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