Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Mar 6 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has tapped Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration. Her appointment is subject to approval by the Missouri...
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Mar 6 2017 // Bruce Carnegie-Brown will become the chairman of Lloyd’s following a meeting of the Council of Lloyd’s where his appointment as successor to John Nelson was approved unanimously. His appointment also was...
Beecher Carlson Names Newell as Managing Director in California
Feb 23 2017 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC is expanding its West Coast operations with the appointment of Keith Newell as its managing director. Newell will be primarily based in the firm’s Woodland Hills, Calif. office....
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Feb 20 2017 // Cobbs Allen, a national insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., has hired Tyrenda Williams-Reed as its new Human Resources director. Reed will be responsible for company-wide human resource...
U.S. Estimates Hurricane Matthew Damage to Recreational Boats at $110M
Feb 20 2017 // Hurricane Matthew, which threatened four coastal states as it corkscrewed through the Atlantic in early October, caused an estimated $110 million in damage to recreational boats, according to Boat Owners Association of The...
W.R. Berkley Suspends Marine Underwriting in London: Sources
Feb 20 2017 // W.R. Berkley has put under review and is suspending underwriting for its London marine book until it can determine the direction of this business going forward. W/R/B Underwriting, the company’s Lloyd’s...
Orndorff Tapped to Lead IMA’s Operations in Wichita
Feb 16 2017 // Kyle Orndorff has been promoted to lead insurance broker in IMA Inc.’s Wichita, Kan., operations. He will oversee a team of nearly 200 employees and manage IMA’s service to clients in the greater Kansas...
Marsh Announces Executive Lineup for Combined Jelf & Bluefin Business
Feb 16 2017 // Following the completion of its acquisition of Bluefin earlier this year, Marsh announced that it had appointed a new management team for its combined Jelf and Bluefin business. Led by Phil Barton as CEO, the new...
Wholesale Trading Insurance Names Kiley Managing Director in California
Feb 16 2017 // Wholesale Trading Insurance Services LLC in San Francisco, Calif. has named Chris Kiley managing director and property broker. Kiley has more than 20 years of property broking and underwriting with expertise in real estate...
Ed Announces Series of Appointments and One Departure
Feb 15 2017 // Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, has announced several appointments over the past few weeks in the areas of international property and casualty, marine and energy, finance, and...
Good and Bad of Private Equity Investment in Insurance Agencies
Feb 13 2017 // It takes a lot of capital for an insurance agency to grow, acquire, merge or partner with another agency, and increasingly, private equity firms are stepping up to the plate to supply that funding. Although the number of...
Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Promotes McEachern
Feb 7 2017 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass., headquartered independent insurance agency, has promoted Allison McEachern to senior vice president and director of human resources, effective January 2017. In her new...
Is Private Equity Investment in Insurance Agencies Always a Good Thing?
Feb 6 2017 // It takes a lot of capital for an insurance agency to grow, acquire, merge or partner with another agency, and increasingly, private equity firms are stepping up to the plate to supply that funding. Although the number of...
Illinois Insurance Department Settles with Human Resources Startup, Zenefits
Feb 3 2017 // Illinois has become the 17th state to reach a settlement with a California-based human resources software startup for alleged insurance code violations. Illinois Department of Insurance investigators found the startup...
DeLong Named Managing Director, Gemini Risk Partners
Feb 3 2017 // Wholesale insurance broker Gemini Risk Partners, based in Chicago, has appointed Yosha DeLong as managing director. Prior to joining Gemini Risk Partners, DeLong was most recently the London regional executive for...
JLT Re Appoints Pang as Philippines Managing Director
Feb 1 2017 // JLT Re, the global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, announced the appointment of William Pang as managing director for JLT Re Philippines, subject to regulatory approval. Pang will be relocating to Manila...
H.W. Kaufman, Burns & Wilcox Canada Buy XN Canada Private Client Services
Jan 31 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns & Wilcox Canada announced they have acquired the high-value homeowner’s insurance practice from Quebec-based XN Financial Services Inc. (XN). A managing general agent and...
RSGUM Acquires Interstate Insurance Management in Pennsylvania
Jan 30 2017 // RSG Underwriting Managers (RSGUM) has agreed to acquire the total assets and operations of Interstate Insurance Management Inc. (Interstate). Interstate was represented in the transaction by Marsh, Berry & Company Inc....
W.R. Berkley Suspends Marine Underwriting in London: Sources
Jan 25 2017 // W.R. Berkley has put under review and is suspending underwriting for its London marine book until it can determine the direction of this business going forward, Insurance Journal can reveal. W/R/B Underwriting, the...
Alabama-Based Cobbs Allen Taps Reed as HR Director
Jan 25 2017 // Cobbs Allen, a national insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., has hired Tyrenda Williams-Reed as its new Human Resources director. Reed will be responsible for company-wide human resource...
