Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Barney & Barney Bay Area Names Williams Managing Director
Jan 27 2014 // Barney & Barney LLC named Chris Williams managing director of its Bay Area offices in Northern California. Williams will lead the firm’s Bay Area team of professionals. Williams is also responsible for developing...
Orndorff Joins IMA Financial Group as Senior VP, Human Resources
Jan 15 2014 // The IMA Financial Group Inc., headquartered in Wichita, Kan., announced that Kyle Orndorff has returned to the company as senior vice president of human resources. Based in IMA’s Wichita office, Orndorff will oversee...
Bloss & Dillard Acquires Agents Insurance Markets in Virginia
Jan 13 2014 // Huntington, West Virginia-based managing general agent Bloss & Dillard Inc. announced it has acquired and now operates Agents Insurance Markets Inc., a managing general agent in Richmond, Virginia. The new acquisition...
Construction Obstruction
Jan 13 2014 // Skilled Labor Shortage and Lax Safety Could Injure Construction Insurance Market For agents and brokers serving the contractors and subcontractors market that barely scraped by during the recession, the year 2013 brought...
Willis North America Announces Leadership Reorganization, Appointments
Jan 8 2014 // Willis North America, the North American retail brokerage business of Willis Group Holdings and the company’s largest business segment, has revised its organizational structure and made a series of related senior...
Daves Appointed Managing Partner at Willis of Illinois
Jan 8 2014 // Paty Daves has been appointed managing partner at Willis of Illinois, retail insurance broker, Willis North America (WNA), announced. In this role, Daves will oversee business operations in Willis’ Chicago,...
MGAA Sets February 24 as Date for Board Elections
Jan 8 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced from its London headquarters that it has begun its board election process and has called for nominations from members. The results of the election will be...
Segal Group Acquires Employee Benefits Firm Moroni Fantin in Michigan
Jan 7 2014 // The Segal Group announced it has acquired a portion of the business of Moroni Fantin, an employee benefits consulting firm located in the Detroit, Mich.-area. Moroni Fantin specializes in working with Michigan and...
The Agency Manager-Employee Operations Gap and E&O Risk: Survey
Dec 19 2013 // Agency managers tend to have a rosier view of agency operations than their employees do, according to a survey that also suggests this gap could present errors and omissions (E&O) implications. The survey reveals that...
People
Dec 16 2013 // Glenn Renwick The Progressive Corp., based in Mayfield Village, Ohio, named Chief Executive Officer Glenn Renwick as chairman of its board of directors following the death of the company’s previous chairman, Peter B....
N.J. Insurance Exec Norcross Becomes Majority Owner of Philly Newspapers
Dec 11 2013 // Political powerbroker George Norcross is now the majority owner of Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers, although a rival holds equal power under their managing partnership. Norcross, a New Jersey-based insurance...
The Agency Producer Activity Gap and How to Close It: Survey
Dec 11 2013 // Agency producers are not spending enough of their time on the sales-related activities that they and their managers think they ideally should. Instead they are spending more time than they think they should on...
Ironshore Canada Names Hambrook, Stewart to Management Posts
Dec 10 2013 // Ironshore Canada Ltd., Ironshore’s Canadian MGA business based in Toronto, announced that Dane Hambrook has been appointed Managing Director, while Stephen Stewart has been named Managing Director of the Canadian...
Equity Risk Partners Names Four Executives in California
Dec 9 2013 // Equity Risk Partners named four insurance industry executives to its team in California, while also establishing the firm’s physical presence in Southern California. Equity’s new executive hires are Doug...
ANV, Ryan Specialty Complete Managing Agency Combination
Dec 9 2013 // ANV Holdings BV, the Dutch-headquartered specialty insurance business founded by CEO R. Matthew Fairfield, and Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) confirmed the successful completion of the previously announced transaction to...
IBTX Risk Services, Insphere Global Partners and HR Benefits to Merge
Dec 3 2013 // IBTX Risk Services, Insphere Global Partners and HR Benefits (formerly member companies of Independent Insurance Group), all based in Texas, have agreed to merge. The merger will create a combined organization poised to...
AmWINS to Acquire Bliss & Glennon in California from Fortegra
Dec 3 2013 // AmWINS Group Inc. has reached a definitive agreement with Fortegra Financial Corp. to acquire Bliss & Glennon, an excess and surplus lines wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency in California, and...
Aon Risk Solutions Announces Promotions in Northeast Region
Dec 2 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced promotions within the firm’s Northeast regional operations. Jennifer Bell and John Moskal will assume new roles as Dan...
When Coverage Isn’t Enough: Managing Risk a Challenge for Insureds
Dec 2 2013 // Companies of all types and sizes are facing increased risks, but many are not putting adequate programs in place to manage those risks, according to a Zurich-sponsored study by Forbes Insights. As a result, companies are...
RiskPoint in Oregon names Schellenberg Managing Principal
Nov 21 2013 // Portland, Ore.-based RiskPoint Insurance Advisors LLC named Blake Schellenberg managing principal. Schellenberg becomes one of four managing principals for RiskPoint. He has experience in insurance, and in several other...
