Insurance Newscast’s 2011 List of the 100 Most Powerful People in the Insurance Industry–North America

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Insurance Broadcasting, in conjunction with the Insurance Media Association, announced its 8th annual list of the “100 Most Powerful People In The Insurance Industry, North America” also referred to as “The Insurance Dream Team” today, January 22, 2011.

The premise of the list is to assumble the 100 people most connected to the insurance industry in the U.S. who control the most insurance industry resources (people, capital, intellectual knowledge, technology, etc.) or have the most influence on those resources.

The names below are categorized for specific niches of the insurance industry and listed alphabetically within each category.  No effort was made to rank the list as #1, #2, #3, etc.

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Categories

• Super-Icon Status
• P&C Companies
• Life Insurance
• Healthcare
• Reinsurance
• Agent Organizations & Distribution
• Insurance Regulation
• Ratings Agencies
• Insurance Education & Research
• Insurance-Law
• Insurance-Media
• Insurance Analysts
• Workplace-Benefits
• Bank-Insurance
• Direct-Marketing
• Risk-Modeling
• Consulting
• Industry-Organizations
• Insurance-Canada
• Industry-Vendors
• Insurance Technology

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SUPER-ICON STATUS (back to top)

Warren E. Buffett CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. – 7th http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

Maurice R. Greenberg C.V. Starr & Company, Inc. (C.V. Starr) – 8th http://www.cvstarrco.com/indexCVstarr.aspx

P&C COMPANIES (back to top)

	Liam E. McGee Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hartford – 1st http://www.thehartford.com
	Robert H. Benmosche President and Chief Executive Officer, American International Group, Inc.- 2nd (Previously appeared on list with MetLife) http://www.aig.com
	Jay S. Fishman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Travelers – 8th http://www.stpaul.com/
	Mike Foley Chief Executive Officer of Zurich’s North America Commercial business division and is also a member of the Zurich Group Executive Committee (GEC). – 2nd http://www.zurichna.com
	Edmund F. Kelly Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance – 8th http://www.libertymutual.com
	Thomas F. Motamed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CNA Financial – 2nd http://www.cna.com
	Glenn Renwick President & CEO, Progressive – 8th http://www.progressive.com
	Edward B. Rust Jr. Chairman and CEO, State Farm Insurance Companies- 8th http://www.statefarm.com
	Thomas J. Wilson Allstate’s chairman, president and chief executive officer – 2nd http://www.allstate.com

LIFE COMPANIES (back to top)

	Roger W. Ferguson , Jr. President And Chief Executive Officer – 2nd http://www.tiaa-cref.org
	Robert C. Henrikson Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, MetLife – 3rd http://www.metlife.com
	Theodore A. Mathas Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, New York Life – 2nd http://www.newyorklife.com
	John R. Strangfeld Chairman and CEO, Prudential Financial, Inc.- 2nd http://www.prudential.com
	Alexander Rijn Wynaendts CEO and Chairman of the Executive and Management Boards of AEGON N.V. – 2nd http://www.aegon.com
	John E. Schlifske Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Northwestern Mutual – 1st http://www.nmfn.com/

HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTHCARE (back to top)

	Angela F. Braly Chair of the Board, President and CEO, WellPoint, Inc. – 2nd http://www.anthem.com/
	David M. Cordani Director of CIGNA – 1st http://www.cigna.com/
	Karen Ignagni President & CEO, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) – 8th http://www.ahip.org/
	Michael B. McCallister President and Chief Executive Officer, Humana – 2nd http://www.humana.com/
	Kevin McCarthy President and CEO, Unum US – 2nd http://www.unum.com/
	Scott P. Serota President & Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association – 8th http://www.bcbs.com/
	Ronald A.  Williams Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna Inc. – 8th http://www.aetna.com

RE-INSURANCE (back to top)

	Stefan Lippe Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Executive Committee, Swiss Re  – 2nd http://www.swissre.com/
	Dr. jur. Nikolaus von Bomhard Chairman, Munich Re Group – 6th http://www.munichre.com
	Michael S. McGavick Chief Executive Officer, XL Capital Ltd. – 2nd http://www.xlcapital.com/
	Britt Newhouse Chairman, Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC and a member of the Executive Committee – 2nd http://www.guycarp.com
	Franklin W. Nutter President, Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) – 8th http://www.reinsurance.org

AGENT ORGANIZATIONS & DISTRIBUTION (back to top)

	Julian H. Good Jr., CLU, ChFC President, MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table) – 1st http://www.mdrt.org
	Jessica M. Bibliowicz President and Chief Executive Officer, National Financial Partners – 4th http://www.nfp.com/
	Leonard Brevik Executive Vice President & CEO, National Association Of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) – 5th http://www.pianet.com/
	Jack Chiasson Executive Director at NAILBA – 2nd http://www.nailba.org/
	Ken A. Crerar President, The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Officers (CIAB) – 7th http://www.ciab.com/
	Susan B. Waters, EDM, CAE Chief Executive Officer, NAIFA – 1st http://www.naifa.org/
	Bernard G. Heinz Esquire, Executive Director, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) – 8th http://www.aamga.org/
	Fred H. Jonske President and Chief Executive Officer, M Financial Group – 8th http://www.mfin.com/
	Edwin P. Morrow Chairman and CEO, International Association of Registered Financial Consultants – 2nd http://www.iarfc.org
	Robert A. Rusbuldt President and CEO, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) – 8th http://www.iiaba.net
	Janet Trautwein Executive Vice President and CEO, National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) – 4th http://www.nahu.org/

INSURANCE REGULATION (back to top)

	Rep. George Keiser, ND President, National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) – 2nd http://www.ncoil.org/
	U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Senate Banking Committee Chairman – 3rd http://banking.senate.gov
	Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services – 1st http://financialservices.house.gov
	Therese M. (Terri) Vaughan Chief Executive Officer, NAIC – 2nd http://www.naic.org/

INSURANCE BROKERAGE (back to top)

	J. Powell Brown President & Chief Executive Officer, Brown & Brown  – 3rd http://www.bbinsurance.com/
	Gregory C. Case President, CEO, Aon Corp. – 3rd http://www.aon.com/
	J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – 2nd www.ajg.com/
	Brian Duperreault President and Chief Executive Officer, MMC – 2nd http://www.mmc.com
	Martin P. Hughes Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HUB International Limited – 7th http://www.hubinternational.com
	David Lockton Chairman, Lockton Cos. L.L.C. – 2nd www.lockton.com
	Joe Plumeri Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Willis Group Holdings Limited – 8th http://www.willis.com
	H. Wade Reece Chairman & CEO, BB&T Insurance Services – 2nd http://insurance.bbt.com
	Michael J. Sicard Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer – USI Holdings Corp. – 3rd http://www.usi.biz/
	Dave Zuercher Executive Vice President, International and Insurance Services, Wells Fargo & Company – 5th https://wfis.wellsfargo.com/

RATINGS AGENCIES (back to top)

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	Stephen Joynt President and Chief Executive Officer, Fitch Ratings – 2nd http://www.fitchratings.com
	Raymond W. McDaniel Jr. Chairrman and Chief Executive Officer – Moody’s Corporation – 2nd http://www.moodys.com
	Deven Sharma President, Standard & Poor’s – 2nd www.standardandpoors.com

INSURANCE EDUCATION & RESEARCH (back to top)

	Laurence Barton, Ph.D. President & CEO, The American College – 7th http://www.theamericancollege.edu
	Dr. Robert P. Hartwig, CPCU President – Insurance Information Institute – 3rd http://www.iii.org
	William T. Hold, Ph.D., CIC, CPCU, CLU, President, The National Alliance For Insurance Education And Research – 6th http://www.scic.com
	Robert A. Kerzner, CLU, ChFC President and CEO, LIMRA, LOMA and LL Global, Inc. – 5th http://www.limra.com
	James R. Marks, CAE, CPCU, AIM Chief Executive Officer, CPCU Society – 7th http://www.cpcusociety.org

INSURANCE LAW (back to top)

Brian Casey Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP – 5th http://www.lockelord.com/BridgePage.aspx

INSURANCE MEDIA (back to top)

Douglas J. Manoni Chief Executive Officer, Source Media – 1st http://www.sourcemedia.com

INSURANCE ANALYSTS (back to top)

Vincent J. Dowling Insurance Stock Analyst, Dowling & Partners Securities – 8th http://www.dowling.com

WORKPLACE BENEFITS NICHE (back to top)

Daniel Paul Amos Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, AFLAC Incorporated – 8th http://www.aflac.com

BANK INSURANCE MARKETING (back to top)

Valerie Barton Executive Director, American Bankers Insurance Association (ABIA) – 2nd http://www.aba.com/abia/default.htm

DIRECT MARKETING (back to top)

Donald Jackson Chairman, JCG Group, Ltd. – 6th http://www.jcg-ltd.com

RISK MODELING (back to top)

Hemant H. Shah Co-Founder, President & CEO, RMS. – 6th http://www.rms.com

CONSULTING (back to top)

	Sharon Allen Chairman of the Board, Deloitte LLP – 2nd http://www.deloitte.com
	M. Michele Burns CEO, Mercer Chairman- 2nd www.mercer.com
	Russ Fradin Chairman & CEO, Hewitt Associates, Inc. – 2nd http://www.hewitt.com
	John Haley President and Chief Executive Officer, Towers Watson – 4th http://www.watsonwyatt.com/
	Michael Rendell Global Leader, Human Resources Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers – 2nd http://www.milliman.com
	Brad Smith Chairman, Milliman – 2nd http://www.milliman.com

INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS (back to top)

	Brian K. Atchinson Executive Director, IMSA – 8th http://www.imsaethics.org/
	Charles M. Chamness President, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) – 6th http://www.namic.org
	Mike Kelly President, NSSTA, The National Structured Settlements Trade Association – 1st www.nssta.com
	Marvin H. Feldman, CLU, ChFC President and CEO, LIFE Foundation – 2nd http://lifehappens.org
	Dennis P. Harwick President, Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) – 3rd http://www.cicaworld.com
	Doug Head Executive Director, Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) – 6th http://www.lisassociation.org
	Dennis Jay Executive Director, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud – 4th http://www.insurancefraud.org
	Dirk Kempthorne President & Chief Executive Officer – 2nd http://www.acli.com
	Todd McCredie President, Aviation Insurance Association – 2nd http://www.aiaweb.org
	Donald J. Segal, FSA, FCA, MAAA, EA President, Society of Actuaries – 1st http://www.soa.org
	Joseph P. Pomilia Executive Director, Insurance Accounting & Systems Association, Inc. (IASA) – 6th http://www.iasa.org
	Leigh Ann Pusey President and CEO, President, American Insurance Association (AIA) – 2nd http://www.aiadc.org
	David A. Sampson President and CEO of PCI (Property Casualty Insurers Association of America) – 2nd http://www.pciaa.net
	Marvin W. Tuttle, Jr., CAE Executive Director and CEO, Financial Planning Association FPA) – 2nd http://www.fpanet.org
	Linda Wilson, AAI, CPIW, AISE International President, National Association of Insurance Women (International), NAIW – 2nd http://www.naiw.net

INSURANCE, CANADA (back to top)

	Donald Guloien  President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Financial Corporation – 2nd http://www.manulife.com
	D. Allen Loney President and Chief Executive Officer – 2nd http://www.greatwestlifeco.com
	Mark Yakabuski President and C.E.O. of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) – 3rd http://www.ibc.ca

INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY (back to top)

	Jim Kellner Chairman and CEO, Applied Systems – 8th http://www.appliedsystems.com
	Gregory A. Maciag President & CEO, ACORD – 8th http://www.acord.org
	Steve Johnson CEO, ASCnet (Applied Systems Client Network) – 1st http://www.ascnet.org
	Clare DeNicola President & CEO, IVANS Inc. – 5th http://www.ivans.com
	Terry Fleming Director, Div. of Risk Mgmt – 2nd http://www.rims.org
	Jeff Yates Executive Director, The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) – 2nd www.independentagent.com/act

INSURANCE INDUSTRY VENDORS (back to top)

	Lee B. Oliphant Chief Executive Officer and President of MIB Group, Inc. – 1st http://www.mib.com
	Frank J. Coyne Chairman, President, & CEO, Insurance Services Office, Inc (ISO) – 7th http://www.iso.com
	David A. North President & CEO, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. – 2nd https://www.sedgwickcms.com

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