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INSURANCE NEWSCAST can be read online at http://www.insurancebroadcasting.com/ INSURANCE NEWSCAST - Monday, 01/09/06 Subscribe Archives Home Page Unsubscribe Media Kit Tel. 888-282-1765 Change e-mail E-Mail INSURANCE NEWSCAST over 350,000 subscribers Read daily by over 350,000 of the "best and the brightest" in the insurance industry. Walt Podgurski, CLU, CES, Publisher & Editor 5th Annual Report of the “INSURANCE INDUSTRY 100 MOST POWERFUL (NORTH AMERICA)” LIST 01/09/06 -- "InsuranceBroadcasting.com is pleased to announce our 5th annual list of the 100 most powerful people in the insurance industry (North America)" commented Walter B. Podgurski, CEO. "We understand the subjectivity of this type of ranking, but stand by our five year premise. The people below are the 100 we think who have the most resources available to them and who would have the most ability (as a group) to successfully accomplish any goal or directive of the insurance industry. What better list of 100 people exists that could exert more collective influence over the insurance industry?" We have a simple methodology of measuring power. This is not a list of the largest 100 insurance company CEO's, or designed to recognize past achievement, longevity, or decide who is the most effective businessperson, or determine who has been the most innovative, or who is on the fast-track to the top. It is an attempt to express who controls the most insurance industry resources (people, capital, intellectual knowledge, technology, etc.) or has the most influence on those resources. Here is the methodology we chose to support our choices. The person with the most power is the person at the top of the organization. Power is diverse. Power controls or influences resources. Our list is weighted by current control of power. Each year we receive a certain amount of criticism and critique. In an industry as large and segmented as the insurance industry, 100 people is an incredibly small number of people to single out and recognize, ensuring at least some degree of debate. We publish this list to provoke thinking and discussion, and to provide a better perspective on our industry. It is a serious list, but it shouldn't be taken that seriously. We do take pride in our annual list and are honored to name these people to our list of the 100 most powerful. As we mention each year, it is important to note that no one asked to be on the list, and many might even be a bit uncomfortable to be on a "power" list. The term "power" in today's society can make people uncomfortable, with words like leadership or stewardship preferred. My personal belief is that the people on this list would be the first to give credit to others. Most likely they have worked hard and have great integrity and management skills, and the reason they have power is that they have been given that power by others because they are "trusted." I believe they believe that their power is a reflection of the confidence and faith others have in them, and their power is viewed by them as a guardianship, duty and charge to serve others. We received many nominations of people with great credentials that we were just unable to fit onto a list of only 100. The difficulty is easily understood by asking yourself who you would remove from the list below to add your favorite. We also have categorized the names to look at who was selected from a specific niche of the insurance industry. The names are listed alphabetically within each category. No effort was made to rank the list as #1, #3, etc. Let us know what you think (wpodgurski@aol.com) - we will report back all the comments, good or bad, in a future edition of INSURANCE NEWSCAST. Sincerely Walt Podgurski Chairman & CEO www.InsuranceBroadcasting.com INSURANCE NEWSCAST SPECIAL REPORT - "INSURANCE NEWSCAST 100 INSURANCE INDUSTRY MOST POWERFUL - NORTH AMERICA” LIST FOR 2005 - 2006 SUPER-ICON STATUS RATINGS AGENCIES P&C COMPANIES LIFE COMPANIES HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTHCARE RE-INSURANCE AGENT ORGANIZATIONS & DISTRIBUTION INSURANCE REGULATION / LEGISLATION INSURANCE BROKERAGE INSURANCE EDUCATION & RESEARCH INSURANCE LAW CONSULTING INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS INSURANCE ANALYSTS INSURANCE, CANADA INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE INDUSTRY VENDORS BANK INSURANCE MARKETING WORKSITE MARKETING NICHE LEGAL PLAN NICHE ONLINE DISTRIBUTION INSURANCE MEDIA STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS DIRECT MARKETING RISK MODELING INSURANCE NEWSCAST - STORIES INSURANCE NEWSCAST'S 2005 - 2006 LIST OF THE 100 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY - NORTH AMERICA SUPER-ICON STATUS Warren E. Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - 4th Appearance Maurice R. Greenberg, C.V. Starr & Company, Inc. (C.V. Starr) - 5th Appearance Back To Top RATINGS AGENCIES Keith M. Buckley, Managing Director, Fitch's North American Insurance Rating Group - - 5th Appearance Ted Collins, Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service - - 5th Appearance Steven J. Dreyer, Managing Director, North American Practice Leader for Standard & Poor's Financial Services. - 5th Appearance Robert L. Riegel, Managing Director, Life & Health Insurance Team, Financial Institutions Group, Moody's Investors Service - - 5th Appearance Arthur Snyder, President & Chairman, A.M. Best - 5th Appearance Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D., Chairman Weiss Ratings, Inc.