Latest Leadership Headlines
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People Moves: Unison Risk Advisors Names Maisano SVP; Central Insurance Makes Changes to Leadership Team
Nov 20 2023 // Unison Risk Advisors Names Maisano SVP of Corporate Development Unison Risk Advisors, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, hired Andrew Maisano as senior vice president of corporate development. Unison Risk Advisors is the...
Beehive: They Come for the Employees, Stay for the Leaders
Nov 20 2023 // When asked what they like about the business they work for, employees may mention the leadership or their fellow employees – but it’s not often both. However, it appears the employees at Beehive Insurance Agency in...
Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO
Nov 20 2023 // Challenges facing today’s business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said in late October while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward progress:...
People Moves: Suda Joins RT Binding Authority’s Leadership Team
Nov 16 2023 // RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty headquartered in Chicago, Ill., hired underwriter Jessalynn Suda to RT Binding Authority’s leadership team. Suda brings 15 years of underwriting...
Is Miami-Dade, Once the Leader in Strong Building Requirements, Now Out of Step?
Nov 16 2023 // Editor’s note: For almost three decades, Florida contractors and building officials have operated under two different building codes: One for most of the state and another for the southeastern corner – Miami-Dade...
Financial Services Firms Acknowledge ‘Awful’ Culture in UK Sexism Inquiry
Nov 16 2023 // Representatives from finance firms across the City of London said more work was needed to tackle gaping gender disparities in the industry, even after companies have made gains in the past five years. Trade groups...
Yemen’s Houthis Leader Says Group Will Target Israeli Ships in Red Sea
Nov 15 2023 // Yemen’s Houthi leader said on Tuesday his forces would make further attacks on Israel and they could target Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. The Iran-aligned group made several missile and...
Update – Economic Threats Top List of G20 Business Leaders’ Concerns: WEF Survey
Nov 14 2023 // Economic and societal threats – such as an economic downturn, inflation, and an erosion of social cohesion – rank among the biggest risks in G20 countries over the next two years, according to a global survey of...
People Moves: Marsh Names Kowell Marine, Cargo and Logistics Practice Leader, US and Canada; WTW Appoints Messinger Lead of FI&PS
Nov 13 2023 // Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York, N.Y., named Janice Kowell marine, cargo and logistics practice leader, U.S. and Canada. Kowell will remain based in Portland, Ore. Kowell succeeds Michael...
Georgia Condo Association Leaders Charged with Taking Insurance Proceeds After Fire
Nov 6 2023 // Police in South Fulton, Georgia, have charged the president and treasurer of a large condominium association with stealing more than $1.5 million in insurance payouts after two fires in 2020 destroyed a building. Multiple...
Long-Term Thinking Builds Winning Culture at Deland, Gibson
Nov 6 2023 // When Chip and Ted Gibson got the keys to Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates in 2020, the brothers took over what Chip described as “a great shop.” Three generations of their family members had guided the...
Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO
Nov 1 2023 // Challenges facing today’s business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said last week while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward progress:...
People Moves: Markel Hires Senior Leaders for Casualty, Professional, Financial Risk Teams in Australia; BHSI Promotes Regan to Head of Casualty, Ireland
Oct 31 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel in Australia and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI). A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Hires Senior Leaders in Australia...
Michigan Governor Criticizes MSU For ‘Scandal After Scandal,’ Leadership Woes
Oct 26 2023 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ripped into Michigan State University, accusing the school of “no clear unified leadership” amid rancor on the governing board and other unflattering incidents. Whitmer’s statement...
People Moves: Allen Joins MEMIC Leadership Team; Bogdanovich Joins Alliant in Maine
Oct 26 2023 // MEMIC Names Allen Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Michelle Allen joined MEMIC‘s senior leadership team as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. MEMIC is headquartered in...
South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges
Oct 25 2023 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine of South Carolina`s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly...
Powers Insurance & Risk Management: Building A Family-Driven Culture of Success
Oct 16 2023 // As a multi-year winner of Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For award, J.D. Powers of Powers Insurance & Risk Management doesn’t lose sight of what the honor represents to the St. Louis,...
People Moves: Alliant Names Two to Leadership Roles in Southeast States
Oct 12 2023 // Alliant Insurance Services, a major American distributor and brokerage headquartered in California, continues building its Southeastern US presence. It has named attorney Bobby Coleman of Mississippi as vice president of...
AIG Makes Leadership Promotions for ‘Next Phase of Profitable Growth’
Oct 12 2023 // American International Group (AIG) on Oct. 11 announced three significant appointments within its executive leadership team. David McElroy, currently chief executive officer of General Insurance, will assume a newly...
People Moves: Aon Appoints Reinsurance Leaders in Brazil, Peru; Markel Names Styles Head of Cargo; Arch Global Mortgage Group Promotes Fearon to CEO, Int’l Mortgage
Oct 6 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon plc, Markel and Arch Capital’s Global Mortgage Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Solano, Diaz as Brazil and Peru...
