Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IMA Taps Martinez as Human Resources Manager in Colorado
Aug 6 2013 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. named Stacie Martinez its human resources manager. Martinez will be a part of the IMA Financial Group human resources team that leads human resource functions for IMA and its subsidiaries,...
Boring Named Managing Director for Wells Fargo in Southern California
Aug 6 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Alan Boring senior vice president and managing director for its Sherman Oaks, Calif. office. Boring will lead the office’s business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell...
People Pleasers as Agency Owners: On the Periphery of Extinction?
Aug 5 2013 // The insurance agency distribution system model was built around 1900 and is still amazingly similar to agencies of 100 years ago, albeit the monitors and lack of filing cabinets do create a different ambiance. This model...
Wells Fargo Insurance Names Paulnock Managing Director in Minnesota
Jul 24 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co., named Jason Paulnock senior vice president and managing director for its Minnesota offices. Paulnock will lead business development, client service and sales, and...
ACE Study: Reputation the Hardest Risk to Manage
Jul 23 2013 // Ninety-two percent of companies believe that reputational risk is the most challenging category of risk to manage, according to a major new study from ACE Group conducted across 15 countries within its EMEA (Europe, Middle...
Overcoming the Fear of Insuring Emerging Risks
Jul 22 2013 // For an industry that depends on lots of data to develop products and price them according to risk, the insurance industry finds covering new and emerging risks to be no easy task. Carriers try to address new risks,...
Marsh & McLennan Names Gardner Chief Diversity, Inclusion Officer
Jul 16 2013 // Global insurance, risk and management consulting firm Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. in New York has named Nicole Gardner as chief diversity and inclusion officer. In her new role, Gardner is responsible for...
Tower Group International Enters Marine and Energy Market
Jul 9 2013 // Tower Group International, Ltd. has entered into the marine and energy insurance market. Tower’s new marine and energy team will be led by Tom Guarnera and Jeff Kaufmann, who are joining Tower from the U.S. office of...
Lockton Adds Milwaukee Insurance Brokerage Operation
Jul 9 2013 // Insurance and employee benefits advisor, Lockton, has opened a new operation in Milwaukee, Wis., appointing two veteran employee benefits consultants as senior executives. John O’Connor and Bill Crowley have joined...
Across the Pond: Managing General Agents in the UK
Jul 1 2013 // The past two years have seen interesting developments unfold on both sides of the Atlantic with regard to managing general agents and their representation, albeit electing to move in slightly different directions. In May,...
Former U.S. Federal Reserve Insurance Counsel Frank Alerte Joins Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky, Abate & Webb
May 31 2013 // Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 5/31/13 – Frank Alerte, a former executive insurance counsel at the U.S. Federal Reserve, Guy Carpenter and BB&T, has joined the law and governmental consulting firm of Colodny, Fass,...
Vermont Mutual Insurance Promotes Chicoine to VP of Human Resources
May 21 2013 // Vermont Mutual Insurance Group, based in Montpelier, Vt., announced that Susan Chicoine has been promoted to vice president of human resources.Susan ChicoineChicoine has 25 years of experience working in the human...
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp
May 17 2013 // Prev Next Drug Overdose Death Rates Drug overdose death rates in the U.S. more than tripled since 1990. In 2008, more than 36,000 people died from drug overdoses, and most of the deaths were caused by prescription drugs....
Ryan Specialty Group Promotes Mesina to EVP, Human Resources
May 16 2013 // Michelle Mesina has been appointed executive vice president of human resources at Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG). Mesina has 15 years of experience in the area of human resources. She has been with RSG since...
UK’S MGAA Begins Search for First Managing Director
May 15 2013 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has formally begun its search for its first full time managing director. The announcement explained that the “managing director’s main...
AAMGA Looks to Expand Membership
May 14 2013 // After a two year process in which the board of directors of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has examined the changing demographics within the wholesale insurance space, the board has voted to...
White Promoted, Elected to Central Insurance Board of Directors
May 14 2013 // Van Wert, Ohio-based Central Insurance Companies has elected Janet L. White, to its board of directors, appointed her to its executive committee and promoted her to senior vice president of human resources White holds the...
Sharkproof II: Retention through investment
May 10 2013 // Shark proof In part one of this series, we defined a shark as the kind of producer you don’t want anywhere near your clients. Sharks are experienced professionals who know the business, and are experts at breaking...
Aon Reports Q1 Total Revenue of $2.9B; Net Income $261M
Apr 26 2013 // Aon summarized the results from its various operations in the first quarter of 2013 as follows: – Total revenue was $2.9 billion with organic revenue growth of 2 percent – – EPS from continuing operations...
Gillis Promoted to Senior VP at American Financial Group
Apr 10 2013 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based insurance holding company, American Financial Group Inc. has promoted Michelle A. (Shelly) Gillis to senior vice president. Since March 2012, Gillis has served as vice president and chief...
