Latest Leadership Headlines
All the headlines from our Leadership Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Promotes Rootenberg, Scully to Claims Leadership
Nov 19 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced a pair of promotions in its Executive & Professional Lines Claims group, naming Shelby Rootenberg as senior vice president, head of U.S. Commercial Lines (Public)...
Roberts Appointed as Global Renewable Energy Leader, Marsh JLT Specialty
Nov 19 2020 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Hamish Roberts as global renewable energy leader, Marsh JLT Specialty. Effective 1 January, Roberts will continue to be based in London and will...
All Risk’s Foley Named National Personal Lines Leader at Risk Placement Services
Nov 17 2020 // Risk Placement Services (RPS) in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has hired Brian Foley to lead its National Personal Lines Practice. This is a new role created by the excess and surplus (E&S) wholesale insurance broker and...
Everest Insurance Promotes Wu to E&S Excess Casualty National Leader
Nov 13 2020 // Everest Insurance announced that Edward Wu has been promoted to the role of vice president and national leader, Excess & Surplus Excess Casualty. In this role, Wu will be responsible for strategy, underwriting...
UK Hopes New Task Force Reassures Business Leaders Over Brexit
Nov 12 2020 // Britain will attempt to reassure nervous business leaders that it appreciates the need for clarity on rules outside of the European Union by setting up a task force to discuss challenges 50 days before the transition...
Selective Insurance Appoints Bennett, Floro to Leadership Team in New Jersey
Nov 4 2020 // Selective Insurance has appointed two new members to its leadership team. Cyndi Bennett took the helm as the company’s new executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), and Giunero Floro has...
QBE NA Appoints Steinsdoerfer as Central Regional Underwriting Leader
Oct 29 2020 // QBE North America has hired Bobby Steinsdoerfer as senior vice president, regional underwriting leader – central region. Steinsdoerfer joins QBE from AIG’s Blackboard Insurance Co., bringing 12 years of...
Woodruff Sawyer Names McEvoy of Marsh Property Practice Leader in California
Oct 29 2020 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Mark McEvoy its property practice leader. McEvoy is based in San Francisco and will lead the practice nationally. McEvoy has more than 13 years of experience in both...
Marsh Appoints Klint as Risk Management Segment Leader for Continental Europe
Oct 27 2020 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Carolina Klint as risk management leader for Continental Europe. Based in Stockholm, Klint will report to Siegmund Fahrig, CEO of Marsh Continental Europe. In her role,...
CRC Group Sets New Leadership Roles for Brennan, Kessler As Helveston to Retire
Oct 19 2020 // National wholesaler insurance broker CRC Group announced changes to the company’s senior leadership team effective January 1, 2021. Ron Helveston currently CEO, Commercial Solutions, is retiring and will be succeeded...
Cline Agency Names Rawstron Real Estate Practice Leader in California
Oct 16 2020 // Cline Agency has named “Skip” Robert Raymond Rawstron III its real estate practice leader based in Los Angeles, Calif. Rawstron specializes in commercial real estate. He has owned an agency and has been a...
G7 Leaders Vow to Combat Surging Ransomware Attacks Against Financial Services
Oct 15 2020 // Financial leaders of the world’s seven biggest economies on Tuesday vowed to fight rising ransomware attacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and said no stablecoin operation should start until it is properly...
EU Leaders to Pressure Britain for Trade Concessions in Troubled Brexit Talks
Oct 15 2020 // European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will pressure Britain for concessions in their troubled Brexit talks, saying a trillion euros worth of trade could be sunk if London does not budge on fisheries, fair...
Florida-Based AssuredPartners to Transition Leadership Team Jan. 1, Names Riley CEO
Oct 9 2020 // The board of directors of AssuredPartners has appointed Thomas E. Riley as chief executive officer. Jim Henderson, the current CEO, will assume the role of executive chairman. The transition will be effective January 1,...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Senior Leadership Changes
Oct 9 2020 // Erie Insurance, based in Erie, Penn., has announced a series of senior leadership changes within the Claims, Sales & Products and Information Technology divisions. The organizational changes are in conjunction with the...
IMA Names Hennessey in California Cannabis Practice Leader
Oct 5 2020 // IMA Inc. has named Michael Hennessey as vice president, cannabis national practice leader. Hennessey is based in California. He will lead business development and client service efforts across the U.S. He joins IMA after...
Nothing More Important than Culture
Oct 5 2020 // I LOVE working for this business. I look forward to working each day!!!” It’s not every day that you hear an employee of any given business say that, but it’s exactly what one respondent to Insurance...
Four Senior-Level Black Managers Including Diversity Leaders Exit AIG
Sep 28 2020 // American International Group Inc. has lost four senior Black managers in recent weeks, including two who were tasked with improving the diversity of the insurer’s ranks. Global inclusion head Vievette Henry and...
What Distinguishes This Market? Here’s Lockton Re Leaders’ Insights
Sep 24 2020 // Lockton Re’s Tim Gardner, global CEO, and Ross Howard, global chairman, have been through their share of hard markets. Like many in the reinsurance business, they agree no two hard markets are exactly the same. For...
Fed Leader Says ‘Pernicious’ Effects of Redlining Against Blacks Still Persist
Sep 21 2020 // The “pernicious and persistent” impact of long-outlawed policies like “redlining” Blacks out of white neighborhoods continues to influence the ability of minority families to amass wealth, and...
