September 9, 2024
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University and the Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science Will Honor Mr. DeCarlo at Annual “Insurance Leader of the Year Dinner” on Feb. 26, 2025.
NEW YORK (September 9, 2024) – St. John’s University’s Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, part of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, will honor M. Steven DeCarlo, Executive Chair, Amwins, as the “2024 Insurance Leader of the Year” at its 29th Annual Insurance Leader of the Year Award Dinner. Mr. DeCarlo will be introduced by both Amwins’ Executive Vice Chair, W. H. “Skip” Cooper, CPCU, and Chief Executive Officer, Scott M. Purviance, who will join the ceremony as Honorary Dinner Chairpersons. The event takes place on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. Proceeds from the dinner support the University’s Greenberg School students and programs.
“Steve has a more than four decades-long track record in building one of the industry’s premier Excess and Surplus participants. We are delighted that he has been selected as this year’s Insurance Leader honoree and will be with us at the award event next February,” said John W. Keogh, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chubb Group, and Chairman, Greenberg Board of Overseers. “Amwins, the company that Steve founded and carefully built and grew over time, is today without question one of the dominant participants in the global E&S market. Due to the leadership principles he instilled, the firm continues its dedication to excellence and a continuous quest to ‘find a better way’ to pursue and conduct business. In particular, Amwins is an industry pioneer in the development and application of analytics and technology in serving its trading partners.”
“The Greenberg School is an important and singular entity within the Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University,” said Maciek Nowak, Ph.D., Dean, and Joseph H. and Maria C. Schwartz Distinguished Chair, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business. “The Insurance Leader of the Year honor that its Board confers on a notable leader in the field of risk and insurance is a testament to Greenberg’s deep relationship with the industry and its commitment to our students through the critical financial support that the annual dinner generates for them. In choosing to recognize Steve DeCarlo’s great skill, experience, and generosity, the Greenberg Board celebrates an outstanding leader in his chosen field, and I look forward to welcoming Mr. DeCarlo to the School’s long, impressive list of honorees.”
A photo of Mr. DeCarlo is available on Amwins' website. For more information, or to attend the dinner, please contact Maureen Furlong Weber, Director, Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, at 212-277-5111 or [email protected].
About the Selection Committee
The Award Selection Committee is chaired by Ellen Thrower, Ph.D., Professor Emerita and Retired Executive Director, St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (now the Greenberg School), and Cynthia R. Shoss, Partner, former Cochair of the Global Board, and former Cohead of Global Insurance Group, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, serves as Vice-Chair. The committee 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 Chief Operating Officer of KPMG LLP; Michael J. Morrissey, Chairman of the Board, Protective Life Corporation; and Patrick J. Shouvlin, Retired Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
About the Greenberg School
The Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science was founded in 1901 as the Insurance Society of New York and over the years evolved into The College of Insurance (TCI). In June of 2001, TCI merged with St. John’s University, becoming part of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business.
From its location at 101 Astor Place in Manhattan’s East Village, St. John’s awards undergraduate, M.B.A., and M.S. degrees in the insurance, risk management, and actuarial science disciplines. Through its Tobin Center for Executive Education, the University also provides education, training, and consulting services to industry, governments, and regulators worldwide.
The Greenberg School is a global leader in risk and insurance education and training and draws candidates from many regions of the world. All degree programs offered by The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, and thus by GSRM, are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
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