October 08, 2009
The William J. Parkinson Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted by
the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library of the School
of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science at St.
John’s University, featured Maurice R. (Hank) Greenberg, Chairman
and CEO of C.V. Starr and Company, as its guest speaker on October
7, 2009.
Dr. Ellen
Thrower, Executive Director of the School of Risk Management,
Insurance and Actuarial Science (SRM), welcomed the standing-room
only crowd of business leaders, St. John’s students, faculty and
administrators to the Saval Auditorium on the University’s
Manhattan campus, and Brandon W. Sweitzer, Chairman of the School
of Risk Management's Board of Overseers, provided the introduction
for Mr. Greenberg, who is widely considered one of the most
respected and influential businessmen in the insurance
industry.
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Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., CPCU, President of the Insurance
Information Institute, moderated the question and answer session
following Mr. Greenberg’s speech on “Risk Management in the 21st
Century.”
Mr.
Greenberg has been Chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr and Company since
2005. He retired as Chairman and CEO of American
International Group, Inc. (AIG) in March 2005 after over 40 years
of leadership that created the largest insurance company in
history, and generated unprecedented value for shareholders.
Under his leadership, AIG’s market value grew from $300 million to
$180 billion. At AIG, Mr. Greenberg pioneered the global
trade in services that opened markets for the insurance industry
around the world.
The William J. Parkinson Distinguished Lecture Fund was established
at the College of Insurance on December 17, 1987 in memory and
recognition of William J. Parkinson and his contributions to
Johnson & Higgins and the insurance and risk management
industry.
The lecture series has had its share of prestigious guest speakers
that have included Kerry Emmanuel (MIT professor and Time
Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2006), Madeleine Albright
(former 64th U.S. Secretary of State to President Bill Clinton) and
Dr. Stephen E. Flynn, top authority on national
security.
For more information, please contact Maureen Furlong-Weber at (212)
277-5111, or weberm@stjohns.edu. For
media inquiries, please contact Elizabeth Reilly, Assistant
Director of Media Relations at St. John’s University, at (718)
990-5789, or by e-mail to reillye@stjohns.edu.