Executive Profiles
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 ...
W.R. Berkley Launches Cyber Unit Headed by Former Chubb Exec Vispoli
W. R. Berkley Corporation announced the formation of Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions on Thursday. Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions will offer specialty commercial insurance coverages on a worldwide basis to ...
Regulators, Insurers Need to ‘Prove Value-Add’ as Disrupters Gain Traction
Property/casualty insurance executives may be worried about disrupters discovering novel ways to connect with their hard-earned policyholders, but an insurance regulator with a reputation for ...
Moving Past Disruption: CoverHound CEO Moore
When CoverHound CEO Keith Moore speaks publicly about career experiences that prepared him to lead an online insurance agency operating as "a trusted adviser for curated choice," he highlights jobs ...