Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lockton Taps Weber as Vice President in Colorado
Nov 13 2013 // Lockton’s Denver, Colo. operation named Shellie Weber vice president of human resources. Weber will focus on organizational and people strategies and solutions. She has led the development of scalable human resource...
Atlas General Insurance Services Recognized as a Top Workplace and a Medallion Winner in the Workplace Excellence Awards by the U-T San Diego and the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management
Nov 13 2013 // San Diego, CA, 11/13/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a winner in the small business category in the First Annual U-T San Diego Top Workplaces Awards. Atlas has...
Ladd Joins Senn Dunn in North Carolina
Nov 7 2013 // Senn Dunn Insurance in Greensboro, North Carolina has named Wanda C. Ladd as director of Human Resources for the statewide agency. Ladd brings 18 years of experience in the human resource field. Prior to joining Senn Dunn,...
World Needs Insurance Industry to Be ‘Bold’ and ‘Sexy’ Now, PLUS Told
Nov 4 2013 // It’s time for the insurance industry to be “bold” and “sexy” in creating new insurance products and services to help the world deal with extreme risks that are becoming more common, according...
Good Alignment Between All Parties Benefits Insurance Agency Buyout
Oct 30 2013 // Situation: A majority partner wants to sell the agency; the rest of the partners don’t. What to do? Gaylon Brown and his partners had that problem last year. When he received a marketing email from Carmel, Ind.-based...
Managing Nanotechnology and Other Emerging Risks
Oct 21 2013 // Insurers need to learn how to manage new risks, not just exclude them, and actuaries can help. Since the mid-1980s, casualty insurance has shrunk as a share of gross domestic product. Insurers have been able to push...
MGAA Appoints Staddon as First Managing Director
Oct 11 2013 // The London-based Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the appointment of Peter Staddon as its first managing director, effective from the 1st of November 2013. “Staddon will drive the...
PwC Names Managing Director for Forensic Services Practice in Atlanta
Oct 10 2013 // Consulting firm PwC US announced that Alice V. Edwards has joined the firm as managing director for the Forensic Services practice in the Atlanta office. Edwards previously worked with forensic accounting services firm...
Willis North America Names Doyle Managing Partner in Tampa
Sep 24 2013 // Willis North America announced that James Doyle has been appointed managing partner of Willis’ Tampa operations. In this role, Doyle will oversee Willis’ Tampa operations and will focus on strategic planning,...
Wholesale: More Special Than Ever
Sep 23 2013 // Savvy wholesalers are meeting the demand for specialized knowledge Everyone loves the wholesale insurance business these days, or so it seems. “We’ve seen the entrance of a lot of other people coming into the...
ANV in Strategic Deal with Ryan Specialty for Lloyd’s Managing Agency Jubilee
Sep 17 2013 // ANV Holdings BV, the Dutch-headquartered specialty insurance business founded by CEO R. Matthew Fairfield, and Ryan Specialty Group, LLC announced that they have entered into an agreement to combine their Lloyd’s...
PwC US Names Managing Director for Actuarial and Insurance Management in N.Y.
Sep 11 2013 // PricewaterhouseCoopers US (PwC US) announced that Henry Essert joined PwC’s Actuarial and Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice as a managing director in its New York office. In his new role, Essert will...
Finch Named National Managing Director of Admitted Markets at MarketScout
Sep 4 2013 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its nationwide specialty high-net-worth underwriting and brokerage practice with the addition of...
William Gallagher Associates Appoints VP of Human Resources in Boston
Aug 29 2013 // William Gallagher Associates, a Boston-based brokerage and risk management services provider, appointed Kim Brennan as vice president of human resources. Brennan has an extensive background in many areas of human...
Cooper Gay Re North America Appoints Managing Director in New York
Aug 26 2013 // Cooper Gay Re North America appointed Norman Gayle as managing director. He joins the executive team working from the head office in downtown New York. He and his team will focus on production and strategic planning and...
Former PIA Mgmt. CEO Bessette Joins Managing General Underwriter CED 1976
Aug 20 2013 // CED 1976 LLC, a N.J.-based managing general underwriter for the Jewelers unBLOCKed brand that focuses on providing coverage to the jewelry industry, announced that Ken Bessette has joined its management team as strategic...
Fidelis Group Holdings Names 2 Managing Directors for New Inland Marine Unit in N.Y.
Aug 19 2013 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC, through its subsidiary company Continental Underwriters Ltd., announced the formation of its new inland marine division and appointed two managing directors for the new unit. Ed Helfers and Lisa...
Concerns Over Cyber Security Risks Outweigh Traditional Risks
Aug 19 2013 // Cyber security risks have become more worrisome to large organizations than traditional natural catastrophe risks, according to a new study. The study, titled “Managing Cyber Security as a Business Risk: Cyber...
Swett & Crawford Appoints VP of Human Resources in Atlanta
Aug 16 2013 // Wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford appointed Nancy Gibbons as vice president of human resources. She is based in Atlanta.Nancy GibbonsGibbons has held various key roles in her career including vice president...
Concerns Over Cyber Security Risks Outweigh Traditional Risks for Large Firms: Study
Aug 7 2013 // Cyber security risks have become more worrisome to large organizations than traditional natural catastrophe risks, according to a new study released today. The study, titled “Managing Cyber Security as a Business...
