Business Insurance's 2011 Women to Watch honorees

Business Insurance's annual Women to Watch feature recognizes individuals doing exceptional work in risk management, benefits management, commercial insurance and related fields.

The insurance industry, especially at the executive levels, remains a male-dominated sector in many areas. But more and more women are being appointed to executive and senior management positions, as we have seen in this annual feature throughout the past six years.

It is always tough for the BI editors involved in the selection process to narrow down the field of candidates and select only 25 honorees. This year the process was extraordinarily difficult as we received a record number of nominations.

However, we have selected what we think is an exceptional group of women who are doing extraordinary work.

To read the full-length interviews, click on the links below.

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HONOREES

Marcia Benshoof, IMA Financial Group Inc.
Libby Christman, Ahold USA Inc.
Robin L. Cohen, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP
Grace Crickette, University of California
Lori Daugherty, PMSI Inc.
Michelle DuFour, BorgWarner Inc.
Sharon Edwards, Willis North America
Laura Foggan, Wiley Rein LLP
Mary Jane Fortin, American General Life Cos.
Maureen Gallagher, Neace Lukens Inc.
Kimberly George, Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc.
Sallie Giblin, Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC
Pam Humphrey, ACE USA
Toni Ianniello, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Tina Y. Mallie, Zurich American Insurance Co. 
Kathleen R. McCann, Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC
Melissa Miller, NextEra Energy LLC
Lisa Morgan, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
Karen O’Reilly, Chartis Global Property
Terrie Pohjola, SECURA Insurance Cos.
MaryAnn Sackman, RMI Consulting LLC
Kristi Savacool, Aon Hewitt Inc.
Cindy Slubowski, Kraft Foods Inc.
Kelly Superczynski, Aon Benfield Analytics
Caroline Woolley, Marsh Inc.