St. John's To Honor M. Steven DeCarlo, as “2024 Insurance Leader of the Year”

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.”

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].