Twenty-Sixth Annual Award Dinner
Honoring
Tricia Griffith
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Progressive Corporation
Thursday, April 7, 2022 RESCHEDULED DATE
New York Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
6 p.m. Cocktail Reception | 7:30 p.m. Dinner
Given recent developments with COVID-19, the Insurance Leader of the Year Dinner scheduled for Wednesday, January 19, 2022 has been postponed. The health and safety of all those attending is of the utmost importance to the Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science. We share any disappointment but are happy to announce that we are rescheduling for Thursday, April 7, 2022, at The New York Marriott Marquis.
As of Monday, March 7th, Key to NYC rules have been suspended. Indoor venues, including restaurants, fitness facilities, and entertainment spaces are no longer required to check for proof of COVID-19 vaccination before customers enter. Although the hotel will not be checking for proof of vaccination, we encourage all attendees to be fully vaccinated as the health and safety of our guests and staff is of paramount importance.
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Established in 1995, the “Insurance Leader of the Year Award” has annually recognized the contributions of outstanding individuals whose leadership in the worldwide insurance and financial services industry set them apart from their peers.
In 2020, the Award Selection Committee named Tricia Griffith as their Honoree. Postponed by conditions limiting in-person celebration of Ms. Griffith’s award, the School invites the insurance and financial services industry to this long-awaited tribute event on January 19, 2022.
Tricia Griffith
President and Chief Executive Officer The Progressive Corporation Tricia Griffith was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and elected to the Board of Directors in July of 2016. She is responsible for helping the company become consumers’ number one choice and destination for auto and other insurance.
Prior to being named CEO, Griffith served as Personal Lines Chief Operating Officer since April, 2015 overseeing the Company’s Personal Lines, Claims and Customer Relationship Management groups.
Tricia joined Progressive as a claims representative in 1988 and has served in many key leadership positions during her tenure. She held several managerial positions in the Claims division before being named Chief Human Resource Officer in 2002. In 2008, she returned to Claims as the group president, overseeing all claims functions. Prior to being named Personal Lines Chief Operating Officer, Tricia was President of Customer Operations, overseeing claims and the customer management group, which comprises the company’s contact center group (sales and delivery), as well as the customer experience, systems experience and workforce management groups.
Tricia has a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University and is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business’ Advanced Management Program. She serves on the board of directors at FedEx, is a member and sits on the board of the Business Roundtable and is an associate of the Business Council.
In December 2018, Tricia was the first woman to be named the Businessperson of the Year by Fortune, and ranked 54th on the Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women list. Since taking over the CEO role, she has been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Business” by Fortune Magazine each of the last three years.
Chairman of the Board
JOHN W. KEOGH
President and COO
Chubb Group
Dean
BRANDON W. SWEITZER
Directors
JANICE M. ABRAHAM
President and CEO
United Educators
MARC J. ADEE
CEO
Crum & Forster Insurance
JUAN C. ANDRADE
President and CEO
Everest Re Group, Ltd.
KAREN B. BAILO
Commercial Lines President
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
ALBERT A. BENCHIMOL
President and CEO
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited
W. ROBERT BERKLEY, JR.
President and CEO
W.R. Berkley Corporation
MARK A BERVEN
President and COO
Nationwide Property & Casualty
Nationwide Insurance
NEETI BHALLA JOHNSON
President, Global Risk Solutions
Liberty Mutual Insurance
JACQUES BONNEAU
President and CEO
PartnerRe Ltd.
JAMES D. CAREY
Senior Principal
Stone Point Capital LLC
GREGORY C. CASE
CEO
Aon
MARK B. CLOUTIER
Executive Chairman and Group CEO
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
PETER F. CLUNE III
CEO
Lockton Inc.
WILLIAM P. CULLEN
President and CEO
AEGIS Insurance Services, Inc.
M. STEVEN DECARLO
Executive Chairman
Amwins Group, Inc.
JOHN Q. DOYLE
President and CEO
Marsh
ALEXIS FABER
Chief Operating Officer,
Corporate Risk and Broking
Willis Towers Watson
RODMAN FOX
Managing Partner and CEO
TigerRisk Partners
STAN GALANSKI
President and CEO
G58 Capital LLC
PETER GARVEY
Vice Chairman
Galway Holdings
MARC GRANDISSON
President and CEO
Arch Capital Group Ltd.
MAURICE R. GREENBERG
Chairman and CEO
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
C. SCOTT GUNTER
CEO
AXA XL
LAURA J. HAY
Global Head of Insurance
KPMG LLP (U.S.)
GREG HENDRICK
CEO
Vantage Group Holdings
JOHN HOWARD
Chairman and CEO
Truist Insurance Holdings, Inc.
HEIDI E. HUTTER
Partner
Black Diamond Capital Partners
JONATHAN ISHERWOOD
CEO, Reinsurance Americas /Regional President, Americas
Swiss Re
TODD J. JONES
CEO, North America
QBE Insurance Group Limited
ALAN J. KAUFMAN
Chairman, President and CEO
H.W. Kaufman Group
Burns & Wilcox
JOHN J. MARCHIONI
President and CEO
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
RICHARD MAYOCK
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(pwc.com)
FREDERIC “FRITZ” NAUCK
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
KEVIN J. O’DONNELL
President and CEO
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
DAVID H. PRIEBE
Chairman
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC
MICHAEL S. PRITULA
Managing Director
QualRisk
DINO E. ROBUSTO
Chairman and CEO
CNA Financial Corporation
JOHN C. ROCHE
President and CEO
The Hanover Insurance Group
NOREAN R. SHARPE, Ph.D.
Dean
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
St. John's University
CYNTHIA R. SHOSS
Partner, Former Co-Chair of Global Board and Former Co-Head of Global Insurance Group
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
KRISTOF TERRYN
CEO North America
Zurich
ELLEN THROWER, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
Greenberg School of Risk Management
St. John's University
GREGORY C. TOCZYDLOWSKI
President, Business Insurance
The Travelers Companies
CHRISTOPHER TOWNSEND
Member of the Board of Management
Allianz SE
HANK WATKINS
Regional Director and President, Americas
Lloyd’s
CHRISTOPHER E. WATSON
Partner
Aquiline Capital Partners LLC
RICHARD R. WHITT, III
Co-CEO
Markel Corporation
CHRISTOPHER J.B. WILLIAMS
Senior Managing Executive Officer and
Co-Head of International Business
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
JAMES J. WRYNN
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting, Inc.
PETER S. ZAFFINO
President and Global COO
American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
Directors Emeriti
JOHN J. AMORE
JAMES F. DOWD
BRIAN DUPERREAULT
JOHN J. HENDRICKSON
KEVIN H. KELLEY
JOHN L. LUMELLEAU
JOSEPH MAURIELLO
BRIAN M. O'HARA
PATRICK G. RYAN
PATRICK J. SHOUVLIN
ROBERT J. SMITH
PETER J. TOBIN
MARIO P. VITALE