- - 5th Appearance Back To Top P&C COMPANIES Axel Lehmann, CEO, Zurich North America - 1st Appearance Ramani Ayer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. - 5th Appearance Jay S. Fishman, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, The St. Paul Companies - 5th Appearance Edmund F. Kelly, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance - 5th Appearance Ed Liddy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Allstate Corporation - 5th Appearance Stephen W. Lilienthal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CNA Insurance - 3rd Appearance Glen Renwick,, President & CEO, Progressive - 5th Appearance Edward B. Rust Jr., Chairman and CEO, State Farm Insurance Companies - 5th Appearance Martin J. Sullivan, President And Chief Executive, AIG - 1st Appearance Mark R. Thresher, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nationwide Financial - 3rd Appearance Back To Top LIFE COMPANIES Herbert M. Allison, Jr., Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA-CREF - 3rd Appearance Robert H. Benmosche, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer MetLife - 5th Appearance Donald J. Shepard, Chairman of the Executive Board of AEGON N.V., Chairman of AEGON USA - 4th Appearance Sy Sternberg, Chairman Of The Board, President, & Chief Executive Officer, New York Life Insurance Company - 5th Appearance Arthur Ryan, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Financial, Inc. - 5th Appearance Ed Zore, President & CEO, Northwestern Mutual Insurance - 5th Appearance Back To Top HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTHCARE Larry C. Glasscock, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthem, Inc. - 3rd Appearance H. Edward Hanway, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, CIGNA Corporation - 5th Appearance Karen Ignagni, President & CEO, AAHP-HIAA - 5th Appearance Evelyn F. Ireland, CAE, Executive Director, National Association Of Dental Plans - 1st Appearance David A. Jones, Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder, Humana Inc. - 5th Appearance William W. McGuire, M.D., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, UnitedHealth Group - 5th Appearance John W. Rowe, M.D., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna Inc.- 5th Appearance Scott P. Serota, President & Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association - 5th Appearance Thomas R. Watjen, President and Chief Executive Officer, UnumProvident Corporation - 3rd Appearance Back To Top RE-INSURANCE Jacques Aigrain, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re - 1st Appearance Dr. jur. Nikolaus von Bomhard, Chairman, Munich Re Group - 3rd Appearance Franklin W. Nutter, President, Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) - 5th Appearance Brian O'Hara, President & Chief Executive Officer, XL CAPITAL - 2nd Appearance Ron Pressman, Chairman, President & CEO, GE Insurance Solutions - 4th Appearance Back To Top AGENT ORGANIZATIONS & DISTRIBUTION Jessica M. Bibliowicz, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Financial Partners - 1st Appearance Leonard Brevik, Executive Vice President & CEO, National Association Of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) - 2nd Appearance Ken A. Crerar, President, The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Officers (CIAB) - 2nd Appearance Bernd G. Heinze, Esquire, Executive Director, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) - 5th Appearance Fred H. Jonske, President and Chief Executive Officer, M Financial Group - 5th Appearance Kevin Merz, 2005 Chairman, National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies, (NAILBA) - 2nd Appearance Stephen O. Rothschild, CLU, ChFC, President, Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), - 1st Appearance Robert A. Rusbuldt, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. (IIABA). - 5th Appearance Janet Trautwein, Executive Vice President and CEO, National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) - 1st Appearance David F. Woods, CLU, ChFC, Chief Executive Officer , The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) - 4th Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE REGULATION / LEGISLATION Alessandro Iuppa, NAIC President, Maine Insurance Superintendent - 1st Appearance Susan Nolan, Executive Director, The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) - 2nd appearance Catherine (Cathy) J. Weatherford, Executive Vice President and CEO, The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) - 3rd Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE BROKERAGE J. Hyatt Brown, CPCU, CLU, Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer, Brown & Brown - 4th Appearance Michael Cherkasky, Chief Executive