The School of Risk Management (SRM), a division of The Peter J.
Tobin College of Business of St. John’s University, honored Peter
B. Lewis, chairman of The Progressive Corporation, as the “2005
Insurance Leader of the Year” at its 11th Annual Insurance Leader
of the Year Award Dinner on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at the
Marriott Marquis in New York City. John J. (Jack) Byrne,
retired Chairman & CEO of White Mountains Insurance Group,
Ltd., and James M. Stone, Chairman of Plymouth Rock Companies,
served as honorary Co-chairmen for the dinner.
“This Award recognizes an individual’s exceptional leadership in
insurance,” said Brandon W. Sweitzer, Chairman of the SRM Board of
Overseers. “Peter Lewis has a long and distinguished career
in insurance and has built Progressive Insurance into a genuine
powerhouse among the country’s leading auto insurers. Without
question he deserves to join the ranks of those before him that
have received this Award.”
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