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Insurance Leader of the Year

Twenty-Eighth Annual Award Dinner

Honoring

Mario Greco
Group Chief Executive Officer
Zurich Insurance Group

Honorary Dinner Chairperson
Larry Fink
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BlackRock

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
New York Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
6 p.m. Cocktail Reception | 7:30 p.m. Dinner 

Hosted by the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM) and 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. Proceeds of this event directly support GSRM programs and students.

The Award Selection Committee is chaired by Ellen Thrower, Ph.D., Professor Emerita and Retired Executive Director, St. John's University’s GSRM, and includes Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Finance and Director – Risk and Uncertainty Management Center, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina; Kevin H. Kelley, Chairman, IQUW Holdings; Joseph Mauriello, Retired Deputy Chairman and COO of KPMG LLP; Michael J. Morrissey, Chairman of the Board, Protective Life Corporation; Cynthia R. Shoss, Partner, former Co-Chair of Global Board and former Co-Head of Global Insurance Group, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP; and Patrick J. Shouvlin, Retired Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

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Mario Greco

Mario Greco

Mario Greco joined Zurich in March 2016 as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Greco began his professional career in management and consulting, working in McKinsey & Company’s Milan, Italy, office from 1986 until 1994, where he became a partner in 1992 and subsequently a partner leader in the insurance segment.  

In 1995, he joined RAS (Allianz Group) in Milan as head of the claims division. He became general manager in charge of the insurance business the following year. In 1998, he was appointed managing director and in 2000, he became the company’s CEO.  

At the end of 2004, Mr. Greco joined Allianz AG’s executive board, with responsibility for France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. In April 2005, he joined the Sanpaolo IMI Group in Milan as CEO of EurizonVita, and in October 2005, he was appointed CEO of Eurizon Financial Group. From 2007 to 2012, he served at Zurich, first as CEO Global Life, and from 2010 as CEO General Insurance. In 2012, he was appointed CEO of Generali.

Mr. Greco is a member of the International Advisory Council of Bocconi University; a member of the executive faculty of the University of St.Gallen; a member of the Advisory Board of the Executive M.B.A. program of the ETH and the University of St.Gallen; and an Advisory Board member of the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich.

Mr. Greco holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Rome and a master’s degree in international economics and monetary theory from Rochester University.

Other Information

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 Group, Ltd. 

KAREN B. BAILO 
Commercial Lines President 
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company 

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 

WILLIAM P. CULLEN 
President and CEO 
AEGIS Insurance Services, Inc. 

LISA DAVIS 
CEO, US & Bermuda 
Canopius 

M. STEVEN DECARLO 
Executive Chair 
Amwins Group, Inc. 

JOHN Q. DOYLE 
President and CEO 
Marsh McLennan 

ALEXIS FABER 
Chief Operating Officer 
WTW 

RODMAN FOX 
Executive Chairman 
Howden Tiger 

PETER GARVEY 
Executive Vice Chairman 
Galway Holdings 

MARC GRANDISSON 
CEO 
Arch Capital Group Ltd. 

MAURICE R. GREENBERG 
Chairman and CEO 
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. 

SCOTT GUNTER 
CEO 
AXA XL 

GREG HENDRICK 
CEO 
Vantage Group Holdings 

JOHN HOWARD 
Chairman and CEO 
Truist Insurance Holdings, Inc. 

JONATHAN ISHERWOOD 
CEO, Reinsurance Americas / 
Regional President, Americas 

Swiss Re 

TODD J. JONES 

ALAN J. KAUFMAN 
Chairman, President and CEO 
H.W. Kaufman Group 
Burns & Wilcox 

MICHAEL KERNER 
Member of the Board of Management 
Munich Reinsurance 

JOHN J. MARCHIONI 
Chairman, President and CEO 
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 

RICHARD MAYOCK 
Partner 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
(pwc.com) 

RAM MENON 
Partner 
KPMG LLP 

FREDERIC “FRITZ” NAUCK 
Senior Partner 
McKinsey & Company 

JEREMY A. NOBLE 
President, Insurance 
Markel 

MACIEK A. NOWAK, Ph.D. 
Dean 
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business 
St. John's University 

KEVIN J. O’DONNELL 
President and CEO 
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 

DAVID H. PRIEBE
Chairman 
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC 

MICHAEL S. PRITULA 
Managing Director 
QualRisk 

STACEY REGAN 
Executive-Insurance 
General Electric Company 

DINO E. ROBUSTO 
Chairman and CEO 
CNA Financial Corporation 

JOHN C. ROCHE 
President and CEO 
The Hanover Insurance Group 

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 Insurance 

ELLEN THROWER, Ph.D. 
Professor Emerita 
Greenberg School of Risk Management 
St. John's University 

VINCENT C. TIZZIO 
President and CEO 
Specialty Insurance 
and Reinsurance 

AXIS Capital 

GREGORY C. TOCZYDLOWSKI 
EVP and President, Business Insurance 
The Travelers Companies 

A. MORRIS TOOKER 
EVP, Head of Middle, Large, Specialty Commercial and Enterprise Sales Distribution 
The Hartford Insurance 

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 

CHRISTOPHER J.B. WILLIAMS 
Vice President Executive Officer 
Co-Head of International Business and 
Group Co-Chief Retention Strategy Officer 

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 

JAMES J. WRYNN 
Senior Managing Director 
FTI Consulting, Inc. 

PETER S. ZAFFINO 
Chairman and CEO 
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) 

Directors Emeriti

JOHN J. AMORE 

CHUCK DAVIS 

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