C. Church Insurance, an independent insurance agency in Lowell, Massachusetts, has appointed Mike Reilly as president and Chris Duble as chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1. Both Reilly and Duble...

Canal Insurance Adds Hall, Lewis to Leadership Team

Dec 16 2014 // Greenville, South Carolina-based Canal Insurance has named Jarrell Hall, assistant vice president for marketing and business development, and Linda Lewis, assistant vice president for casualty claims, to the...

FERMA Announces Leadership Appointments

Dec 15 2014 // The board of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) announced three high level appointments “to secure its leadership succession.” The appointments took effect from as of December 11,...

Allianz Announces New Leadership Team for Combined Fireman’s Fund, AGCS NA

Dec 12 2014 // German insurance giant Allianz announced a new team that will lead the combined Fireman’s Fund and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty North American business beginning in 2015.Andrew Torrance, current...

RLI Promotes 3 in Leadership Positions in Illinois

Dec 8 2014 // Peoria, Ill.-based specialty insurer, RLI Corp., announced three leadership promotionsTodd Bryant, vice president, controller, has been promoted to vice president, finance and controller. In this expanded role, Bryant will...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Singapore, Names Key Leaders

Dec 8 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has received its non-life insurance license in Singapore, and named Marc Breuil as regional president, Marcus Portbury as head of third party lines, and Peter...

Willis of Georgia CEO Morgan Joins Integro as Atlanta Operations Leader

Dec 5 2014 // Brian Morgan Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has hired Brian Morgan as Atlanta operations leader. Morgan brings 19 years of industry experience throughout the Southeast. He has experience in the areas...

Insurance Industry Is Leader on Climate Change, Report Says

Dec 4 2014 // The insurance industry is being called out by an international research institution for its progressive attitude on climate change.A white paper put out by the nonprofit Urban Land Institute this week urges the real estate...

Agency E&O Culture

Dec 1 2014 // Now more than ever agents are stepping up to the plate to protect their business. The experts agree that today agencies are more aware and proactive about reducing errors and omissions (E&O) risk.“Agents have...

RHSB’s Jones Receives Cyber Risk Management Leadership Award

Nov 20 2014 // Douglas R. Jones, senior vice president and principal at Texas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton, was presented with the Cyber Risk Management Leadership Award 2014-15 at the annual Cyber Risk Management Boot Camp held...

Hub International Hires Farley as East Region Cyber Risk Practice Leader

Nov 17 2014 // John Farley Chicago-based global insurance broker Hub International Limited has hired John Farley as vice president and Cyber Risk Practice leader for East region operations. In this role, Farley will be responsible for...

Top 50 Personal Lines Leaders

Nov 17 2014 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2014 Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal‘s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes...