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Venbrook in California Names Mercer’s Exton Managing Director
Oct 11 2017 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Venbrook has named Lee Exton managing director of employee benefits and total rewards. Exton will oversee all aspects of benefits and total rewards programs. Exton has more than 25 years of human...
Carpenter Appoints Yoder to Lead Global Innovation & Product Development
Oct 5 2017 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance brokerage subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., has appointed Claude Yoder as managing director and global chief innovation and product officer, effective Sept. 18. Yoder is...
Rising Cost of Employee Benefits
Oct 2 2017 // It’s no secret that health insurance costs more and employers are planning for that trend to continue. Employers expect that their average cost per-employee for health benefits will rise by 4.3 percent in 2018, which...
Employers Expect Above-Average Rise in Cost of Employee Benefits in 2018: Mercer Survey
Sep 18 2017 // Employers expect that their average cost per-employee for health benefits will rise by 4.3 percent in 2018, which is above the average increase of 3 percent of the past five years. Early responses from Mercer’s...
Guy Carpenter’s Balderston to Join JLT Re Credit and Political Risk Team
Sep 12 2017 // Global reinsurance broker JLT Re has reported that Stephen Balderston will be joining its Credit and Political Risk team as a partner once he has completed his contractual obligations with his current employer, Guy...
Swiss Re’s Eisele Joins Guy Carpenter as CEO of Pacific Region; Eider Joins Advisory Board
Sep 8 2017 // Global reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, has appointed Andre Eisele to the role of CEO of the Pacific Region. In addition, Heinrich Eder will join...
Guy Carpenter Promotes Boyce to Deputy CEO of Global Specialties
Sep 6 2017 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the global risk and reinsurance specialist and wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced that James Boyce has been promoted to deputy CEO, Global Specialties, effective...
Former Marsh Executive Bob Newhouse Dies on Aug. 26
Aug 31 2017 // Former insurance industry executive and innovator, Robert “Bob” J. Newhouse Jr. died on August 26, 2017, following a brief illness. He spent 36 years at Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC), where he served as a...
Guy Carpenter Names Gallagher CEO of Asia Pacific Region; Jones Is Chairman
Aug 2 2017 // Guy Carpenter & Co. announced that Tony Gallagher has been appointed CEO of the Asia Pacific Region, with immediate effect. In addition, Richard Jones has been promoted to chairman of the region. Most recently CEO of...
Jeatran Named Marsh & McLennan Agency President; Mott Becomes Chief Operating Officer
Aug 1 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, appointed Bill Jeatran as president and Christina Mott as chief operating officer. Both will report to David Eslick, chairman and CEO of...
Marsh & McLennan Reports Q2 Revenue Growth
Jul 27 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Companies reported revenue increases across all of its four operating units, along with margin expansion in insurance and consulting businesses, in its financial results for the second...
People – Midwest
Jul 24 2017 // AF Group, headquartered in Lansing, Mich., has appointed Eric Halter director of AF Specialty, a new brand focused on providing fronting capacity to insurance carriers, managing general agents, reinsurance intermediaries...
Guy Carpenter Names Hettinger to Lead U.S., Canada Advisory Services
Jul 17 2017 // Reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. has appointed Tom Hettinger to lead its capital, structured risk, growth and rating agency advisory capabilities in the United States and Canada. Most recently, Hettinger was...
Doyle Named to Succeed Departing Zaffino as CEO of Marsh
Jul 6 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. has appointed John Doyle as chief executive officer of its broker Marsh, effective immediately. Doyle will report to Marsh & McLennan Companies President and CEO Dan Glaser and...
Marsh CEO Zaffino Joins AIG as Global Chief Operating Officer
Jul 5 2017 // Brian Duperreault, the new CEO of American International Group (AIG), has tapped Peter Zaffino, a former colleague at insurance broker Marsh, to be executive vice president, global chief operating officer at AIG. In his...
Guy Carpenter Launches Unit Offering Retrocession Services to Asia-Pacific Clients
Jun 29 2017 // Guy Carpenter & Co. has launched a new unit offering dedicated retrocession services to clients in the Asia Pacific region called GC Asia Pacific Retro. GC Asia Pacific Retro provides a wide range of retrocession...
JLT Re Appoints Guy Carpenter’s Paulsen as Senior VP in Chicago
Jun 16 2017 // JLT Re (North America) Inc. (JLT Re), part of the global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed John Paulsen as senior vice president in Chicago, Illinois. He will focus on the continued expansion...
In ‘Classic’ Soft Market Battle, Brokers and Carriers Attack Each Other
Jun 14 2017 // Chief executive officers of property/casualty insurance carriers and insurance brokers called each other out last week for engaging in activities they said are “classic signs of a soft market.” During a session...
Guy Carpenter Taps Gen Re’s van Oort as Managing Director, Benelux Operations
Jun 1 2017 // Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the appointment of Hans van Oort from General Reinsurance Co. as managing director, Guy Carpenter Benelux, effective Dec. 1, to further strengthen the regional team. He will be responsible...
Insurance Partners of Texas Acquired by Marsh & McLennan Agency
May 8 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Insurance Partners of Texas, an Abilene, Texas-based employee benefits consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not...
