Margaret Resce Milkint
Managing Partner of The Jacobson Group
Margaret Resce Milkint is Managing Partner of The Jacobson Group and leads the firm’s U.S. Executive Search practice. She handles executive management and actuarial searches on a global basis in the areas of life, property and casualty, healthcare, reinsurance, and consulting (benefits, life and health, property and casualty) for the organization’s retained search practice. She also plays a significant role in the continued development of the entire organization as a member of Jacobson’s Executive Management Team. Margaret is a key player in establishing cross-border relationships and broadening the firm’s global reach.
Margaret joined the firm more than 25 years ago and has successfully completed search engagements, including Board of Director members, CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, CROs, Chief Underwriters and Chief Actuaries. Her domestic and international search expertise encompasses disciplines such as actuarial, analytics, underwriting, risk, finance and investment, legal, IT, start-ups, sales and marketing, and claims.
As the co-founder of the Women’s Insurance Networking Group (WING), Margaret is a champion of diversity and inclusion in leadership in the insurance industry. WING was launched as a platform for networking among the insurance industry’s female leaders and enlightened males, those who understand the importance of diversity and inclusion in leadership in the insurance industry. Margaret is also the U.S. Committee Chair for The Insurance Supper Club, a network of senior women in the insurance industry that provides a forum to meet, network and debate business issues while seeking to inspire the next generations of leaders in the industry and the community as a whole.
Margaret’s expertise on career and recruiting issues is widely-recognized throughout the industry. She was most recently called upon to share her perspectives with NAMIC Insurance Magazine, Best’s Review, and Carrier Management. She further communicates her insights with the industry through bylined articles; these were most recently featured in AIRROC Magazine, IASA Interpreter and AMCOMP. Margaret is also called on to speak at many regional and national conferences, including National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS).