Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S&P’s Hosts 18th Annual Conference June 1-3
May 13 2003 // Unprecedented challenges facing the U.S. insurance industry in the past year, including asbestos claims and lawsuits, terrorism, a weak economy, and a continuing weak investment markets, have many insurance executives...
Giles Looks at MGAs As He Prepares to Step Down
May 5 2003 // Outgoing AAMGA president Rob Giles sat down with Insurance Journal recently to discuss the association, managing general agents and his term as president, among other things. Giles, president of Wisconsin-based Midwest...
Giles Looks at MGAs As He Prepares to Step Down
May 5 2003 // Outgoing AAMGA president Rob Giles sat down with Insurance Journal recently to discuss the association, managing general agents and his term as president, among other things. Giles, president of Wisconsin-based Midwest...
Arch Insurance Group Names Jerry Vasquez Managing Director of Offshore Energy
Apr 22 2003 // Arch Insurance Group, a division of Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced that Jerry Vasquez has been named to the position of Managing Director, Offshore Energy. He will be working with Lesley Harding, Managing...
Managing Claims
Apr 21 2003 // In these days of sky-high premium rates a sales person needs an edge when trying to close a sale. Many firms are adding extra services to woo new clients and retain the existing ones as well. These ideas are great....
Swiss Re and Penn State to Host Financial Strategy Workshop on Managing Weather and Climate Risk
Mar 26 2003 // Swiss Re announced that it will host a one-day, executive education workshop entitled, “Weatherproof Your Business: New Financial Strategies For Managing Weather and Climate Risk,” in partnership with Penn...
Managing Claims
Mar 24 2003 // In these days of sky high premium rates a sales person needs an edge when trying to close a sale. Many firms are adding extra services to woo new clients and retain the existing ones as well. These ideas are great....
Additional Benefits Company’s WebApp Upload Expands
Mar 19 2003 // Additional Benefits Company (www.getabc.com), developers of WebApp (www.webapp.net) , an integrated web-based application upload and point-of-sale system, announced the addition of its newest client, Med James, Inc., a...
AAI Encouraged with House Passage of HR 5
Mar 14 2003 // Rodger Lawson, president of the Alliance of American Insurers (AAI), issued the following statement upon House passage Thursday of the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of...
Managing the Marketing and Sales Effort in the Hard Market
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll have industry experts talk about the best ways to manage today’s agencies. In this article, Jack Fries speaks on managing the marketing and sales effort in the hard...
Managing Marketing and Sales Efforts in the Hard Market
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll have industry experts talk about the best ways to manage today’s agencies. In this article, Jack Fries speaks on managing the marketing and sales effort in the hard...
Selective Insurance Group Announces Senior Executive Promotions
Feb 26 2003 // Gregory E. Murphy, chairman, president and CEO of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. headquartered in Branchville NJ, has announced a number of senior executive promotions: Details of the promotions are as follows...
Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie to Head American Re’s Corporate Resource Division
Feb 12 2003 // American Re-Insurance Company announced that Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie has been appointed Senior VP of the Corporate Resources Division and a member of the Senior Management Group. She succeeds Anthony Kuczinski who was...
R&SA May Restructure Australia, New Zealand Operations
Jan 27 2003 // The U.K.’s Royal & Sun Alliance is reported to be considering restructuring its operations in Australia and New Zealand prior to making a flotation of the units later this year as part of the company’s...
Selective HR Solutions Receives Certification
Jan 21 2003 // Sarasota, Fla.-based professional employer organization (PEO) Selective HR Solutions, received certification from the International Organization of Standards (ISO) after passing an extensive audit by International...
Michael Flaharty Named Managing Director of New GAB Robins Consulting Group
Jan 16 2003 // The GAB Robins Group of Companies, a leading claims services firm, announced that it has formed GAB Robins Capital Partners Consulting Group and appointed Michael Flaharty, an internationally recognized expert on claims...
Doctors Pen Letter to Pres. Bush Regarding Med-Mal Crisis
Jan 16 2003 // Following remarks by President Bush, Thursday in Scranton, Pa., where he addressed the medical malpractice insurance crisis sweeping the nation, a letter was forwarded to the White House from a group of doctors. January...
Fireman’s Fund McGee Unveiled Nationwide with New E-solution for Managing Ocean Cargo Insurance
Jan 8 2003 // Fireman’s Fund McGee Marine Underwriters is making FOCUS(SM), its new e-solution for managing ocean cargo insurance, available to agents/brokers and their clients on a nationwide basis. The FOCUS Solution, which...
SGP Picks President for Austin Office
Dec 6 2002 // International insurance brokerage and consulting company Summit Global Partners named Daryl Martin president/CEO of Summit Global Partners branch operations in Austin, Texas. Martin specializes in providing strategic...
Managing the Cycle
Nov 11 2002 // Much has been written in the insurance press lately about the cyclical nature of the insurance industry. Now the market is hard, or hardening. For most of the 1990s stock markets boomed, the insurance market softened and...
