Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com

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Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com

Shawn Moynihan is Executive Managing Editor of PropertyCasualty360-National Underwriter. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan holds to his credit 10 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; a SABEW (Society of American Business Editors & Writers) award; and a Folio Award. Prior to joining Summit Business Media, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of Editor & Publisher, the “bible” of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions at AOL, Metro and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at smoynihan@sbmedia.com.

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  Insuring Fine Art: Collectible Comics & Memorabilia

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 15, 2013

  PC360-NU visits with Vincent Zurzolo, co-founder of Metropolis Collectibles in New York City, to discuss insurance and risk-management strategies for its multimillion-dollar inventory.

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  Video: Managing Risk in the City of Angels

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 2, 2013

  Victor Parker, risk management director for the City of Los Angeles, shares his mitigation strategies for some of the trickiest exposures in the U.S.

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  Q&A with Aspen's O’Kane: The Rationale Behind Reducing U.S. Wind, EQ Exposure

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 29, 2013

  Aspen Insurance's CEO discusses the strategy at work in its U.S. operation, including the recent decision to reduce its earthquake and wind exposure in the U.S. Property market.

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  L.A. Story

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 29, 2013

  Victor Parker, risk management director for the City of Los Angeles, shares his mitigation strategies for some of the trickiest exposures in the U.S., extols the value of sticking one’s neck out, and proudly discusses the program innovations introduced under his watch that saved millions and generate revenue.

• Risk Management, Well Done

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 20, 2013

  As vice president of risk management for The Wendy’s Co., Andy Kuchar has within his purview more than 40,000 employees working at 1,427 restaurants. Charged with the safety of that many workers and the tens of millions of guests the chain serves each year, working proactively is paramount to prevent...

• Liam McGee: A ‘Life’ Change for The Hartford

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 8, 2013

  Liam McGee is chairman, president and CEO of The Hartford. He is also lucky to be alive.

• A&E Update: Continued Losses Lead to Market Hardening

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 5, 2013

  In a Professional Liability market characterized overall by most brokers and insurance executives as full of capacity and relatively stable rate-wise (even if once-high Excess limits are harder to get now than they used to be), recent discussions of this line include talk of hardening in the Architects & Engineers...

• Keeping it Personal: Erie Insurance’s Terry Cavanaugh

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 5, 2013

  While some insurers that don’t operate on a national scale dislike the “regional” tag being applied to them, Terry Cavanaugh embraces it.

• Bob Benmosche: Bring on Tomorrow

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 14, 2013

  Bob Benmosche is in a very good mood.

• Destination: Risk Prevention

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 14, 2013

  As vice president of Risk Management for Hyatt Hotels Corp., a Fortune 1000 company with nearly 500 properties in 45 countries, Mark Baker is responsible for every aspect of the company’s global insurance program, as well as its health & safety, Workers’ Compensation, claims-management and crisis-management functions.

• Greg Thompson: Specialty Player

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 13, 2012

  Greg Thompson is the new president of Markel Specialty, a division of Virginia-based insurer Markel Corp. In 1979 he formed Thompson Insurance Enterprises (ThomCo) with his father, Roy, and led the company for 32 years—growing it from a small wholesale operation to a large program administrator. Markel acquired ThomCo on...

• Scott Bayer: Philadelphia’s New E&S Expert

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 19, 2012

  In his new role as Senior Vice President of Excess & Surplus Lines at Philadelphia Insurance Cos., Scott Bayer will be tasked with defining the carrier’s presence in the nonadmitted market, identifying profitable target niches, expanding the insurer’s product offerings to existing agents and expanding its distribution sources.

• S.H. Smith: Crafting the Perfect Coverage Engenders Sales, Client Satisfaction

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 1, 2012

  Regular communication and consultation help this Connecticut agency stay ahead of the curve in such markets as transportation, schools, and fuel marketers.

• Joan Zerkovich: Data Diver

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 29, 2012

  Joan Zerkovich is the newly appointed Senior Vice President of Operations for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), an advisory organization that develops policy forms and ratings information used by more than 700 P&C insurers throughout the U.S. Here she talks with NU about AAIS’ efforts to make available more...

• Marsh’s Jonathan Zaffino on Workers’ Comp Cost Controls

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 15, 2012

  Marsh has launched a Workers’ Compensation Center of Excellence, which brings all of the broker’s Workers’ Comp insurance and risk-management capabilities under one umbrella, including advanced analytics and modeling, claims management and advocacy, and insurance-program design and placement. Jonathan Zaffino, Marsh’s Casualty Practice Leader, talks with NU about this program,...

• Highly Customized Coverage for a Menagerie of Exposures

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 15, 2012

  On Sept. 22, David Villalobos, a 25-year-old real estate agent from Mahopac, N.Y., visited the Bronx Zoo with a single intention: To “become one” with its tigers.