Jim Blue entered the insurance sector straight from college via Prudential Financial Inc.’s life insurance training program. He later founded an employee benefits brokerage that was bought by Marsh McLennan Agency in 2010.
Kristen Peed, chief risk officer at Sequoia Benefits and Insurance Services LLC in San Mateo, California, took office as president of the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. on Jan. 1.
Marcus Winter, president & CEO of Munich Re North America, P&C Re, held senior positions in Germany and Australia at Munich Reinsurance Co. before moving to its U.S. operations in Princeton, New Jersey, in 2021.
Pete McPartland has been CEO of Sentry Insurance since 2012 and chairman since 2013. He joined the Stevens Point, Wisconsin-based mutual insurer in 2010 as president and chief operating officer after holding senior positions at various other insurers.
It has been 25 years since FM Global was formed through the merger of Allendale Mutual Insurance Co., Arkwright Mutual Insurance Co. and Protection Mutual Insurance Co., which all used Factory Mutual engineering.
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