Executive Profiles
Allied World in North America: A Growth Story
Although an acquisition—a $550 million deal for Darwin Professional Underwriters in mid-2008—kicked off Allied World's U.S. expansion in the specialty insurance segment, in the years since Global ...
Allied World’s Cultural Edge: Competing with Giants to Grow Specialty Business
When you're a smaller athlete competing with giants, sheer determination and sharp reflexes are tools you might use to glide past opponents—and a winning formula in business isn't too different, ...
Turo: The Insurance Question
The editors of Carrier Management wondered about insurance questions surrounding one of the sharing economy innovations described in Dennis Chookaszian's accompanying article—the car sharing ...
Former CNA Chair Chookaszian Reveals the Industry’s Unused Asset: Customers
When you serve as a director for five public companies and two dozen insurance technology service providers, you travel quite a bit. Sharing economy innovations have opened a world of new experiences ...
Executives On The Move at Ironshore, W.R. Berkley and Starr Cos.
Ironshore chose a new head of Global Claims. W.R. Berkley Corp. made some new appointments in two of its business units. Starr Cos. named two executives to help run its new Accident & Health ...
Guy Carpenter Chairman Newhouse Will Retire at Year-End
Guy Carpenter Chairman Britt Newhouse is retiring at the end of 2017, a company spokesperson has confirmed. Newhouse has been chairman of the reinsurance broker/strategic advisory firm since 2008. ...
The Role of Leaders Is Serving Employees: QBE NA CEO Johnston
If you were to ask the chief executive officer of QBE North America what success looks like, he might pull out some text messages with images of employees celebrating a recent change at the company. ...
QBE’s Global Strength: A Pillar of North America Strategy
QBE North America's activities in the wake of this year's hurricanes demonstrate the strength of the entire QBE global enterprise, measured with gauges beyond financial capital. Russell Johnston, QBE ...