Insurance CEOs News

NTSB Chairman to Speak at Md. Town Hall Meeting Focusing on Teen Driving Deaths

National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners will speak to Washington, D.C. area parents about teen driving safety at a town hall meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. “In Maryland, teen drivers are less than 6% of …

Dobbie Named President, CEO of Maclean, Oddy

Stuart Dobbie has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Dallas-based Maclean, Oddy & Associates, the company announced. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2005. He succeeds Roy B. Oddy, who has held the title of chairman and CEO …

Plumeri Lauds FSA CEO Tiner’s Goals for Industry

Joe Plumeri, the outspoken CEO of global broker Wills Group Holdings, has issued a statement lauding the goals set forth by John Tiner, the CEO of the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) in a recent speech. “Today, John Tiner put …

Feinstein to Retire; Farmers Appoints Hopkins CEO

An announcement from Zurich Financial Services Group notes that Martin D. Feinstein (56) will retire effective March 31, 2005, as CEO of Farmers Group Inc. (FGI). He will also step down from his position on Zurich’s Group Executive Committee, “after …

Aspen Specialty Insurance CEO Out

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. on Monday announced that it has accepted the resignation of Peter Coghlan, president and CEO of Boston-based Aspen Specialty Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Coghlan resigned following his reported admission that he misstated his educational credentials …

Levene to Serve 2nd Term as Lloyd’s Chairman

Lloyd’s announced that Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken is to serve a second term as its Chairman. He became Lloyd’s 61st Chairman, for a minimum term of three years in November 2002, and has accepted an invitation from the Council …

Swiss Re CEO to Open 2005 LOMA International Underwriting Congress

Swiss Re CEO John Coomber will deliver the keynote address at the 2005 LOMA International Underwriting Congress (IUC) scheduled to take place April 17-20 at the NogaHilton Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. Coomber, the first U.K. national to head Swiss Re, …

Aon Steered Clear of Insurance Wrongdoing, CEO Ryan Insists

Aon Corp. Chairman and CEO Patrick Ryan is fighting to show his company is free from wrongdoing as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer expands his investigation into questionable insurance industry practices. Allegations have not been brought against Aon — …

Montpelier Re Chairman Taylor Wins Industry Award

Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.’s Chairman, President & CEO, Anthony Taylor, has been named “Outstanding Achiever of the Year” at the 2004 Insurance Day Awards, held on Dec. 1 in London. Jon Guy, Editor-in-Chief of the London-based trade journal ‘Insurance …

Clarification: Merchants Group Inc. Holding Company Chief Resigns; Merchants Insurance CEO Zak Remains

The chief executive officer of Merchants Group, Inc., the Buffalo, N.Y-based holding company, has resigned, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stephen C. June resigned Nov. 30 from Merchants Group, Inc. (MGI), a non-insurance …