XL’s President and CEO Brian M. O’Hara told delegates at the company’s global risk conference in Boston that P/C insurance companies with strong underlying corporate cultures and values will differentiate themselves from their competitors. The conference is the first of …
Bermuda-based CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd. has announced the appointment of Gregory T. Doyle as President of CastlePoint Holdings and CEO of CastlePoint Reinsurance Company, Ltd. He will also serve as a Director of CastlePoint Re as well as continuing to serve …
Richard Ward, in his first major speech since becoming Lloyd’s CEO, opened the U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute’s (CII) annual conference in Glasgow yesterday Oct. 5 with a discussion of the “pivotal role of insurance in a volatile, uncertain and dangerous …
Stephen Catlin, the chief executive of international specialty property/casualty insurer and reinsurer Catlin Group Limited, Forecast a decline in premiums for non-catastrophe exposed classes of insurance and reinsurance, if the current hurricane season remains benign. However, in his lecture on …
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. has named M. Michele Burns, chief financial officer of MMC, to the position of chairman and chief executive officer of Mercer Human Resource Consulting. She succeeds Michael Caulfield, who will be retiring but who will …
Zurich has named Mario P. Vitale as chief executive officer of its Global Corporate North America operations, effective Oct. 2. In this newly created position, Vitale will report to Geoff Riddell, CEO of Zurich Global Corporate, and will work closely …
Don Bailey has been named chief executive officer of Willis North America. Bailey, currently Willis North America’s chief operating officer, succeeds Mario P. Vitale, who is joining Zurich as CEO of its Global Corporate North American operations. Concurrent with his …
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) named a former Citigroup president and chef operating officer, Robert B. Willumstad, as chairman, effective Nov. 1, 2006. He succeeds Frank G. Zarb, who has served as interim chairman since April, 2005. . Zarb remains …
The Allstate Corporation board of directors announced a leadership succession transition, which will occur over the next 18 months. Edward M. Liddy, currently chairman and chief executive officer, plans to step down as CEO at the end of 2006. He …
Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer of Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, New York, N.Y., is the 2006 recipient of the NAMIC’s Chairman’s Award from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. The award was created to recognize …
