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Chairman and CEO STARR COMPANIES Maurice Greenberg is the chairman and CEO of Starr Companies, one of the largest and fastest-growing insurance companies in the world. Under Greenberg’s leadership, Starr has launched several new products (including fraud and impersonation coverage and an umbrella product for small businesses), and has made inroads into the Chinese market with the acquisition of Shanghai-based Dazhong Insurance Company. Until 2005, Greenberg was chairman and CEO of AIG, which he led to become the world’s largest insurance and financial services company. Greenberg also serves on Yale University’s President’s Council on International Activities, as honorary vice chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations and as vice chairman of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.
WANG QUNBIN Executive director and president FOSUN INTERNATIONAL
TODD BIXLER President and CEO K&K INSURANCE GROUP As president and CEO for K&K Insurance Group, Todd Bixler oversees nearly 300 employees in product development, marketing, underwriting, policy issuance and claims handling for one of the leading provider of sports, leisure and entertainment insurance products throughout the US and Canada. Under Bixler’s guidance, K&K has seen a total growth rate of more than 65% in premium and more than 50% in revenue over the last five years. The company also introduced new program coverage last year for resorts, campgrounds, inflatables, Girl and Boy Scouts, RV dealerships, and K-12 accident coverage. Prior to becoming president and CEO, Bixler served as controller, CFO, chief administrative officer, executive vice president and COO.
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Under the leadership of Wang Qunbin China-based insurance giant Fosun International raised $1.5 billion to fund acquisitions in 2015, and acquired many American insurers, including Meadowbrook and Ironshore. In addition to his duties at Fosun, Wang serves as a director of Ironshore, Nanjing Nangang, Fosun Insurance Portugal and other companies. He’s also been a director of Fosun High Tech since its establishment in 1994. Prior to joining Fosun, Wang was a lecturer at the Genetic Research Institute of Fudan University. He’s the recipient of Enterprise Asia’s Asia Pacific Outstanding Entrepreneur Award and was named 2014’s Best Asian Corporate Director by Corporate Governance Asia. Wang also has been recognized by the Harvard Business Review as one of the world’s best-performing CEOs.
GEOF MCKERNAN CEO NSM INSURANCE GROUP Geof McKernan leads NSM Insurance Group, a leader in the development, implementation, marketing and underwriting of insurance programs for
Producer ARBOR INSURANCE GROUP Justin Biedleman has been in the insurance business for just over five years, but he’s already landed on IBA’s Top Producers list. Specializing in captive insurance solutions with a focus on the construction and restaurant industries, Biedleman says his drive and determination have been key to his success. “Never give up, and don’t let a ‘no’ discourage you from obtaining a ‘yes,’” he says. “A producer can’t be afraid to pick up the phone and begin calling or hit the streets and begin walking in and out of businesses.”
PETER HANCOCK CEO AIG AIG’s Peter Hancock has weathered a tough year. Not only did thirdquarter earnings come in well under analysts’ expectations (and down about 60% from the third quarter of 2014), but Hancock has also had to weather calls from activist investor Carl Icahn, who wants the company to separate its life and mortgage insurance subsidiaries to create three independent companies. Hancock, however, has stood firm, saying that removing AIG’s government designation as a systemically important financial institution would be a distraction from his goal of growing the company while cutting costs.
niche markets. Last year, McKernan helped shepherd a deal in which AIG purchased a controlling stake in the company, a move he said “will power our acquisitions and internal growth plans. Ultimately, AIG’s investment enables us to continue to be an entrepreneurial organization and to seek new opportunities and programs.”
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