Most Popular Leadership Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Leadership Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Marsh Sues Aon, Ex-Team Leader Over Exit of 20 Construction Surety Employees

Apr 22 2025 // Global insurance broker Marsh USA filed suit against competitor Aon and a former Marsh team leader for allegedly poaching key members of Marsh’s construction surety team who resigned and moved to Aon last month.A...

#2 Berkshire, Progressive Are Underwriting Profit Leaders; Industry Sets Income Record

Mar 12 2025 // S&P Global Market Intelligence expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to post more than $100 billion of net income for 2024—and that the biggest underwriting profits contributing to the figure will...

#3 USI Says Lockton, Former Team Leader Poached Workers, Harmed Client Relations

Apr 18 2025 // USI Insurance Services, one of the largest brokerages in the country, has filed suit against a former sales team leader and another powerhouse broker, Lockton, accusing them of poaching employees and harming client...

#4 Markel Insurance Restructures Markel Specialty, Appoints Leaders

Apr 23 2025 // Markel Insurance announced that its U.S. and Bermuda operations, previously known as Markel Specialty, are being divided into two business divisions: US Wholesale and Specialty, and Programs and Solutions.The changes...

#5 People Moves: Markel Insurance Makes Leadership Changes to Simplify US Wholesale and Specialty Division

Jun 17 2025 // Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., appointed new leadership within its U.S. wholesale and specialty division. The company is simplifying its structure from six U.S. wholesale and two U.S....

#6 People Moves: CRC Names New Underwriting Leaders and Senior VP

May 15 2025 // Birmingham-based CRC Group, a wholesale and specialty insurance broker, announced new hires in underwriting and company leadership. JV Franks, with some 25 years in the insurance brokerage business, was named underwriting...

#7 Aon Promotes Reinsurance Leaders as John Neal Takes a New Direction With AIG

Jul 16 2025 // Insurance broker Aon announced the promotions of Alfonso Valera as CEO of International for Reinsurance, responsible for UK, EMEA and APAC, and Steve Hofmann as CEO of Americas for Reinsurance, responsible for North...

#8 Building and Retaining Talent: Salary and Culture Matter but That’s Not Always Enough

Feb 24 2025 // Independent agency owners, producers, and support staff continue to report higher pay, according to Insurance Journal’s national online Agency Salary Survey results. But for the second year in a row, survey...

#9 People Moves: Kaminski Returns to Zurich NA to Lead Direct Markets; Chubb Names Williams Private Equity Leader; Trucordia Names Khanna CIO

Jul 2 2025 // Todd Kaminski, a 30-year veteran of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Zurich North America, returns as head of direct markets, effective July 7.Kaminski will report to Kristof Terryn, CEO of Zurich North America. He will be part...

#10 People Moves: Aspire Promotes New Leadership; Venbrook Names Hicks Transportation Practice Lead

Mar 31 2025 // Aspire Promotes Nicholson, Storms and Storms to New Leadership RolesAspire General Insurance promoted Tyler Nicholson to the newly created role of chief revenue and distribution officer. Nicholson has more than 20 years of...

#11 Marsh Sues Aon, Ex-Team Leader Over Exit of 20 Construction Surety Employees

May 5 2025 // Global insurance broker Marsh USA filed suit against competitor Aon and a former Marsh team leader for allegedly poaching key members of Marsh’s construction surety team who resigned and moved to Aon in March.A...

#12 Majority of Small Biz Leaders Think AI Will Play ‘Crucial Role’ in Work Safety

Apr 2 2025 // More than half of small business leaders believe artificial intelligence will play a “crucial role” in worker safety over the next five years, according to a new report from Pie Insurance.A survey of...

#13 Camp Mystic Leader May Not Have Seen Alert Before Flood, Family Spokesman Says

Jul 17 2025 // The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to...

#14 Trump’s SEC Leader Shifts Power From Investors to Boardrooms

Feb 19 2025 // New policies from the top U.S. securities regulator hand corporate boards more power over investors in ways that could curtail investor-initiated reform efforts on everything from climate policy to director contests,...

#15 People Moves: Willis Names Spinelli Head of Transactional Claims; Amadori Joins Zurich From Markel to Head Management Liability; BHSI’s New Casualty Leaders

Apr 11 2025 // Willis, a WTW business headquartered in New York City, appointed Dom Spinelli as head of transactional insurance claims for North America. He leads the claims function within Willis’ Alternative Asset Insurance...

#16 People Moves: Zurich Hires Sullivan From CNA for US Middle Market Head of Tech; IMA Hires Crochet as National Energy Practice Leader

Apr 16 2025 // Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumberg, Illinois, hired Jeannie Sullivan as head of technology for its U.S. middle market team. She will report to Stan Bernard, head of industry practices for U.S. middle market...

#17 People Moves: The Hartford Expands Roles of Tech Leadership; Everest Appoints Fobert to Lead US Retail Casualty

Apr 1 2025 // The Hartford of Hartford, Connecticut said Shekar Pannala was named the company’s chief information officer and leads technology, as well as cybersecurity, infrastructure and cloud modernization.Prior to joining The...

#18 People Moves: Dunn Joins Marsh as US Construction Practice Leader; Canopius Appoints Varghese as Head of Marine, US

May 6 2025 // Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan headquartered in New York City, appointed Jim Dunn as U.S. construction practice leader. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Dunn will report to Michael Pellegrini, U.S. and Canada specialty...

#19 Royal Bank of Canada Denies Claims of ‘Boys Club’ Culture, Bias Against Women

Nov 25 2025 // Royal Bank of Canada denies claims that it fostered a “boys’ club” environment at its US capital-markets business, disputing allegations that the firm engaged in sex-based discrimination against female...

#20 People Moves: Encova Insurance Appoints Two Commercial Lines Leaders

Feb 18 2025 // Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, appointed Dawn Colavecchi as commercial lines regional vice president, and Todd Becker as vice president, commercial underwriting office, workers’...