All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2013 // Frank Dias was made sales leader for Swett & Crawford’s Seattle, Wash. office. Dias will continue to serve as casualty broker in addition to his new role. Dias began his insurance career as a property underwriter...
Sep 3 2013 // Ron Levitt has taken on the role of sales leader in Swett & Crawford’s Chicago office, the company announced. Levitt will continue as a senior broker in addition to taking on his new leadership role. Levitt began...
Aug 27 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the addition of Jack Reick as a middle-market practice leader in the Philadelphia office. In his new role, Reick will be responsible for driving...
Aug 26 2013 // World leaders are expected to take a softly-softly approach to regulating the so-called shadow banking sector when they meet in Russia next month to avoid damaging the flow of finance to the global economy.While...
Aug 23 2013 // Jeffrey S. Grange has been appointed head of Management Liability and Professional Lines for QBE North America, which plans to launch a directors and officers (D&O) liability division. Grange has 25 years experience in...
Aug 7 2013 // Wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford promoted Matt Brott to sales leader for the Atlanta branch.In addition to his new sales leadership responsibility, Brott will continue to serve as a broker in Swett &...
Jul 26 2013 // Ironshore Inc. has created a new management team to serve as industry practice leaders. These leaders will be for business lines that the company says increasingly demand new products that address distinct...
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...