Executive Profiles
AXIS Capital CFO Henry Retiring; COO Vogt Named Successor
Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced last week that Chief Financial Officer Joseph Henry will retire at the end of the year, to be succeeded by Peter Vogt. Vogt, who is currently ...
AIA CEO Leigh Ann Pusey to Depart for Leadership Role at Eli Lilly
Leigh Ann Pusey, longtime leader of the American Insurance Association, plans to depart in June for an executive role with the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. Pusey has led the AIA since 2009, ...
Executives On The Move at CNA, JLT Specialty and More
CNA appointed a new president and chief operating officer for Specialty. JLT Specialty USA made a strategic hire for its Environmental team. Willis Towers Watson named a Midwest leader for its ...
USAA’s Goal: Make Innovation Part of Its Cultural Fabric
Wal-Mart gave Jon-Michael Kowall some of his earliest lessons in innovation. The USAA executive was in his early 20s, a Wal-Mart manager-in-training in metro Austin and Corpus Christi, when new ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Beazley, RLI and Erie Insurance
XL Catlin hired three executives to beef up expanded M&A insurance operations for global transactional risks. An executive joins Beazley to fill the newly created role of financial lines regional ...
Will New Munich Re CEO Wenning Succeed With ‘Hard-Nosed’ Approach?
Joachim Wenning admitted he would not be to everyone's liking long before taking the helm of Germany's Munich Re. That hard-nosed approach could prove valuable as the 52-year-old tackles falling ...
The Hartford CEO Swift Open to Larger Acquisitions That ‘Accelerate’ Existing Growth Plans
The Hartford Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift said he remains interested in potential acquisitions – even large ones – less than a year after completing a noteworthy M&A deal in mid-2016. ...
Insurance Startup Root Hires Ex-State Auto Exec Powell as Its CFO
Insurance startup Root is tapping a former State Auto executive Cindy Powell as its chief financial officer. Powell had been at State Auto Insurance Companies for 26 years, and served as its first ...