Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Marsh Names 59 Managing Directors in U.S., Canada
Aug 2 2010 // Marsh announced the appointment of 59 new managing directors in North America. The members of the Marsh 2010 Class of Managing Directors work within a number of different risk practice and industry groups and are located...
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Aug 2 2010 // Stephen M. Franz was named senior vice president of Dallas-based managing general agency and wholesale broker Capstone Underwriters LLC. Franz has been with Capstone since 2004. Prior to Capstone, he held positions at all...
Marsh Promotes Deguia to Managing Director
Jul 26 2010 // Marsh has appointed Etet Deguia as a managing director in the firm’s San Diego office. She currently acts as a global client executive, where she manages client relationships. Deguia has been an integral part of the...
Rainmaker Advisory Names Estrada Managing Director
Jul 16 2010 // David Estrada has been named managing director at Rainmaker Advisory LLC, based in Portland, Ore. Estrada has more than 25 years of experience in the retail insurance brokerage indutsry. He previously was president of USI...
Cunningham Lindsey Completes Expansion in Germany, Spain, France
Jul 15 2010 // Claims specialists Cunningham Lindsey Group Limited have completed four strategic acquisitions in Europe. President and CEO Philippe Bès reported that the Group is “ahead of our internal plans in the...
Reinsurance Tax Debate over HR 3424 Heats Up at Committee Hearing
Jul 15 2010 // Both sides presented their views at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, July 14. Compromise over whether or not to disallow deductions for premiums paid to purchase reinsurance from...
Survey: Risk Managers More Concerned About Total Cost of Risk
Jul 14 2010 // Corporate risk and finance managers, faced with the lingering effects of a global financial crisis, dramatically downsized staffs and reduced budgets are becoming increasingly concerned about managing those expenditures as...
With Hewitt, Aon Will Jump Over Marsh to Be Largest HR Consultant
Jul 13 2010 // Aon Corp. will spend $4.9 billion to buy Hewitt Associates Inc., in an aggressive bid to leapfrog archrival Marsh and McLennan and create the world’s largest human resource services company. Aon, in its largest-ever...
Hearing Scheduled Today on HR 3424, Reinsurance Tax Bill
Jul 13 2010 // HR 3424 will be the subject of a hearing House by the House Representatives Ways and Means Committee today at 10:00 a.m. The Bill, sponsored by Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA), has been the subject of a lengthy debate [See IJ...
QBE Europe Promotes Tonchev and Jenny
Jul 13 2010 // QBE’s European division announced that Petko Tonchev has been promoted to General Manager for Central and Eastern Europe and Felix Jenny will take up the interim position of General Manager of QBE‟s...
EPIC Adds Three to Staff
Jul 12 2010 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a California-based retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added North Bay insurance professionals Wade Gordon and Jennifer Heliotes in the...
Aon Buys HR Firm Hewitt
Jul 12 2010 // Aon Corp. has agreed to buy human resource consulting firm Hewitt Associates in a deal worth $4.9 billion. Aon intends to integrate Hewitt with its existing consulting and outsourcing operations, Aon Consulting, and...
Insurance Skills Center Names Koch Managing Director
Jul 8 2010 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West’s (IBA West) education division, Insurance Skills Center (ISC), has entered into an agreement with Cheryl L. Koch, president and CEO of Agency Management Resource Group, for...
Rutland Joins Hartwig Moss Benefits
Jul 1 2010 // Hartwig Moss Benefits has added Shawn Rutland to the agency’s client service team as client relations associate in its New Orleans, La., office. Rutland will be the firm’s primary contact for service issues...
Neal Bill, HR 3424, Proponents and Opponents Trade Salvoes
Jun 29 2010 // When U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-MA) introduced, or more properly reintroduced, HR 3424, a bill aimed at closing what its proponents describe as a “loophole” in the U.S. tax code, he ignited, or more...
