The 2024 Women in Insurance Leadership honoree profiles

July 7, 2024 4:38 PM

Amy McNeece, Jennifer Riley, Tatjana Lalkovic, Tracey Cournoyer, Cilsy Harris, Kristine Poznanski, Megan Sharpe, Catherine Myers, Lauren Dieterich and Ashley Phillips.

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The Women in Insurance Leadership (WIL) program was launched in 2006 and recognizes senior executives who are driving the evolution of their businesses and the insurance industry at large.

Below are the profiles for the 2024 honorees.

Chubb's Michelle McLaughlin sees data as the future of underwriting

Michelle McLaughlin, executive vice president, middle market, and chief underwriting officer at Chub, heads a 60-person team underwriting for $6 billion in premiums.

Megan Sharpe of Gerber Life uses technology to reach policyholders

Megan Sharpe, vice president for direct to consumer media and strategy at Gerber Life has seen the insurer through internal and external, to better support one-on-one marketing to policyholders.

MetLife's Poznanski: Leadership is watching others and being an example

As executive vice president and head of global business solutions, she has improved technical capabilities for the insurer's customers, staff and stakeholders.

A-MAX's Ashley Phillips: WIL 2024

Phillips, SVP of Operations, has demonstrated strategic leadership in operations management and acquisitions throughout her insurance career.

The Hartford's Ruchi Haubrich has always been in tech

Ruchi Haubrich leads an infrastructure team at The Hartford that is supporting cloud migration.

Chubb's Jennifer Riley, EVP, head of digital strategy and operations: WIL 2024

Riley leads and develops Chubb's digital expansion efforts for the insurer's North American Financial Lines.

First computer was "game changer" for Travelers' Tracey Cournoyer

Cournoyer is the chief information and operations officer of bond and specialty insurance (BSI) at Travelers.

WIL 2024: Lauren Dieterich, chief operating officer at Arch Insurance North America

Dieterich is an insurance veteran of over 20 years, with experience from underwriting, operations management and mentorship.

Amy McNeece takes on embedded partnerships at Chubb

Despite the differences between traditional and embedded insurance, Amy McNeece has found building relationships is still an essential part of her role.

WIL 2024: Catherine Myers, reThought Flood's COO

Myers, who has three decades of technology and management experience, oversees the implementation of reThought Flood's technology application and strategic initiatives.

Tatjana Lalkovic, CTO at Definity, sets stage for AI

Lalkovic is focused on improvements that have set the stage for performance improvements and new applications of AI at the company.