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Campus Culture Change: ‘Deadliest’ College Fraternity Nixes Pledging

Mar 10 2014 // Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of the largest U.S. fraternities and the deadliest, said it would ban pledging, citing the toll that hazing has taken on its recruits and its reputation.SAE announced yesterday what it called a...

ACE Expands M&A Practice, Appoints North America Practice Leader

Mar 7 2014 // The ACE Group has expanded its Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Practice into a Private Equity Practice concentrating on insurance options for private equity firms, their portfolio companies as well as their M&A...

Minority Bar Owners in Racine, Wisconsin Say City Leaders Discriminated

Feb 28 2014 // Eight former bar owners in Racine, Wis., filed a lawsuit accusing the mayor and other city officials of racially discriminating against them and forcing their businesses to close.The federal lawsuit filed against Mayor...

Texas Insurer Group Seeks Nominations for Industry Leadership Award

Feb 26 2014 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) is seeking nominations for its annual Raymond Mauk Leadership Award, the council’s highest honor. The award will be presented on July 17, at the annual Mid-Year Property and...

Willis Appoints Benolken Global Leader – Technology, Media, Telecommunications

Feb 18 2014 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Sara Benolken as the firm’s Global Industry Leader for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT). She has “specialized in advising Willis’s TMT clients since...

House Leader Promises Vote on Flood Insurance Rate Delay

Feb 14 2014 // The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is promising to take up legislation to delay certain flood insurance premium increases during the week of Feb. 24.The details of any House bill remain a mystery but...

Louisiana Congressman Says Leadership Post Lost after Flood Insurance Vote

Feb 13 2014 // U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said he’s been booted from a Republican leadership position because he broke with GOP leaders in his efforts to stop higher flood insurance premiums from hitting homeowners.Cassidy...

The Institutes , Univ. of Wisconsin Partner on Leadership Development

Feb 11 2014 // The Institutes have partnered with the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to offer a leadership development program designed for managers and supervisors in the property/casualty insurance...

Lockton Hires Investment Management Practice Leader in D.C.

Feb 7 2014 // Lockton Cos. announced Frank Vento has joined as vice president and leader of the investment management practice in Lockton’s Washington, D.C., office.Frank VentoVento brings to Lockton more than 20 years of...

AIG’s Benmosche Receives Leadership Award in N.Y.

Jan 27 2014 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) held its 19th annual “Insurance Leader of the Year” award dinner on Jan. 15 before a crowd of more than 1,400 in New York City. AIG Property...

Insurance Leaders from India, Japan to Speak at Iowa Symposium

Jan 26 2014 // Keynote speakers at a global insurance symposium scheduled for May in Des Moines, Iowa, will include high ranking insurance officials from Japan and India.Gov. Terry Branstad says Japan’s Vice Commissioner Masamichi...

Marketing Leadership Changing at Columbia Lloyds, MDOW Insurance Cos.

Jan 26 2014 // Houston-based Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co. (CLIC) and MDOW Insurance Co. (MDOW) announced the retirement of James Robert “Bob” Sullivan effective Jan. 31, 2014.Sullivan served CLIC and MDOW as president from...

Fosdick Named Sales Leader in Swett & Crawford’s Los Angeles Office

Jan 22 2014 // Swett & Crawford, part of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, named John Fosdick sales leader for Swett & Crawford’s Los Angeles office. Fosdick will continue to be the sales leader for Swett &...

AIG’s Benmosche Receives Leadership Award From St. John’s University in N.Y.

Jan 17 2014 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) held its 19th annual “Insurance Leader of the Year” awards dinner Wednesday before a crowd of more than 1,400 in New York City.(Left to right)...

Combined Agents of America Adds Wade to Leadership Team

Jan 15 2014 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), with headquarters in Austin, Texas, announced that William H. (Bill) Wade II has joined its team as director of carrier relations and program management.Wade has more than 40 years of...

St. John’s Univ. to Honor AIG’s Benmosche as 2013 Insurance Leader of the Year

Jan 13 2014 // St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management (SRM) in New York will honor American International Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche as the “2013 Insurance Leader...

Willis North America Announces Leadership Reorganization, Appointments

Jan 8 2014 // Willis North America, the North American retail brokerage business of Willis Group Holdings and the company’s largest business segment, has revised its organizational structure and made a series of related senior...

Missouri Department of Insurance Announces New Financial Regulation Leadership

Jan 6 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that two veteran financial regulators have been appointed to new positions for the start of 2014.Leslie Nehring was appointed acting chief financial examiner for the Division...

SterlingRisk Appoints Northeast Private Client Practice Leader in New York

Dec 20 2013 // SterlingRisk, a national insurance brokerage based in Woodbury, N.Y., announced that Ben Phillips has joined the firm as the Northeast private client practice leader. Phillips joins SterlingRisk with over nine years of...

Local Leaders Planning for Climate Effects

Dec 12 2013 // When it comes to climate change, local officials have a message for Washington: Lead or get out of the way.Local governments have long acted as first responders in emergencies and now are working to plan for sea level...