2nd Act: From Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy to Director of Insurance Operations
What does a rear admiral do after 31 years in the Navy?
Instead of retiring, Rear Admiral John Spencer decided to pursue a second career ...
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Maryanne Sherman is President of Sherman Think Tank, a marketing communications “think tank” specializing in the insurance and reinsurance industry based in Lawrenceville, N.J. She is a veteran writer with decades of experience writing about insurance and a past president of the Association of Professional Insurance Women. Reach her at msherman@shermanthinktank.com.
2nd Act: From Commercial Airline Pilot to AXA XL’s Head of Aerospace Claims
Like most of us in the insurance business, Tom Vargo, AXA XL's claims manager-Aerospace, did not grow up wanting to be an insurance executive. He was fascinated with ...
2nd Act: U.S. Air Force Cyber Operations Officer to CEO Cyber MGA
Vishaal Hariprasad, the chief executive and co-founder of a managing general agency specializing in cyber risk solutions, is known by the nickname "V8," a nickname he got during his days in the Air ...
Building a Specialty Carrier: Does Culture Beat Strategy, or Is Culture Strategy?
After getting the go-ahead to build a new insurance company, BHSI's founding executive team—Peter Eastwood, president and CEO; David Bresnahan, executive vice president; David Fields, executive ...
It Takes a Leap of Faith, Says InsurTech Founder
For Ilya Bodner, founder and chief executive officer of insurance technology company Bold Penguin, building a fast-growing company has been a long time coming. After arriving in Columbus, Ohio, from ...
CEO Interview: Metromile Shaking Up the Auto Insurance Industry With a Lifestyle Product
Metromile is one of the early InsurTech companies. It is also one of only a few InsurTechs that is really transforming the insurance business. Most InsurTechs focus on operating efficiencies in ...
Hippo Insurance’s CEO Looks Back on ‘A Banner Year’
Hippo Insurance was founded in 2015, started selling homeowners insurance policies online in 2017, and in October 2018, during its first policy year, faced one of the worst wildfire seasons in ...