In one of the most visible signs of the changing of the guard in Washington, Marc Racicot, a former chair of the Republican National Committee, will step down as CEO of the American Insurance Association, effective Feb. 1. The two-time Montana governor has held the AIA job since June 2005. Racicot will be succeeded by AIA COO Leigh Ann Pusey, a former communications staffer for Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) Pusey has been at the trade association since 1996. Racicot’s relatively short tenure at AIA began just weeks before Hurricanes Katrina and two months later, Wilma, decimated the Gulf Coast. In the aftermath, the industry battled image and legislative crises that… Read More