All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2006 // Business leaders expressed continued concern this week that Iowa lacks enough workers to maintain a growing business climate.Business managers, insurance executives, and economic development directors discussed the issue...
Jul 3 2006 // Insurance agents and executives have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold.According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to be worried. She says there are a lot of unfamiliar risks ahead and...
Jun 11 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously elected New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny as secretary-treasurer of the association.The election was held at NAIC’s...
Jun 7 2006 // Harleysville Insurance has named the leadership team for its new Midwest operation headquartered in Itasca, Ill. The Midwest region, which includes existing offices in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and the new location in...
Jun 6 2006 // Acordia Inc., a Wells Fargo Company, has named Larry Sorensen vice president, national program practice leader. Sorensen will be responsible for Acordia’s program business. He will serve as the lead at the corporate...
May 25 2006 // Ohio-based Westfield Insurance has been awarded the Industry Leadership for Improved Commercial Lines Download award from ACORD. This award recognizes insurance companies who offer extensive commercial download based on...
May 22 2006 // A common complaint among executives throughout the world is the changing work ethic and lack of commitment by employees. With the lack of leadership evident today, it is amazing that any work ethic or commitment by...
May 22 2006 // A common complaint among executives throughout the world is the changing work ethic and lack of commitment by employees. With the lack of leadership evident today, it is amazing that any work ethic or commitment by...
May 22 2006 // Acting United States Fire Administrator Charlie Dickinson and National Fire Protection Association President and CEO James Shannon have completed a report on behavioral mitigation to reduce the number of fires caused by...
May 12 2006 // XL Capital Ltd President and CEO Brian O’Hara led off XL’s 2nd annual global risk conference in Berlin Germany with a plea to the heads of some of the world’s leading organizations to adopt an industry-...
May 11 2006 // As many as 25,000 people in Vermont who have no health insurance will be able to get it under a compromise health care reform package reached among Gov. Jim Douglas and legislative leaders.The bill envisions extending...
May 2 2006 // Members of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina traveled to Washington, DC last week for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s April 26 to 28 National Legislative Conference. The...
Apr 13 2006 // Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., has engaged in a pattern of favoritism benefiting select clients and agents; won and retained employer accounts by cheating on pricing...
Apr 5 2006 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd., the global insurance broker, has appointed Arthur Christoffersen as Western Region Risk Solutions Practice Leader. He will be working out of offices in both Las Vegas and Los...
Mar 31 2006 // David Kulchar at Cleveland, Ohio-based Oswald Companies has been listed as one of the “Most Successful Retirement Plan Advisors” in the Midwest region, according to PLANSPONSOR magazine.Established in 1893,...
Mar 29 2006 // XL Capital Ltd.’s COO for global insurance operations, David Duclos, announced the appointment of Ronald Berler to its business development team. He will report to Dennis Kane, XL Insurance’s Chief Operating...
Mar 23 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited announced that Phillip Ellis has joined the Goroup as Global Energy Practice Leader. The bulletin characterized the move as a “significant senior appointment...
Mar 8 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) testified this week before the Michigan House Committee on Tort Reform, urging lawmakers to help the state retain its reputation as a leader in the national legal reform movement...
Feb 15 2006 // Pressure is mounting for majority House Democrats in Washington state to vote on a bill that would force minimum health care spending by large employers, while some lawmakers suggested the issue could be left to the voters...
Feb 6 2006 // On March 2, the CPCU Society and the Society’s Kansas City Chapter will be hosting a new CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) course, Creative Thinking in Business.Both CPCU Society members and nonmembers...