Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People
Apr 3 2006 // Lighthouse Underwriters, an Anandale-Va.-based program underwriting company, announced that Sean Gormley has been promoted to senior vice president. In this position he will be responsible for the day-to-day operations at...
People
Apr 3 2006 // Bermuda-based United America Indemnity Ltd. has appointed Robert Cohen president and CEO of its subsidiary, Penn Independent Corporation. Cohen has been acting president and CEO since November 2005. From 1992, he was a...
Managing Disasters
Apr 3 2006 // Totally ready or just terrorism ready? Is the nation’s terrorism-centric focus hurting its efforts to plan for other disasters? Dr. James L. Valverde Jr., director of economics and risk management for the Insurance...
Acordia Names Rudolph as Managing Director for Its Ariz. Operations
Mar 15 2006 // Acordia, the insurance brokerage subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., has promoted Cameron Rudolph to managing director for its Arizona operations. Rudolph has been in the insurance industry for 14 years. He joined...
Selective Insurance Group in N.J. Makes Executive Appointments
Mar 14 2006 // Selective Insurance Group, Inc., in Branchville, N.J., announced the following executive appointments: Diederik Olijslager (Lafayette, N.J.), to vice president, Selective Insurance Group, and senior vice president, head of...
Main Street America Group Announces Three Promotions
Mar 13 2006 // Geof Molina has been named vice president internal audit of the Main Street America Group in Jacksonville, Fla. At the same time Cathy Parrish and Roy Viands were named assistant secretaries. Molina joined Main Street...
Atlas Management Appoints Leighton Group Managing Director
Mar 7 2006 // Atlas Insurance Management, an independent insurance management and consulting company, announced from its headquarters in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, the appointment of Nicholas Leighton as Group Managing Director for the...
It’s not their father’s E&O policy anymore
Mar 6 2006 // Owners of mid-size companies used to make relatively easy, straightforward decisions on what types of insurance to buy. They would purchase property insurance for the buildings; liability for the autos, premises and...
Today’s service firms must look beyond their father’s E&O
Mar 6 2006 // Owners of mid-size companies used to make relatively easy, straightforward decisions on what types of insurance to buy from their local agent. The owners would purchase property insurance for the buildings; liability for...
Lloyd’s Underwriter Survey; ‘Cycle’ Remains Primary Concern
Feb 22 2006 // According to Lloyd’s newly released annual underwriter survey, “managing the insurance cycle as the most important challenge facing the global industry for the second year running.” The survey also found...
Acordia Names Van Ness Managing Director for Central, Northern Calif.
Feb 16 2006 // Acordia, the insurance brokerage subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., has named Greg Van Ness managing director for all of its insurance brokerage operations in Northern and Central California, including the San Francisco...
Svendson to Lead Deloitte Financial Advisory Services’ Mid-America Region
Feb 7 2006 // Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP announced that Midwest regional managing partner, Don M. Svendson, has been named Mid-America regional managing partner. Svendson, based in Dallas, succeeds Edward Lynch, partner,...
HR&H Names Creedon New West Regional Director
Feb 6 2006 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company has appointed William (Bill) Creedon to the position of West regional director. Creedon will replace Michael Janes, who announced his intent to resign in the last week. Creedon was named...
People
Feb 5 2006 // Linda S. Downs, a Brown & Brown regional executive vice president, has been promoted to the newly formed position of executive vice president for leadership development. She will be responsible for Brown &...
Managing Your Agency
Feb 5 2006 // For smaller companies, such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical tool to facilitate cost-effective growth and stimulate productivity. Outsourcing often receives a bad...
People
Feb 5 2006 // Dianne Morris of Austin, Texas, has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) for 2006-2007. Morris is president of the Association Casualty Insurance Company. She succeeds...
Aon Construction Group Appoints White Managing Director in San Francisco
Feb 1 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group has appointed Cary White managing director. He will be responsible for producing and managing insurance accounts for both contractors and homebuilders, and be based in San Francisco. White...
ACE Names New Senior Managers for South Africa, New Zealand
Jan 31 2006 // The ACE Group of Companies reported the appointment of new senior managers in South Africa and New Zealand. Scott Pickering, country manager and managing director of ACE New Zealand, has been appointed chief executive...
Higginbotham & Associates Adds New Managing Directors
Jan 18 2006 // Independent insurance agency Higginbotham & Associates, based in Fort Worth, Texas, added brokers John Huggins and Mark Vann to its managing director team to recognize their individual sales production of $1 million...
Newly Formed Mercator Risk Services Names Executive Appointments
Jan 17 2006 // Mercator Risk Services, the newly formed, independent wholesale insurance broker has named several senior leadership appointments. Michael S. Ryan has been named chief operating officer. In this role Ryan will be...
