Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Croom-Johnson Named MD of AEGIS London; 4 Senior Execs Promoted
Jun 12 2015 // AEGIS London has named David Croom-Johnson as its new managing director. The firm has also announced a series of promotions within its senior management team. Croom-Johnson, Syndicate 1225’s active underwriter since...
Medvidofsky Named VP of Human Resources at Main Street America
Jun 11 2015 // The Main Street America Group announced Dave Medvidofsky has been appointed vice president of human resources. He replaces Toni Porterfield, who has retired from the organization after leading the human resources function...
ACE Names Khoshabi as Managing Director, MENA; Dixon Named Special Adviser
Jun 8 2015 // ACE Group has promoted Mojgan Khoshabi to the role of regional managing director for ACE in the Middle East and North Africa, effective July 1. She will move to the new position from her current role as underwriting...
Alliant Hires Moylan as Managing Director for Construction Services in Md.
Jun 3 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired David C. Moylan for its Construction Services Group as managing director of International Surety. In his new role,...
Alliant Insurance Services Names Strassner Managing Director in California
Jun 2 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services has named Jeffrey Strassner a managing director in surety in its construction services group. Strassner is based in the Los Angeles, Calif. office. He is charged with expanding the commercial...
AEGIS London’s Managing Director Moves to Canopius as Group CEO
May 21 2015 // AEGIS London announced that Stuart Davies, the company’s managing director, has resigned to take up the group CEO role at Canopius. At Canopius, Davies succeeds Michael Watson who remains the company’s...
SCOR Appoints Brémond as Group Human Resources Director
May 20 2015 // SCOR announced that Laurent Brémond has joined the company as group human resources director, reporting to Denis Kessler, chairman & chief executive officer, based in Paris. Brémond (47) is a graduate of the London...
Incoming President Ware Talks About Canadian Expansion & Why AAMGA Is More Than MGAs
May 18 2015 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) expanded its membership again in 2015 with the addition of eight new organizations, all based in Canada. The Canadian organizations sought to become part of the...
Wearable Devices in Insurance
May 18 2015 // Nearly two-thirds of insurers expect wearable technologies to have a significant impact on the industry. According to a survey in Accenture’s annual Technology Vision report, where more than 200 insurance executives...
N.Y.’s Associated Mutual Announces Appointments to Senior Management
May 7 2015 // Associated Mutual Insurance Cooperative, a multi-line regional property/casualty insurer based in Woodridge, New York, appointed Robert Wong as president and Claudia Dietz as vice president of finance and vice president of...
Insurers See Impact from Wearable Devices Within 2 Years
May 6 2015 // Nearly two-thirds of insurers expect wearable technologies to have a significant impact on the industry, according to a survey in Accenture’s annual Technology Vision report. The survey of more than 200 insurance...
Crawford & Company Adds Managing Director to American Aviation Team in Miami
May 5 2015 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a provider of claims management programs, added Ken Forsyth to its Crawford Global Technical Services (GTS) as managing director Aviation – the Americas effective April 23, 2015....
IFG Cos. Names Denton Executive Managing Director in California
May 4 2015 // IFG Cos. has named Michael R. Denton executive managing director in property. He is based in IFG’s Irvine, Calif. office. Denton assumes responsibility for leading and managing the brokerage property division,...
Florida-Based The Villages Insurance Adds Cameron as Managing Advisor
Apr 28 2015 // The Villages Insurance has added Matt Cameron as managing advisor to its Pinellas Plaza, Fla., office. Cameron has over 23 years experience in the insurance industry, most recently as an agent at the local AAA...
Hub Names Jellen Managing Director of Entertainment Practice in California
Apr 27 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has named Robert Jellen as managing director of Hub’s Los Angeles, Calif.-based entertainment practice. Hub also added Seth Cohen, vice president, and Dany Rodriguez, account executive, to...
Michigan Insurance Wholesaler J.M. Wilson Promotes Van Niman
Apr 22 2015 // Portage, Mich.-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Dawn Van Niman who will be serving multiple roles as accounting and finance associate, agency coordinator assistant, and...
Paragon Insurance Hires Roppelt to Lead Construction Division in Connecticut
Apr 21 2015 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC., a managing general agency based in Avon, Connecticut, hired Randy Roppelt as president of the Construction Division. Prior to joining Paragon Insurance, Roppelt was president and chief...
Philadelphia Insurance Companies Announces 4 Promotions
Apr 16 2015 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets, promoted Laura Boylan to vice president of Human Resources....
Allied World Appoints Evans Non-Executive Chairman of Lloyd’s Managing Agency
Apr 15 2015 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Jonathan Evans will join the board of directors and become the Non-Executive Chairman of Allied World Managing Agency Limited, its Lloyd’s managing agency,...
Solvency II Staggers Towards Finish Line: a Retrospective Analysis
Apr 7 2015 // It’s been a long process, but, according to Paul Fisher, deputy head of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), who supervises insurance and regulatory risk, the introduction of the...
