Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arthur J. Gallagher’s Long Island, N.Y., Area President Joins Crystal & Company
May 20 2014 // New York-based brokerage Crystal & Company has named Lou Roca as executive managing director and head of commercial insurance services. He is based in New York. In this role, Roca will be responsible for the growth...
Gibbs Appointed Managing Director of Cooper Gay Marine
May 20 2014 // London-based broker Cooper Gay & Co Ltd has announced the appointment of Charles Gibbs as Managing Director, Marine, within the Marine and Aerospace Division, effective immediately. He will have overall responsibility...
Swiss Re Names Summerville Managing Director for Financial, Professional Services
May 19 2014 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Jeff Summerville to be head of Financial and Professional Services in North America. In this managing director role, he will lead underwriting teams for corresponding lines of...
People
May 19 2014 // FrankCrum, a national professional employer organization, added Rodney Vaughn as broker manager, responsible for increasing the company’s presence in Texas, and forging relationships with insurance agents and...
Aon Q1 Net Income up 25% to $325 Million
Apr 28 2014 // Aon plc reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2014, posting net income attributable to Aon shareholders of$325 million, or $1.06 per share, compared to $261 million, or $0.82 per share, for the prior year...
Marsh & McLennan Names Dunn Director for Military, Veterans Affairs
Apr 21 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. said that Eddie Dunn has joined the firm as director, Military and Veteran Affairs. In this role, Dunn will support the U.S. Veterans Talent Initiative Marsh & McLennan announced...
Lloyd’s Focuses on Brokers, MGA’s, Capital in New Details for ‘Vision 2025’ Plan
Apr 21 2014 // Lloyd’s has published a more detailed strategy for 2014-2016, setting out how it will work towards achieving its goals, embodied in its “Vision 2025” Plan, which details “how the Corporation will...
Agents Brewing Up Program Business for Craft Beermakers
Apr 16 2014 // Craft beers have been capturing an increasing share of the domestic beer market over the past decade and this specialty niche is still growing. By 2020, America’s craft brewers will have more than 20 percent market...
Elia Joins Argo Group as Chief Human Resources Officer
Apr 16 2014 // The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. announced that Kurt Elia has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. He Elia will report to Argo Group President and CEO Mark...
Oklahoma Congressman’s Weather Forecasting Bill Passed by U.S. House
Apr 15 2014 // The U.S. House of Representatives in early April passed a bill sponsored by an Oklahoma congressman that would enable development of technology for improving weather forecasting and predicting. Rep. Jim Bridenstine of...
Zurich CFO’s Widow to Confront Insurer at Annual Meeting; Company Defends Probe
Apr 2 2014 // Seven months after the suicide of Zurich Insurance finance chief Pierre Wauthier, his widow is set to confront the company over its handling of the tragedy, reopening a scandal that unsettled investors. In the first...
Allied World Approved to Launch New Managing Agency at Lloyd’s
Mar 31 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that it has received approval from Lloyd’s, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to establish its own Lloyd’s...
Managing Time is Imperative
Mar 24 2014 // Time is the only resource we cannot recreate, but how can you optimize being “in control of time” rather than being “controlled by it?” People tend to number their days when they are dying. A woman...
Brewing Boom
Mar 10 2014 // Microbrewers Make Their Mark The craft beer industry has been chipping away at the U.S. domestic beer market throughout the past decade. And the pace of growth in this specialty niche is not expected to stop anytime...
MGAA Elects 3 New Members to Board; Brown Awarded Honorary Life Membership
Feb 25 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the election of Darren Doherty of Pioneer, Jeff Turner of Miramar and Catherine Bell of inet3 to its board at its annual general meeting. They join existing...
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Adds Gross as Managing Director in Dallas
Feb 12 2014 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has hired David Gross as managing director in its North Dallas office. Gross, who most recently served as vice president and senior broker-casualty for CRC, will report to Burns & Wilcox...
EPIC Hires Managing Principal in New York
Feb 12 2014 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage based in San Francisco, announced James R. Loughlin has joined the firm as managing principal, risk...
MGAA Members Back Lloyd’s Delegated Authority Plans
Feb 11 2014 // Representatives of over 75 percent of the UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) member organizations gathered yesterday to hear Peter Montanaro, Head of Delegated Authorities at Lloyd’s, set...
Lloyd’s Launches ‘Volume Claims Service’
Feb 3 2014 // Lloyd’s announced the launch of its new shared service, Volume Claims Service (VCS), which it said is “part of its overarching Claims Transformation Program, a fast and fair claims handling service which offers...
Texas Insurance, Vietnam Veteran Lyle Ashley Passes Away
Jan 30 2014 // Lyle Ashley, decorated Navy veteran, insurance agency founder, and well-known professional in Texas insurance circles, passed away Jan. 24, 2014. Ashley, 69, received The Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze stars for his...