Officer, Marsh Inc. - 2nd Appearance Martin P. Hughes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HUB International Limited - 4th Appearance Paul Karon, President and COO, Benfield Inc. (US Division) - 1st Appearance Joe Plumeri, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Willis Group Holdings Limited - 5th Appearance Patrick G. Ryan, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Aon Corporation - 5th Appearance Dave Zuercher, Chairman & Head of International and Insurance Services, Acordia Inc. - 1st Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE EDUCATION & RESEARCH Laurence Barton, Ph.D., President & CEO, The American College - 3rd Appearance Joseph M. Belth, Ph.D., professor emeritus of insurance at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (Bloomington), Thomas P. Donaldson, FLMI, CLU President & Chief Executive Officer LOMA - 5th Appearance Gordon Stewart - President - Insurance Information Institute - 1st Appearance William T. Hold, Ph.D., CIC, CPCU, CLU, President, The National Alliance For Insurance Education And Research - 3rd Appearance Robert A. Kerzner, President & Chief Executive Officer LIMRA International - 2nd Appearance James R. Marks, CAE, CPCU, AIM, Executive Vice President, CPCU Society - 5th Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE LAW Brian Casey, Partner, Lord, Bissell & Brook - 4th Appearance Thomas A. Player, Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP - 4th Appearance Back To Top CONSULTING Patricia Guinn, Managing Director of Tillinghast - Towers Perrin and Towers Perrin Reinsurance - 5th Appearance John Haley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. - 1st Appearance Back To Top INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS Brian K. Atchinson, Executive Director, IMSA - - 5th Appearance Robert M. Beuerlein, President, Society of Actuaries - 1st Appearance Charles M. Chamness, President, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) - 3rd Appearance Ernst N. Csiszar, President & CEO, President & CEO, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America - 2nd Appearance Gary Hicks, Executive Director, Aviation Insurance Association - 2nd Appearance Dennis Jay, Executive Director, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud - 1st Appearance Frank Keating, President and CEO, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) - 4th Appearance Joseph P. Pomilia, Executive Director, Insurance Accounting & Systems Association, Inc. (IASA) - 3rd Appearance Jack Ramirez, President, CEO National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) - 5th Appearance Governor Marc Racicot, President, American Insurance Association (AIA) - 1st Appearance David F. Woods, CLU, ChFC, President, The Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) - 1st Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE ANALYSTS Vincent J. Dowling, Insurance Stock Analyst, Dowling & Partners Securities - 5th Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE, CANADA Stanley I. Griffin, President and C.E.O. of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) - 5th Appearance Dominic D'Alessandro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife - 5th Appearance Raymond L. McFeetors, President & Chief Executive Officer, Great-West Lifeco Inc. (Lifeco) - 1st Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY Mary Roth, Executive Director, Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) - 2nd Appearance Jim Kellner, Chairman and CEO, Applied Systems - 5th Appearance Gregory A. Maciag, President & CEO, ACORD - 5th Appearance Clare DeNicola, President & CEO, IVANS Inc. - 2nd Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE INDUSTRY VENDORS Jay F. Cook CEO & Chief Visioneer, MIB Group, Inc. - 5th Appearance Frank J. Coyne, Chairman, President, & CEO, Insurance Services Office, Inc (ISO) - 4th Appearance Back To Top BANK INSURANCE MARKETING Beth L. Climo, Executive Director, ABA Securities Association, American Bankers Insurance Association (ABIA) - 5th Appearance Larry Marsh, President & CEO, Marsh·Berry Companies - 5th Appearance Back To Top WORKSITE MARKETING NICHE Daniel Paul Amos, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, AFLAC Incorporated - 5th Appearance Back To Top LEGAL PLAN NICHE Alec Schwartz, Executive Director, American Prepaid Legal Services Institute - 2nd appearance Back To Top ONLINE DISTRIBUTION Robert S. Bland, Chairman and Founder, Quotesmith.com -2nd Appearance Back To Top INSURANCE MEDIA Andrew L. Goodenough, President & CEO, Highline Media, LLC. - 1st Appearance Back To Top STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS & VIATICALS Malcolm Deener, President, National Structured Settlements Trade Association - 2nd Apperance Doug Head, Executive Director, Viatical and Life Settlement Association of America (VLSAA) - 2nd Appearance Back To Top DIRECT MARKETING Donald Jackson, Chairman, JCG Group, Ltd. - 3rd Appearance Back To Top RISK MODELING Hemant H. Shah, Co-Founder, President & CEO, RMS. - 3rd Appearance Back To Top The e-mail address subscribed to INSURANCE NEWSCAST is #emailaddress#.