Robert Wooley, commissioner of insurance for the State ofLouisiana during Katrina, discusses with NU/PC360 Editor-in-ChiefShawn Moynihan the long days and nights following “The Storm,” thewisdom of not making unrealistic promises in the face ofdesperation, and lessons learned for the insurance industry fromthe most costly natural disaster in U.S. history.
Wooley, who has more than 20 years of extensive governmentalrelations experience, joined the multidisciplinary law firm ofAdams and Reese in 2006 and serves on thegovernmental relations team of its Special Business ServicesGroup.
Shawn Moynihan: Let’s talk about the daysleading up to Katrina, because, as I understand it, you knew thatit was going to be bad but nowhere nearly as bad as the storm was.There was really no precedent for a catastrophic event of thatscale.
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Shawn Moynihan
Shawn Moynihan is Editor-in-Chief of National Underwriter Property & Casualty. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan has earned 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; seven Azbee Awards, from the American Society of Business Press Editors; two Folio Awards; and a SABEW award, from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Prior to joining ALM, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of journalism institution Editor & Publisher, the trade bible of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions with AOL, Metro New York, and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].
