Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Jan 22 2018 // Connie Clarke has been appointed president of TDECU Insurance Agency LLC in Lake Jackson, Texas. Clarke brings more than 20 years’ experience in both the insurance and financial services industries to the...
Consolidation Continues: The Squeezing of Wholesale Brokers
Jan 22 2018 // Wholesale insurance brokers have been selling off their businesses and it’s not because they are all ready to retire. As in the retail agency segment, consolidation among wholesale brokerages is being driven by...
JenCap Holdings to Acquire Genesee General of Georgia
Jan 18 2018 // JenCap Holdings LLC (JCH), a specialty insurance business, has agreed to acquire privately-held Genesee General, a managing general agency, program administrator and wholesale insurance broker based in Alpharetta, Ga. The...
Collins Named Director of Talent at Swingle Collins & Associates
Jan 10 2018 // North Texas-based privately owned independent insurance agency and brokerage firm, Swingle Collins & Associates, has named LeAnn Collins as the company’s director of Talent. As a key member of the leadership...
AXIS Capital Aligns Lloyd’s Agency Platforms After Its Acquisition of Novae
Jan 9 2018 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced it has received authorization from Lloyd’s for AXIS Managing Agency Ltd. to commence the management and oversight of Novae Syndicate 2007 and SPS 6129 after its acquisition of...
Ed Appoints Clarkson from Aon as Managing Director – Marine
Dec 27 2017 // Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the appointment of Heather Clarkson as managing director – Marine. She takes up her role on Jan. 2, 2018 and will report to Andrew Draycott,...
Ironshore’s Pembroke Agency & GIC Re Get Nod from Lloyd’s to Form Syndicate
Dec 21 2017 // Ironshore Inc. announced that its Pembroke Managing Agency has been granted “in principle” approval by the Lloyd’s Franchise Board to create GIC Re’s syndicate at Lloyd’s. “The...
Hamilton Finds Buyer for Sportscover Legacy Book
Dec 21 2017 // Hamilton Insurance Group has found a buyer for the legacy book the insurer inherited from its purchase of Sportscover Underwriting Ltd. in April 2015. Syndicate 3330 will buy the business from Hamilton Underwriting...
How Sex Abuse Culture Threatens Restaurant Industry and What It Can Do About It
Dec 21 2017 // That there’s abuse behind the scenes in restaurant isn’t news. Within the chef community, the news is that people are surprised to hear about it. The true scale of the issue has yet to be revealed, though...
Volante Global to Launch in Q1 2018 as Multi-Class International MGA Platform
Dec 20 2017 // Volante Global Ltd., a new multi-class and multi-territory international managing general agent (MGA) platform, will launch and commence trading during Q1 2018, subject to Lloyd’s coverholder approvals where...
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Dec 18 2017 // Chicago-based commercial insurer, CNA, has appointed Al Miralles as chief risk officer (CRO), effective Jan. 1, 2018. Miralles joined CNA in 2011 as senior vice president and treasurer and has been leading the Long-Term...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Promotes Wallace Oakley
Dec 11 2017 // Erie Insurance has promoted Dionne Wallace Oakley to executive vice president of Human Resources and Strategy. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2018. In this role, she will expand her oversight to include several...
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Dec 4 2017 // Garrett Sprowls, general counsel and managing broker of Austin-based Professional Lines Underwriting Specialists Inc. (PLUS Inc.), has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. (TSLA). Other newly...
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Dec 4 2017 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Brendan Williams its Southern California practice leader. Williams will be assuming leadership of the Southern California region in early 2018 upon the retirement of Ron Packouz, founder...
Randall & Quilter Sells R&Q Managing Agency to U.S. MedMal Insurer Coverys
Dec 1 2017 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced it has completed the sale of its Lloyd’s managing agency, R&Q Managing Agency Ltd. (RQMA), to Coverys, a provider of medical professional liability...
Burns & Wilcox Opens Office in Downtown Los Angeles
Nov 30 2017 // Burns & Wilcox has opened an office in downtown Los Angeles. The office, located at 515 S. Flower St, is the second location in the greater Los Angeles area and seventh major location for Burns & Wilcox in...
Gallagher Names Anderson to Lead Rossborough Insurance in Channel Islands
Nov 28 2017 // Gallagher announced the appointment of James Anderson as group managing director of Rossborough Insurance – its personal and commercial lines broking business based in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man – subject to...
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Nov 20 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has appointed Bill Doucette as vice president of Human Resources and Organization...
Paid ‘Climate Leave’ May Be Next Employee Benefit
Nov 17 2017 // Even the workplace has to adapt to the warming world. As climate change creates more intense storms, companies have started preparing for work disruptions due to extreme weather. In a sign of the times, Fog Creek, a...
H.W. Kaufman Group, Burns & Wilcox Promote 22 Insurance Pros in North America
Nov 16 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Group and Burns & Wilcox have promoted 22 insurance industry veterans across 15 locations in the United States and Canada. The promotions were announced at a recognition dinner during the annual 2017...
