Latest Human Resources Headlines

All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Lloyd’s Program Aims to Increase Claims Talent

Sep 24 2010 // Lloyd’s has announced that it will establish a dedicated program to recruit and train 50 claims professionals over the next five years, which it said is equivalent to “10 per cent of claims personnel currently...

Aon Releases 2010 Food System, Agribusiness, Beverage Industry Report

Sep 22 2010 // The claims costs connected to the recent half billion egg recall will be unprecedented and include liabilities such as business interruption and reputation damage. During the next 15 months, the U.S. Food and Drug...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...

People

Sep 20 2010 // Former AIG Chief Executive Officer Martin Sullivan, who was ousted three months before the U.S. government bailed the insurer out, is joining Willis Group Holdings PLC. Sullivan will head a new unit – Willis Global...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the boat.” But it doesn’t take a master angler to know that once you...

Goldman Sachs Sued for ‘Unchecked’ Gender Bias; Firm Denies Allegations

Sep 16 2010 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was hit with a gender bias lawsuit by three women who said Wall Street’s most profitable bank maintains an “outdated corporate culture” that systematically deprives women of pay...

Aon Announces Leadership Team for Merger with Hewitt

Sep 13 2010 // Insurance broker Aon Corp. said it has finalized a five-year employment agreement with the head of Hewitt Associates, the benefits and human resources consulting giant it agreed to purchase earlier this year. Russell P....

U.S. RE Analytics Names Kutsina as Managing Director

Sep 8 2010 // Anya Kutsina has been named managing director of U.S. RE Analytics LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. RE Companies Inc., an international financial services and reinsurance brokerage group. Kutsina has served as head of sales and...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers

Sep 6 2010 // Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the boat.” But it doesn’t take a master angler to know that once you...

Fiona Fades, Gaston May Grow

Sep 2 2010 // Tropical Storm Fiona is located about 610 miles, 980 kms south of Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 8:00 a.m. AST bulletin. The storm is moving toward the northwest near 17 mph, 28 km/hr. The NHC...

Danielle Again a Category 2 Hurricane; TS Earl Forms in Atlantic

Aug 26 2010 // Hurricane Danielle has recovered some strength, and is once again a “category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale,” according to the most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers

Aug 25 2010 // Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the boat.” But it doesn’t take a master angler to know that once you...

Beecher Carlson Appoints Mehta Bermuda Executive Managing Director

Aug 24 2010 // Insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm Beecher Carlson has appointed Robin Mehta as Executive Managing Director. He joins Beecher Carlson to lead the Bermuda office operations, including its Captive...

Solutions Agency Culture Issues – Small Agencies In Small Towns

Aug 18 2010 // In my previous post “Insights Into Agency Cultures – Small Agencies in Small Town” I discussed some of the cultural challenges these firms face. Some owners of these firms recognize that they have issues....

101 Sales & Marketing Ideas

Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...

101 Sales & Marketing Ideas*

Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...

DeLaney Joins Grange Insurance as VP of HR, Community Relations

Aug 11 2010 // Grange Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, announced that Doreen DeLaney has joined the company as vice president of human resources and community relations. In this role, she’ll lead all human resources...

ACE European Group Names Dixon as Regional Managing Director

Aug 11 2010 // ACE European Group named Steve Dixon as regional managing director, ACE Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Dixon succeeds Giles Ward, who has led ACE MENA since 2006, now appointed to the position of CEO for ACE...