Executive Profiles
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, Willis Towers Watson, AXIS and Aspen
The Hartford appointed its latest chief information officer. Willis Towers Watson named a new global head of Broking within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has a ...
Switzerland’s Helvetia Expands Into Aviation Insurance Market
Helvetia Specialty Lines CH & International said it will begin writing aviation insurance in October. Plans call for Helvetia's aviation team to offer worldwide insurance coverage for passenger ...
Chamness Retiring From NAMIC CEO Role
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies announced that Charles Chamness, the chief executive officer of the organization, is retiring from the post he held for nearly 17 years. The ...
‘It’s About the Mission,’ Retiring NAMIC CEO Chamness Says
"Be optimistic and be indefatigable." Charles Chamness, president and CEO of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, carefully pronounces each syllable of the last word as he recalls ...
New CEO Levinson on Rebuilding Lexington Insurance
Success for a specialty lines carrier is about discipline. It's about walking away from classes of business or lines of business when rates are no longer adequate. It's about having the courage to ...
Executives On The Move at AmTrust and BHSI
AmTrust Financial Service's E&S unit launched its new excess casualty underwriting division and has hired a former Everest Reinsurance Division to lead it. An ex-RSA executive will lead Bershire ...
JLT Specialty USA Founding Leader Rice Becomes CEO of CAC Specialty
Newly launched specialty insurance broker CAC Specialty announced the appointment of Michael D. Rice II as its chief executive officer. Rice brings years of experience in the brokerage industry. Most ...
Zurich Hires Ex-Swiss Regulator Giger as New Chief Risk Officer
Zurich Insurance Group hired a former Swiss regulator to become its new chief risk officer. Peter Giger will take on his new role at the company on Oct. 1, 2019. He replaces Alison Marton in the ...