Twenty-Seventh Annual Award Dinner
Honoring
Alan D. Schnitzer
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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 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 SRM, and includes George Bernstein, Esq. of The Bernstein Law Firm, P.L.L.C. (Washington, D.C.); Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Finance and Director – Center for Risk and Uncertainty Management, 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, Special Advisor and Former CEO, International Insurance Society; 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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Alan D. Schnitzer
Alan Schnitzer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Travelers Companies, Inc., one of America’s largest property casualty insurers and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Prior to his appointment as CEO, Schnitzer served in a series of key leadership roles at Travelers, including as President of the company’s Bond & Specialty Insurance and Business Insurance segments. He joined Travelers in 2007 as Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer, overseeing a broad portfolio of corporate functions. Before joining Travelers, Schnitzer was a partner in the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he advised corporate clients and boards on a variety of transaction and corporate governance matters.
Schnitzer is Vice Chair and Chair-Elect of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association. He serves on the Boards of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the University of Pennsylvania and New York City Ballet. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Schnitzer earned his undergraduate degree in finance and accounting from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Columbia Law School.
A native of Dallas, Texas and longtime New York City resident, Schnitzer and his wife, Anne, have two children.
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
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.
LISA DAVIS
President and CUO
Canopius USA
M. STEVEN DECARLO
Executive Chair
Amwins Group, Inc.
JOHN Q. DOYLE
Group President and COO
Marsh McLennan
ALEXIS FABER
Chief Operating Officer
WTW
RODMAN FOX
Managing Partner and CEO
TigerRisk Partners
PETER GARVEY
Executive 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.
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
MICHAEL KERNER
CEO
Munich Re Specialty Insurance
JOHN J. MARCHIONI
Chairman, 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
VINCENT C. TIZZIO
CEO, Specialty Insurance and Reinsurance
AXIS Capital
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
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