Executive Profiles
Endurance Specialty’s Catherine Kalaydjian: Thriving With Change
Just six months after John Charman took the reins of Endurance Specialty Holdings in May 2013, he announced to the investor community that the management team had been completely restructured. In ...
RSA Insurance Poaches Zurich Exec Norgrove for Irish Unit
RSA Insurance Group Plc named Ken Norgrove as chief executive officer of its Irish unit as the company seeks to put a scandal in Ireland that led to a $1.3 billion rights issue behind it. Norgrove ...
RLI’s Michael Stone: Managing People Is the Key to COO Role
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…" With apologies to Rudyard Kipling, you might finish that sentence with the phrase "you can be the chief operating officer of a ...
AIG Appoints Smith COO of Commercial Insurance
American International Group Inc. on Tuesday announced senior leadership changes in its commercial insurance business, naming Michael Smith to the role of chief operating officer. In addition, James ...
QBE’s Sue Harnett: Leading a Transformation
Operational transformation is a central activity at QBE these days, and leading the change in North America since late 2012 has been Chief Operating Officer Sue Harnett, a 30-year veteran of ...
XL Promotes Tocco to Head of North America P/C
XL Group on Friday announced the appointment of Joseph A. Tocco as chief executive of North American Property and Casualty, effective immediately. He will report to Greg Hendrick, chief executive of ...
Thiele Elected Director Of OneBeacon
The OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. board of directors announced Wednesday that it has elected Patrick A. Thiele as a class II director. Thiele's insurance career spans more than 30 years in the ...
Ross Curtis Takes CUO Role at RenRe
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced Wednesday that Ross A. Curtis will become the Company's Group Chief Underwriting Officer. The CUO role is currently held by President and Chief Executive ...