UJA of New York to Honor Dominic Casserley, Charles H. Dangelo, and Richard Hershman at General Insurance Annual Dinner

NEW YORK, NY — UJA-Federation of New York will honor Dominic Casserley, president of Willis Towers Watson, Charles H. Dangelo, president and CEO of Starr Indemnity and Liability, and Richard Hershman, senior advisor at FTI Consulting, Inc., at its General Insurance Annual Dinner on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Grand Hyatt New York in Manhattan. Hershman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Maurice R. Greenberg, chairman of Starr Companies, and Peter A. Weinberg, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, will serve as event chairs and present the awards.

UJA-Federation’s Wall Street & Financial Services division hosts the General Insurance dinner each year to recognize a professional in the industry for demonstrating leadership and philanthropy, both at work and in the community. Past honorees include Jay S. Fishman of The Travelers Companies, Inc.; Evan G. Greenberg of ACE Limited; William H Heyman of The Travelers Companies, Inc.; Constantine “Dinos” Iordanou of Arch Capital Group Ltd.; Kevin H. Kelley of Ironshore; Donald Kramer of ILS Capital Management; Stephen P. McGill of Aon Risk Solutions; Pamela Newman of Aon plc; and Patrick Ryan of Ryan Specialty Group. Funds raised go to UJA-Federation’s annual campaign to sustain its network of nearly 100 nonprofits that touches the lives of 4.5 million people each year.

Under Casserley’s leadership, the Willis Group focused on growing its global platform and enhancing its offerings to companies to help them better quantify and proactively manage the ever-changing set of risks they face. He joined Willis following a 30-year career at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm in the U.S., Asia, and the U.K., where he was managing partner of its Greater China and later its U.K. operations.

As president and chief operating officer of Starr Insurance Holdings, Dangelo provides leadership for Starr’s insurance companies and subsidiaries. He also serves as president and CEO of Starr Indemnity & Liability Insurance Company and Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, and as vice chairman of Starr’s Bermuda-based insurance company, Starr Insurance and Reinsurance Limited. Prior to joining Starr, he served as vice president and chief reinsurance officer for American International Group.

Hershman recently retired as leader of FTI Consulting’s Global Insurance Services and continues as a senior advisor. He has 45 years of experience within the insurance industry and has been a frequent industry speaker and author. Hershman was recently recognized as a top insurance industry expert by Who’s Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance. Prior to joining FTI, he provided insurance industry advisory services through a consulting firm he co-founded, and also served as CFO of DSFX, a leading international intelligence-consulting firm.