All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2013 // Aon plc, a global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and HR consulting and outsourcing services, announced the addition of Vincent Gandolfo as middle-market sales leader for the Greater New...
Mar 11 2013 // Key Florida lawmakers are running out of patience with the state’s fraud-plagued no-fault auto insurance system.Senate President Don Gaetz , R-Niceville, told The Associated Press he isn’t persuaded that...
Mar 1 2013 // Speaker Rick Thompson and other West Virginia House leaders have proposed a study of whether the recently revised process for handling civil appeals ensures a full and fair review, amid calls for expanding the...
Feb 21 2013 // Rockhill Insurance Group has hired Dave Stoner as vice-president to lead its healthcare liability division. He is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Stoner has more than 20 years of industry experience and spent the last 10 years...
Feb 21 2013 // Key Florida lawmakers are running out of patience with the state’s fraud-plagued no-fault motor vehicle insurance system that has cost policyholders hundred millions of dollars.Senate President Don Gaetz ,...
Feb 19 2013 // Jeff Dailey, chief executive officer of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers Group Inc., on Tuesday announced several executive leadership team appointments he says better aligns the leadership team around Farmers core...
Feb 14 2013 // Alyce Hillman, co-owner of the Leavitt Group of Boise, was recently awarded “Industry Leader of the Year” by the Boise Insurance Professionals. In 2008 Hillman became co-owner of the Leavitt Group of Boise and...
Jan 31 2013 // The current Los Angeles schools superintendent and five of his predecessors in Southern California have been sued on grounds that they systematically covered up complaints about teacher sex abuse of students over the past...
Jan 25 2013 // Toledo, Ohio-based insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, announced that industry veteran William D. (Kip) Irle has joined the company as captive risk practice leader.Irle is a 20-year veteran of the insurance industry. He...
Jan 23 2013 // A former executive director and past president of the Florida Surplus Lines Association (FSLA) has been indicted for allegedly embezzling an estimated $130,000 in association funds.Roger Gobler has been charged with 11...
Jan 18 2013 // Marsh, the insurance broking division of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced that Brenda Shelly, a veteran management liability broker and underwriter, has been appointed the firm’s new U.S. directors and officers...
Jan 15 2013 // This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish.In part one, we defined effective leadership and why it’s essential to insurance agencies’ success in a marketplace...
Jan 11 2013 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based employee benefits and financial services consulting organization, HORAN, has added Carol King as its health management leader.King works directly with clients to create customized wellness plans...
Jan 10 2013 // Commercial insurance broker William J. Crocker has joined Higginbotham Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, as vice president, real estate practice leader.Crocker will help build the firm’s presence in the real estate...
Jan 4 2013 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, said its Fredericksburg, Va., regional office is recruiting college graduates for its “Supervisor Leadership Program.” The...
Jan 3 2013 // Emily Kalmer has been named legislative affairs counsel for the Insurance, Finance and Credit Unions Divisions at the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration. Kalmer served...
Dec 21 2012 // Crawford & Co., an Atlanta-headquartered independent provider of claims management services, announced that Andries Willemse, senior vice president for Crawford’s Global Technical Services (GTS) operations, will...
Dec 17 2012 // The year 2012 brought news of industry leadership changes taking effect in 2013. Some of the people to watch in 2013 include:Brian Duperreault, retired as president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. at the end of...
Dec 13 2012 // This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish.Selling insurance isn’t like it used to be. Not many people just walk-in or call ready to do business anymore. And when they do,...
Dec 11 2012 // This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish.After personally helping install hundreds of marketing systems in insurance agencies across the country, I can’t express enough...