Executive Profiles
Executives On The Move at XL Group, CSAA and Great American
XL Group announced the appointment of a new chief investment officer. CSAA appointed a new chief risk officer. Great American promoted an executive to head its Environmental division. *** XL Group ...
Hiscox Re Getting Krefta as New CEO; Pinchin Shifting to New Role
Hiscox named a new leader for its reinsurance arm and Bermuda division. The specialist global insurer disclosed that Michael Krefta has been appointed CEO of Hiscox Re and insurance linked ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin and Willis Re
XL Catlin promoted a veteran executive to lead its Multinational Casualty Insurance segment. A Willis Re exec has moved up the ranks to become global deputy CEO. *** XL Catlin appointed James Barbuti ...
Sompo Canopius Makes Management Changes as Group CEO Davies Steps Down
Sompo Canopius AG announced that Stuart Davies is stepping down from his role as group CEO and all other related responsibilities, effective immediately. Davies joined Sompo Canopius in 2015 with a ...
Reversal of Fortune: How One CEO Went From Behind Bars to the Front of Insurance Technology
When entrepreneur Louis Ziskin says, "My best days are in front of me," he's not kidding. Ziskin had spectacularly built an eight-figure business in a scant four years and then lost it all in an ...
Small Biz Insurance Site CoverWallet Pulls In $7.8M in Funding, Adds Ermilio as President
Online commercial insurance agency CoverWallet announced it has received $7.8 million in funding in a Series A round led by Union Square Ventures, bringing its total raised to date to $9.5 million. ...
Treasure Trōv: A Serial Entrepreneur’s Path to On-Demand Single-Item Insurance
Scott Walchek is a serial startup specialist—the classic technology entrepreneur who conjures a way to do something better and then makes it happen. His most recent imaginings have centered on the ...
Executives On The Move at CSAA, The Hanover, James River Group, Hamilton and Human Condition Safety
New strategy officers joined the executive teams of two property/casualty insurers this week, as CSAA Insurance Group appointed a chief strategy and innovation officer and The Hanover Insurance Group ...