All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2012 // CNA Financial Corp. has appointed Cheryl Paton as assistant vice president for umbrella insurance. She joins CNA’s New York office, and will be leading the umbrella teams for both the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic...
Aug 9 2012 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced changes to the management of its reinsurance segment (Aspen Re). Brian Boornazian (CEO, Aspen Re) will assume the position of chairman of Aspen Re. James Few...
Jul 13 2012 // Global professional services company Towers Watson has appointed Ross Howard as global leader for its insurance and reinsurance brokerage business, effective from October 1, 2012. He will succeed Bill Eyre who, after 14...
Jul 9 2012 // More than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the sweeping federal health care law, Oklahoma’s political leaders have offered few specifics about how the state will proceed in complying with its...
Jul 2 2012 // The two top Republicans in Congress vowed on Sunday to push ahead with efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law despite the Supreme Court upholding it, but the White House said it is time to stop...
Jun 28 2012 // In a briefing today with interested parties, the Senate Banking Committee’s chairman and ranking member confirmed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have...
Jun 25 2012 // Rutherfoord, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) company, appointed Guy Morrison, a 20-year veteran of the employee benefits industry, as executive vice president of employee benefits.Guy MorrisonIn this newly created...
Jun 13 2012 // Arch Reinsurance Europe Underwriting Limited announced that Maamoun Rajeh will be appointed as the company’s President and CEO as of July 1, 2012. He will succeed Helmut Söhler, who will assume the position of Vice...
May 18 2012 // Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to tackle a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common...
May 3 2012 // XL Group plc announced the appointment of Joan Lanzagorta as Client & Distribution Leader for its operation in Mexico, effective as of mid-April.He has broad experience in the Insurance industry. Prior to joining XL...
Apr 16 2012 // (A full version of this article, as well as exclusive podcasts featuring Hanover CEO Frederick Eppinger, is available on InsuranceJournal.com)Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover...
Apr 16 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals.Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Apr 9 2012 // Global law firm Mayer Brown named veteran insurance regulatory advisor James R. Woods as a partner and a co-leader of the global Insurance Industry Group. Also a member of Mayer Brown’s corporate and securities...
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals.Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Mar 26 2012 // Philadelphia Insurance Cos., a property/casualty and professional liability company for niche markets, promoted three marketing employees to the vice president level in its Western Region.Bryan Luci was promoted from...
Mar 19 2012 // There is less consensus when it comes to rating the performance of key players in the state’s insurance marketplace, however. Some public officials get better grades than property/casualty insurance executives as a...
Mar 15 2012 // Brady Polansky has joined Minneapolis, Minn.-based Project CAP — created through alliance of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”), Trusted Choice, state associations...
Mar 15 2012 // Goldman Sachs faced an unprecedented assault from one of its own on Wednesday after a banker published a withering resignation letter in the New York Times, calling the Wall Street titan a “toxic” place where...
Mar 12 2012 // Oklahoma legislative leaders said on March 8 they are shelving a plan to comply with the new federal health care law by setting up a state health insurance exchange.In a joint statement, House Speaker Kris Steele and...
Feb 22 2012 // The incoming Senate president is opposing a proposal that would allow state lawmakers to wrap themselves in absolute immunity from having to testify in lawsuits.The House Judiciary Committee cleared a Republican bill (PCB...