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Willis Towers Watson Chooses Hess as Its Next Leader
Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson chose Carl Hess as the company's new president and next chief executive officer. Hess, who currently serves as Willis Towers Watson's head of Investment, Risk ...
Veteran Assurant CEO Colberg to Retire at Year-End; Demmings to Replace Him
Assurant CEO Alan Colberg plans to retire at the end of 2021, and the company has designed Keith Demmings to replace him. Demmings, currently the leader of Assurant's Global Lifestyle segment, has ...
Beazley CEO Horton Will Leave to Lead QBE
Beazley Chief Executive Officer Andrew Horton is leaving to become the group chief executive officer of QBE Insurance Group Ltd. in Australia, the two companies announced. Horton will be succeeded in ...
SCOR Chooses Ribadeau-Dumas as Next CEO, Succeeding Kessler
The SCOR board of directors unanimously chose Benoît Ribadeau-Dumas as the next chief executive officer of SCOR, succeeding Denis Kessler, SCOR's current chairman and CEO. Ribadeau-Dumas will become ...
AIG to Make Zaffino CEO and Duperreault Exec Chairman; Life & Retirement Biz to Separate
American International Group has disclosed significant leadership changes as well as plans to separate its Life & Retirement business into an independent company. Peter Zaffino, currently AIG's ...
American Family Succession Plan Calls for Changing of the Guard in 2022
American Family Insurance group's succession plan calls for Chair and Chief Executive Officer Jack Salzwedel to continue as chair and CEO until Jan. 1, 2022. American Family Enterprise President Bill ...
Buffett Promises Berkshire Shareholders Will Hear More From Jain and Abel
Warren Buffett waited until the very last page of his annual shareholder letter to reveal a big change: Shareholders will be hearing more from top lieutenants Ajit Jain and Greg Abel. The pair, seen ...
Chubb’s Andrade to Become Everest Re Group’s CEO in Early 2020
A former Chubb executive is slated to become Everest Re Group's new leader by early 2020. Juan Andrade is initially joining the Bermuda-based reinsurer as chief operating officer on Sept. 1, 2019. ...