James W. Black, retired vice chairman and chief operating officer of FM Global, died Aug. 31 following a battle with cancer. He was 62. “Jim was widely admired as a visionary, a leader and a caring human being,” said FM …
The Progressive Corporation board of directors elected Philip A. Laskawy to fill the vacancy on the company’s board for the term ending at the April 2003 annual meetings. Laskawy, 60, is the recently retired chairman and CEO of Ernst & …
AXA’s U.K. operations will finally have a new CEO when Dennis Holt, currently the head of retail banking for Lloyds TSB, takes over as Group Chief Executive on September 1st. Holt’s selection ends a search for a new CEO which …
When John Pergande took over as chairman and CEO of INSpire Insurance Solutions last fall, he had a clear vision for the company’s mission and he knew what needed to be done to turn the then-faltering company around. With little …
Seattle-based SAFECO appointed Michael LaRocco, a former vice president with GEICO, as president and chief operating officer of its $2.6-billion SAFECO Personal Insurance business. LaRocco, 44, has more than 20 years experience in the insurance industry. He most recently served …
San Diego-based ConfirmNet™ Corporation, the developer of CertificatesNow, a web-based certificate of insurance process, announced the hiring of Mark Oemcke as CEO. Craig Irving, interim CEO since June 2000, will resume his position as Chairman of ConfirmNet’s Board of Directors. …
ePolicy, Inc., a provider of technology solutions to fully automate and web-enable the insurance distribution process through its wholly owned subsidiary, Insurance Technology Solutions Inc., announced that Joe Stinnette had been elected to the company’s board of directors. Stinnette most …
The Board of Directors of New Hampshire-based National Grange Mutual Insurance Co. announced the election of “Thomas M. Van Berkel as president Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer-elect.” Van Berkel, who’s been with NGM since 1990, when he was …
Thomas W. Harvey, President and CEO of Assurex, the network of independent risk management and commercial insurance brokerages, warned that U.S. firms doing international business were inadequately covering the dangers to their employees from kidnappings and ransom demands, by not …
John Amore, president and CEO of Zurich U.S., has a vision not just for his company but for the industry. “I think the industry needs to rebrand itself,” Amore told IJ in an exclusive interview in Zurich’s Dallas regional office. …
