All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 9 2005 // Newly elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., John A. Latimer, Esq., told agents they face many challenges in New Jersey in the near and distant future, but that they may be better off...
Jun 1 2005 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan announced he is confident a special session on workers’ compensation reform will result in legislation to save millions for Oklahoma businesses while preserving the...
May 30 2005 // Leaders from the public and private sectors from throughout the nation will take part in the National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance on the campus of the University of Southern California on June 20,...
Apr 7 2005 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Senate President Robert Travaglini rolled out competing health care plans this week, both of which aim to greatly reduce the numbers of uninsured residents.The Republican governor says...
Mar 18 2005 // Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker Todd Hiett urged the state Senate to act now to pass what he called true lawsuit reform in the form of House Bill 2047, the Justice and Common Sense Act, which was recently passed...
Mar 18 2005 // U.S. business leaders came out in force this week to urge renewal of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and warn that market restrictions on terror insurance coverage are already beginning to be felt in the...
Feb 7 2005 // The Louisiana Health Care Alliance (LHCA) presented Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley with its 2004 Leadership in Health Care Award for his commitment to improving the availability and affordability of health care in...
Jan 30 2005 // Training in fire prevention and protection at the National Fire Academy is being slowly degraded as the federal Department of Homeland Security shifts funds to law enforcement and other programs, national fire service...
Jan 28 2005 // Seeking to stem the tide of lost jobs and lost hope in Oklahoma, Republican leaders announced their workers’ compensation reform plan at the State Capitol on Jan. 25.“I have watched many Oklahomans lose hope in...
Jan 28 2005 // Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin and Senate Republican leaders, joined by several Oklahoma doctors and business leaders, are calling for meaningful lawsuit reform during the 2005 legislative session.Senate Republican Leader...
Jan 24 2005 // The Louisiana Health Care Alliance (LHCA) presented state Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley with their 2004 Leadership in Health Care Award for his commitment to improving the availability and affordability of health...
Jan 20 2005 // Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt announced the appointment of W. Dale Finke to head the Missouri Department of Insurance. Finke is CEO and president of Corporate Insurance Management in St. Louis.He was president of the Missouri...
Jan 14 2005 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson, D-Lexington, offered the following statement regarding reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system, which is expected in the legislative session that...
Dec 29 2004 // President George W. Bush told Asian leaders that the United States is committed to helping their countries following Sunday’s earthquake and killer tsunamis that have killed more than 60,000 people.The following is a...
Dec 15 2004 // Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), has announced that Gary Beck, with 28 years in the insurance broking industry, has joined Willis as the Professional Services Industry Practice Leader. Beck joins Willis from the Aon...
Dec 7 2004 // The Tillinghast business of Towers Perrin has appointed Prakash Shimpi as practice leader with global responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in its New York office. In this role, Shimpi will lead the...
Dec 6 2004 // The Oregon state ethics commission has launched an investigation into the lobbying activities of Katherine Keene, the former president of the SAIF Corp.At issue is whether Keene, who resigned in 2003, failed to register as...
Nov 22 2004 // The state ethics commission has launched an investigation into the lobbying activities of Katherine Keene, the former president of the SAIF Corp.At issue is whether Keene, who resigned in 2003, failed to register as a...
Nov 5 2004 // “We are Main Street agents. This problem was created on Wall Street.”A Connecticut independent agent leader hopes the reality behind those words will help protect independent agents from being grouped with...
Oct 28 2004 // Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller this week blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s latest medical malpractice plan as “a work of fiction” and “a completely different bill” from the one he, the...