Business Insurance Names the 2011 Women to Watch in Insurance

CHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Insurance has named its 2011 Women to Watch. Profiles of the 25 honorees are featured in the Dec. 5 edition of Business Insurance and online at www.BusinessInsurance.com/women2011. All of the honorees will be recognized at a Dec. 6 Women to Watch Leadership Workshop and Awards Luncheon in New York.

Business Insurance's Women to Watch feature is an annual salute to business leaders and influential executives who are doing outstanding work in commercial insurance, risk management, employee benefits and related fields. 2011 is the sixth year Business Insurance has run this awards program.

This year's honorees were selected after an evaluation of nominations by Business Insurance editors. Nominees are selected based on recent professional achievements, influence on the marketplace, and contributions to the advancement of women in business. The list is open to women leaders worldwide. This year, Business Insurance received a record more than 350 nominations.

"The Business Insurance Women to Watch awards program is an integral part of Business Insurance's calendar of events," said Gavin Souter, editor of Business Insurance. "We began the program in 2006 to recognize women doing outstanding work in what, at the executive levels at least, is still a male-dominated sector. Over the years we have profiled many women who have already achieved significant successes and are continuing to make a big impact. The 2011 honorees represent another group of leaders who are doing outstanding work."

The 2011 Women to Watch will be honored at a luncheon held at the Hilton New York on Dec. 6. The annual event brings together the current class of honorees and past recipients who wish to celebrate the newest members of this exclusive group and to expand and strengthen their professional contacts.

In addition to the awards luncheon, the event includes the Women to Watch Leadership Workshop. Speakers include feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Lynn Cronin, co-author of Damned If She Does, Damned If She Doesn't: Rethinking the Rules of the Game That Keep Women from Succeeding in Business. The event also will include panel discussions with senior insurance industry executives, risk management and benefit management leaders and former Women to Watch honorees.

For more information, please go to www.BusinessInsurance.com/womentowatch

About Business Insurance: In print, online and in custom e-mail news alert products and videos, Business Insurance reports on risk management, risk financing, employee benefits management and workers compensation. Business Insurance is read by corporate risk and benefit executives as well as financial and administrative executives. Its audience also includes insurance brokers, agents, consultants, insurers, reinsurers, and others concerned with corporate insurance, risk management, alternative risk financing, employee benefits, workers compensation and reinsurance. It is published by Crain Communications Inc.

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