Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) Expands to Republic of Ireland
Jul 30 2021 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has expanded its membership into the Republic of Ireland (ROI) following an initiative driven by Chief Executive Mike Keating. The move to enable MGAs,...
Managing Through Disruption: The Importance of Risk Management for Supply Chains
Jul 26 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. Over the last decade, we have witnessed many types of unpredictable disasters, including terrorist attacks, wars, earthquakes, economic crises,...
People Moves: Pinnacol Names Johnson Chief Human Resources Officer; CIBA CEO Marino Stepping Down with Rheel Named New CEO
Jul 16 2021 // Pinnacol Assurance named Timothy A. Johnson chief human resources officer and vice president of employee services. He replaces Barbara Brannen, who is retiring. Johnson has 30 years of global human resources experience....
Assessing Options for Managing the Risks and Insuring Communicable Diseases
Jun 22 2021 // Within weeks, it had all changed. As a pandemic spread and took root in an unprepared world, many organizations were finding out that their insurance policies would not cover the one event that had brought global business...
People Moves: Texas Mutual Promotes Potter to CFO, Martin to Sr. VP-HR
May 17 2021 // Texas Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has promoted Bill Potter to chief financial officer (CFO). Potter, a certified public accountant, succeeds Mike Barron, who served as Texas...
Cooper to Chief HR Officer at Oswald Cos.; Powers Now Assistant Controller at Rockford Mutual
May 4 2021 // Oswald Companies Oswald Companies in Cleveland, Ohio, has appointed Deborah Cooper to the position of chief human resources officer. Cooper joins the 128-year-old risk management and insurance brokerage firm as a member of...
Managing Risk by Training Restaurant Employees
Mar 22 2021 // Restaurants are risky businesses. They take more cash than you would think. They take more time than you want to invest and have more problems than anyone wants to deal with. Many restaurants struggle with keeping...
Etheredge Named VP, Human Resources, at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas
Mar 2 2021 // Texas-based independent agency, Hotchkiss Insurance, has promoted Heather Etheredge to vice president of human resources. Etheredge will serve on the executive leadership team with a focus on developing and implementing...
Managing COVID-19 Employment Practice-Related Exposure
Mar 1 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. As the pandemic continues, we’re seeing new COVID-19-related regulations, restrictions and advisories issued and adjusted by federal, state, and...
Crawford & Company Appoints Pageau as VP, Managing Director in New England Region
Feb 25 2021 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporations, has appointed Robert Pageau as vice president and managing director of...
Minick Retiring from Texas Workplace Injury Benefit Risk Managing Firm, PartnerSource
Feb 24 2021 // Bill Minick, founder of Texas-based workers’ compensation/workplace injury benefit risk management firm, PartnerSource, will retire at the end of March. Jennifer Hurless, president of PartnerSource, will continue in...
Risk Strategies Promotes Hoffman, Smith to Managing Directors
Feb 22 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has promoted Tracy Hoffman and Matthew Smith to managing directors as part of planned leadership successions in both its Managed Health...
Rinehart Named VP, Human Resources, at Missouri’s Columbia Insurance Group
Feb 17 2021 // Columbia Insurance Group, headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, has appointed Julie Rinehart as vice president – Human Resources. Rinehart has served as employee development specialist since joining the company in 2014....
Iowa’s CGA Insurance Services Launches Managing General Underwriter Program
Feb 3 2021 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Career General Agency LLC (CGA Insurance Services), a subsidiary of GuideOne Insurance, has launched a managing general underwriter (MGU) program with its newly developed CGA Energy...
Crawford & Co. Appoints Wang as Managing Director, Global Technical Services
Feb 1 2021 // Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management and outsourcing services to carriers, brokers and corporations, has appointed Baoling Wang as vice president, managing director and international...
Kemper Corp. in Chicago Adds Aziz as Chief Human Resources Officer
Jan 7 2021 // Ismat Aziz has joined insurer Kemper Corp. as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and chief administrative officer, based in Chicago. Aziz will report to Kemper President and CEO Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. She will be...
Markel Corporation Hires Gandy as Managing Director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion
Jan 6 2021 // Markel Corporation has hired Trevor Gandy as managing director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion, effective January 1, 2021. In this new role, Gandy will further shape the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion...
Crawford & Company Appoints Hagenbucher as Managing Director in New York
Dec 7 2020 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Janis Hagenbucher as managing director for Crawford Forensic...
Fairfax Announces Sale of RiverStone Europe to Private Equity Firm CVC
Dec 2 2020 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a binding agreement with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) to sell all of its interests in RiverStone Europe to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for...
Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice
Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...
