What’s New: In Brief (May 07, 2008)

Terrie-Lynne Devonish, chief counsel for Aon Canada, was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.
The program, managed by The Caldwell Partners, recognizes Canada’s best and brightest through the prestigious national award. The program honours 40 Canadians in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors under the age of 40.
Devonish has provided expertise, insight and a deep commitment to enhancing operational excellence and corporate governance since joining Aon Canada in October 2007 in the newly created role of chief counsel, according to a release.
Devonish and her peers were selected from more than 1,500 nominees by an independent advisory board, comprised of 27 business leaders across Canada. Honourees were chosen on five key criteria including vision and leadership; innovation and achievement; impact; community involvement and contribution; and strategy for growth, the release noted.

Daniel W. Riordan has been named president of Zurich North America Commercial’s surety, credit and political risk group.
The newly created group combines Zurich’s surety group and its emerging markets operation.
Riordan will lead an international team that develops and markets Zurich’s portfolio of surety, credit insurance and political risk insurance products to contractors, investors, international banks, multinational companies and infrastructure developers across North America and in emerging markets globally, according to a release.
“Dan has led the development of our political risk and credit lines that his team has built into a world-class business,” Seraina Maag, president of Zurich’s specialties business unit, said in the release. “We are confident he will bring the same vision and customer orientation to the newly aligned Surety, Credit and Political Risk group.”