SPECIAL REPORT
ELITE WOMEN 2019 DENISE PAVLOV
LAURA DE SORDI
Chief underwriting officer
Managing director, Latin America and Caribbean
Topa Insurance Group
Sedgwick
LORI GOLTERMANN CEO, US commercial risk solutions and health solutions Aon
As the CEO of Aon’s US commercial risk and health solutions sectors, Lori Goltermann oversees 6,000 colleagues across 40 company offices. Since she joined Aon in 1993, Goltermann has devoted nearly three decades of her career to enhancing, challenging and molding US operations to position the organization as a leading professional services firm. She has served as a significant figure in delivering client value through Aon’s framework, Client Promise, and is passionate about helping her clients achieve their aspirations through their risk, retirement and health needs. Before being appointed CEO, Goltermann was the executive vice president for Aon’s US health and benefits practice, where she helped clients customize benefits strategies and design private health exchange solutions. Goltermann was also responsible for designing and launching data analytics casualty offerings to aid organizations in identifying cost-saving opportunities using internal and industry data. Outside of her responsibilities at Aon, Goltermann has played an active role on several boards, including the Edgewood Children’s Center and Forsyth School. She also sits on the CIAB board and is a member of The Chicago Network.
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Denise Pavlov joined Topa Insurance Group in 2018, bringing more than 30 years of industry experience, with an emphasis on commercial and personal lines underwriting and customer service. In her role as Topa’s chief underwriting officer, Pavlov oversees the company’s underwriting products, program development, human resources and marketing. Throughout her career, Pavlov has had success in launching insurance products in new states, implementing new billing and processing systems, reducing new business transaction costs, building agency relationships, and leading multiple departments.
Following the opening of Sedgwick’s new operational hub in Miami, Laura de Sordi was appointed managing director, leading field operations across Latin America and the Caribbean. Since assuming her new role, de Sordi has been working with market leaders in 11 countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. She is also responsible for managing business and enhancing relationships with clients, assisting with complex claims, and developing business opportunities across the region. An Italian-qualified lawyer and private judge, de Sordi previously spent 12 years in London, working for a major reinsurer as head of the legal department and head of claims for Spain and Latin America.
JANET PANE Managing director and head of global services and solutions Willis Towers Watson
For more than two decades, Janet Pane has transformed multiple teams at Willis Towers Watson through her leadership and multicultural expertise. She serves as the company’s head of global services and solutions for corporate risk and broking, where she manages a collaborative network of insurance experts in more than 140 countries to ensure consistency and excellence. “Janet drives forward-thinking change by harnessing client-focused energy and identifying opportunity,” says Mike Liss, head of corporate risk and broking for North America at Willis Towers Watson. “She’s an asset to clients and colleagues alike.” Pane is also active on industry panels and councils, including the Excess Line Association of New York, where she formerly served as chair. She is also highly committed to diversity and inclusion initiatives and mentoring young industry professionals.
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