All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 24 2013 // Getting Oklahoma lawmakers to return for a special session to address a civil lawsuit bill ruled unconstitutional by the courts is a “waste of time and money,” the House Democratic leader said.Rep. Scott Inman...
Jul 23 2013 // With thousands of destroyed houses, 46 deaths and damage estimates topping the $5 billion mark, victims of Oklahoma’s two EF-5 tornadoes are asking the same question: What have we learned?The answers are almost as...
Jul 12 2013 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA with headquarters in Dallas, has expanded its nationwide specialty high-net-worth underwriting practice by bringing Brian Botwinick on board as...
Jul 3 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the new commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — appointed Lori Spoon Rafkin as senior vice president, customer and broker engagement. Spoon Rafkin was...
Jun 25 2013 // The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives needs to solve its farm bill impasse by enacting the Senate’s bipartisan bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday, warning that the Democrat-run Senate...
Jun 19 2013 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has elected an new management committee for 2013-14, led by Chairman Bill Kliewer.CAA member agencies are located in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. Each CAA...
Jun 17 2013 // Chevy Chase, Md.-based underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc. has tapped senior Marsh executive Jonathan M. Zaffino to be its president.Jonathan M. ZaffinoThe position of president was previously...
Jun 17 2013 // The United States and the European Union launched negotiations for the world’s most ambitious free-trade deal on Monday, promising thousands of new jobs and accelerated growth on both sides of the Atlantic.Trade...
Jun 13 2013 // It will be a tough task implementing the online health insurance marketplaces that are required of each state under the federal health care overhaul, and there will no doubt be consumer horror stories about trying to...
Jun 10 2013 // Westerville, OH, 6/10/13 – Revolution Group, a Silver Salesforce.com Cloud Alliance Partner and leading technology integration provider specializing in the property/casualty segment of the insurance industry, is...
Jun 3 2013 // The alleged leader of an $800 million South Florida insurance fraud scheme has been found competent to stand trial despite severe pain from a spinal cord ailment that requires him to take powerful drugs including...
May 29 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, announced a series of appointments to its Personal Lines Practice as part of its succession plan. Willis’ Personal Lines Practice includes 250 private client and...
May 21 2013 // Gene Eisenmann, a leader in the excess and surplus lines industry in Texas and nationally, has passed away after a long battle with a host of illnesses, his family by his side.A giant of E&S lines, Eisenmann built...
May 13 2013 // Willis North America has named Brian Murphy and Hiromoto Ushiki as North American Practice co-leaders of the Japan Global Practice Group.Murphy and Ushiki assume the position previously held by Junji Hamada who retired in...
May 8 2013 // Specialty insurer RLI Corp., based in Peoria, Ill., announced a number of promotions within its operations and underwriting team.Craig Kliethermes, senior vice president, risk services, has been promoted to executive vice...
Apr 26 2013 // European Union lawmakers have backed French demands to exempt culture from a proposed free-trade pact between Europe and the United States, keeping Paris on side and raising the chances that the talks can start on time.The...
Apr 24 2013 // Several veteran regulators were appointed into new positions at the Missouri Department of Insurance during the first quarter of 2013.Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff announced that John Rehagen, Mary Kempker,...
Apr 23 2013 // Signature Select LLC, an IMA company, has added Greg Rasby as the Kansas City market leader. Rasby joins Signature Select from Gallagher, where he had several years of experience prospecting, marketing and servicing a...
Apr 22 2013 // The lack of teamwork combined with a negative culture and poor communication in hospitals today presents a barrier when it comes to patient safety in the future, according to a new survey.The survey results revealed a...
Apr 3 2013 // The Republican leaders of the Arkansas House and Senate have endorsed a proposal to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income workers using federal funds, an idea lawmakers are considering as an alternative to...