May 8, 2002
OneBeacon Insurance Group announced that Carey Benson will move from his current post as COO of its recently formed AutoOne Insurance subsidiary to become President and CEO. Alvin Kaltman was appointed as the subsidiary’s non executive Chairman. Benson will continue …
May 7, 2002
Jerry Tegan TucsonNetworking is essential in any business. In the insurance field, it can be critical for the independent agent to be successful or not. Following last week’s Aon Specialty Product Network Resource Fair, ASPN President & CEO, Jerry Tegan, …
May 6, 2002
The Insurance Industry Charitable Fund (IICF) honored Lloyd’s Chairman Saxon Riley at its annual gala, in San Francisco on Saturday night. Leading members of the insurance industry met to distribute “more $1 million to a variety of charitable causes,” and …
May 3, 2002
Richard J. Zick, CPCU, president and CEO of Utica First Ins. Co., Utica, N.Y., was elected chairman of the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) at the organization’s latest annual meeting, held in conjunction with its recent Annual Conference in …
May 3, 2002
The Board of Directors of the Alliance of American Insurers has named Anthony G. “Tony” Dickson as its new chairman. Dickson is president and CEO of the New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Companies, West Trenton, NJ. He succeeds F.W. “Bill” Purmort, …
April 29, 2002
Confirming rumors that have been floating around the Italian financial community for the last few weeks, Generali, the country’s largest insurer announced at its annual shareholders’ meeting in Trieste on Saturday that it will be headed by only two joint …
April 29, 2002
William F. W. Fellows, former chairman and CEO of Swett & Crawford Group, died April 5 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Fellows was 83 and died of natural causes. A native of the UK, Fellows moved to …
April 25, 2002
Sir Roger Hurn abruptly announced that he would step down as Chairman of the U.K.’s Prudential, amid controversy over his leadership of Marconi, the troubled U.K. telecommunications company, which he headed until last September before moving to the Pru. The …
April 19, 2002
Kees J. Storm, who’s set to retire in July after 9 years as the CEO of the Netherlands insurance and financial services giant Aegon, N.V., told the annual meeting of shareholders that the company expected to at least equal 2001’s …
April 19, 2002
The events of 2001 tested the company’s resilience, but through it all The Hartford’s operating income rose and the company is bullish about the future, Ramani Ayer, Chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., remarked at the …