Latest Human Resources Headlines

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MMG Names Herweh to Succeed Lombard as VP Human Resources

Jul 14 2016 // Presque Isle, Maine-based regional insurer MMG Insurance Co. has promoted John Herweh to vice president and director of Human Resources. Herweh replaces Lynn Lombard, who retired on July 1, 2016 after a 45-year career with...

Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Adds Orellana as Human Resources Director

Jul 12 2016 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Denisse Orellana as director of Human Resources. For the past several years, Orellana has worked in the private sector for a promotional and marketing...

Nexus Acquires Beacon, Hong Kong-Based Marine MGA

Jul 6 2016 // Nexus Underwriting Management Ltd. has acquired 100 percent of the shareholding in Hong Kong-domiciled Beacon Underwriters Ltd., a marine managing general agent. Beacon was established in 2009 as a Lloyd’s...

NFP Acquires Utah’s First West Brokerage Services

Jun 30 2016 // National insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp., has acquired First West Brokerage Services Inc. (First West), based in Orem, Utah. Founded in 1987, First West is a full service benefits insurance broker and consultant...

Ironshore’s Pembroke Agency Partners with Old Mutual for Africa Risks

Jun 16 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. has entered into a management agreement with Old Mutual Group to underwrite select specialty lines for African risks. Pembroke’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 4000 partners...

Selective Insurance Announces Officer Appointments in New Jersey

Jun 15 2016 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group Inc. in Branchville, New Jersey, announced the following officer appointments. Teresa Caro to senior vice president, New Jersey regional...

Women Are 30 Years From Attaining 30% of Seats on Boards: Report

Jun 13 2016 // It will take 30 years at the current pace of change for women to attain just 30 percent of the seats on executive committees in the financial services industry globally, an Oliver Wyman report said on Monday. Globally...

Bigger Is Better for Lloyd’s Syndicates with Active Cycle Mgmt: S&P

Jun 10 2016 // Benign catastrophe losses, combined with lower and less frequent casualty lines claims, helped Lloyd’s syndicates deliver another strong set of results in 2015, reporting an average combined ratio of 90 percent,...

UK’s Global Risk Partners Acquires Cavendish Munro Professional Risks

Jun 6 2016 // Global Risk Partners Ltd. (GRP), the insurance broking and managing general agent investment vehicle, has completed its acquisition of Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Ltd., the specialist retail broker. Cavendish Munro...

Main Street America Promotes Osman, Appoints 3 Officers in Florida

May 6 2016 // The Main Street America Group announced the promotion of one company officer to assistant vice president and the appointment of three new company officers in its Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters. Darryl Osman, currently...

Main Street America Promotes Osman; Appoints 4 Officers

May 5 2016 // The Main Street America Group announced the promotion of one company officer to assistant vice president and the appointment of four new company officers, all of whom will be an assistant secretary of the super-regional...

Japanese Insurers Expected to Continue U.S. Spending Spree: Investment Bankers

May 4 2016 // Japanese insurers made more than $18 billion worth of acquisitions in the U.S. last year, and their spending spree isn’t over yet, industry dealmakers said on Tuesday. Japan has a number of large, healthy insurers...

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory Appoints Lien as Managing Director, Hong Kong

Apr 28 2016 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Vincent Lien as managing director of Hong Kong for Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the firm’s investment banking business. Reporting to WCMA co-CEOs, Michael Guo and...

Beecher Carlson Hires Miller as Managing Director in NYC

Apr 28 2016 // Megan Miller Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, a specialized large account risk management broker and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has hired Megan Miller as managing director. She will be...

Lloyd’s Market Urged to Use Oasis Open-Source Cat Models for Wider Risk View

Apr 28 2016 // Lloyd’s managing agents should take full advantage of Oasis, the open source catastrophe modeling platform, in order to get wider views on catastrophe risks, urged Tom Bolt, Lloyd’s director of performance...

Aspen Re Appoints Cardona as Managing Director for Latin America & Caribbean

Apr 27 2016 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.announced that its reinsurance segment, Aspen Re has appointed Hugo A. Cardona as managing director for Latin America and Caribbean. Cardona will join Aspen on May 2 from Odyssey Reinsurance...

BKS-Partners in Florida Appoints Ingram to Commercial Risk Management Group

Apr 15 2016 // Florida-Based Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), has appointed Amy Ingram as managing director of the Commercial Risk Management Group. She will be based in company’s Tampa office. Ingram joins...

AIG’s Patel Joins QBE North America as Chief Human Resources Officer

Apr 12 2016 // QBE North America reported that Shruti Patel has joined the organization as chief human resources officer. Patel replaces Hy Pomerance, who was recently appointed chief human resources officer, Emerging Markets, an...

London MGA, Pardus, Raises £1.6M ($2.3M) to Facilitate Next Phase of Growth

Apr 7 2016 // Pardus, the London-based independent managing general agency (MGA), announced the completion of a £1.6 million ($2.3 million) capital raising, which attracted a variety of new private investors into the business. Pardus...

PartnerRe Names Former EXOR Managing Director, Bonaccorso, as CFO

Apr 6 2016 // PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Mario Bonaccorso, formerly managing director at EXOR SpA, has been appointed chief financial officer, subject to Bermuda Immigration approval. Bill Babcock, who has served as executive vice...