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Jason R. Fathallah
NAME: Jason R. Fathallah
NEW JOB TITLE: Milwaukee-based partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
PREVIOUS POSITION: Milwaukee-based partner and section co-chair, von Briesen & Roper SC
Sean Salvas
Phoenix-based senior market strategy lead, environmental health and safety, Origami Risk
Catharina Richter
NAME: Catharina Richter NEW JOB TITLE: Munich-based global head, Cyber Center of Competence, Allianz SE PREVIOUS POSITION: Munich-based head of regulatory management, head of digital regulation, Allianz SE INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: Cyber is the number one global business risk, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the push toward digitalization in insurance and many other […]
Paul Hyer
NAME: Paul Hyer NEW JOB TITLE: Minneapolis-based rating agency advisory leader, Lockton Re PREVIOUS POSITION: Minneapolis-based associate director of rating agency advisory, Aon PLC INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: I would have had a much different answer if this was pre-COVID. Working in reinsurance broking with insurers of all classes and sizes, the outlook varies greatly. Overall, the industry remains well-capitalized and […]
Dana Lodge
NEW JOB TITLE: New Jersey-based chief financial officer, Everest Insurance Co.
PREVIOUS POSITION: New York-based senior vice president, director of finance, Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: The outlook is strong. The current coronavirus public health crisis will have an impact on the insurance industry in the short term, but economic activity will return and those who are well-capitalized will be able to work through this.
Amy Wrightsel
NEW JOB TITLE: Louisville, Kentucky-based CEO, Preferred Medical
PREVIOUS POSITION: Louisville, Kentucky-based chief operating officer, Preferred Medical
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: Consolidation within the industry is not done yet and COVID-19 will have a huge impact on where it’s going. Being a service provider in workers comp is profoundly different during shelter-in-place and it will still be different post-COVID because how you do business has changed.
Matthew Kahn
NEW JOB TITLE: Washington-based commercial division director, RCM&D
PREVIOUS POSITION: Washington-based mid-Atlantic real estate practice leader, Marsh LLC
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: The insurance industry’s outlook is very much tied to the outlook of the overall economy. Right now, like so many others, we’re hoping for a swift end to the pandemic.
