Business Insurance launched the Women to Watch awards program in 2006 to identify and recognize leading women in the commercial insurance, risk management, employee benefits and related fields such as consulting and law. Honorees are nominated by Business Insurance readers and selected by a panel of Business Insurance editors based on a set of criteria.
Profiles of the 2016 honorees will be published in the Dec. 5 edition of Business Insurance. The honorees will be recognized at the 11th Anniversary Business Insurance Women to Watch Conference & Awards Gala Dec. 12-13 in New York.
The 2016 Women to Watch Honorees are:
• Adeola Adele, Willis Towers Watson P.L.C.
• Kathy Antonello, National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc.
• Hui Yun Boo, Ironshore Inc.
• Shelley Boyce, MedRisk Inc.
• Nikki Brown, JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc.
• Lynsey Cross, ANV Group
• Marguerite Dixen, Third Coast Underwriters, a division of AF Group
• Dawn D’Onofrio, WKFC Underwriting Managers Inc., a unit of Ryan Specialty Group L.L.C.
• Delphia Frisch, Genex Services L.L.C.
• Lori Goltermann, Aon Risk Solutions
• Dorina Hertner, 7-Eleven Inc.
• Amy Ingram, Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners L.L.C.
• Azurely Kerr, Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc.
• Angela Matherly, Snyder’s-Lance Inc.
• Victoria Nolan, Clean Water Services
• Vilma Palma-Blackmon, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc.
• Gina Papush, QBE North America, a unit of QBE Insurance Group Ltd.
• Kristen Peed, CBIZ Inc.
• Ana Robic, Chubb Ltd.
• Jennifer Saddy, American Airlines Inc.
• Jill Tellez, Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. Inc.
• Patricia Steis, Marsh L.L.C.
• Gretchen Thompson, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
• Vyvienne Wade, Arthur J. Gallagher
• Lynn Zeitler, Zurich North America
2015 Honorees
- Carrie Barr, ISO Claims Partners
- Susan Bencher Daigle, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
- Kristen Bessette, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
- Teresa Black, Ace Ltd.
- Victoria Davison, Marsh Ltd.
- Valerie DeMell, Marsh, Berry & Co. Inc.
- Artemis Emslie, Matrix Healthcare Services Inc., dba myMatrixx
- Mary Forrest, Munich Reinsurance Co.
- Lindsey Frase, Willis Re, a unit of Willis Group Holdings P.L.C.
- Rachael Ingle, Aon Hewitt
- Pam Kehaly, Anthem Inc.
- Linda Lane, One Call Care Management
- Julie Layton, Kohl’s Corp.
- Florence Levy, JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc.
- Kristine Meuse, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc.
- Donna Nadeau, XL Catlin
- Judi Newsam, Guy Carpenter & Co. Corretora de Resseguros Ltda., a unit of Guy Carpenter & Co. L.L.C.
- Amanda Nguyen, Aon Benfield Group Ltd.
- Monica Ningen, Swiss Re Americas, a unit of Swiss Re Ltd.
- Lynn Oldfield, AIG Canada, a unit of American International Group Inc.
- Mary Beth Sanford, Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc.
- Kathleen Savio, Zurich North America, a unit of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.
- Lori Seidenberg, Alden Torch Financial L.L.C.
- Cara Tseng Duffield, Wiley Rein L.L.P.
- Soraya Wright, The Clorox Co.
Past Honorees
Please click on a year below to see a complete list of Business Insurance‘s Women to Watch Leadership Conference and Awards honorees.