Latest Human Resources Headlines

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

Fired Moody’s Executive Wins Back Paris Job, Gets $1.8 Million Payout

Jan 16 2019 // A Moody’s Corp. managing director fired for lashing out at a junior co-worker who criticized his team’s work won his Paris job back and a 1.6 million-euro ($1.8 million) payout.Moody’s France fired the...

HDI Global Taps McDonald from Allianz as UK and Ireland Managing Director

Jan 16 2019 // HDI Global SE (HDI) has appointed Claire McDonald as managing director of its UK and Ireland operations. She will assume the role on March 18, 2019.McDonald will join the company from Allianz Global & Corporate...

2018 Agents of the Year

Jan 7 2019 // Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, CaliforniaJacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable book of business in...

Learning by Doing and Undoing: Insurtech Pilots and Pivots

Jan 4 2019 // “If you can’t admit a failure, you’re not an entrepreneur. You are not a good business person. There’s nothing brilliant about what you are doing.” –Mark CubanInsurtechs are great for...

FM Global Names Fidler SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer in Rhode Island

Dec 31 2018 // FM Global, a commercial and industrial property insurer, has named Deanna Fidler as senior vice president and chief human resources officer.In this role, she is based at FM Global’s corporate offices in Johnston,...

Neon Underwriting Promotes Butt to CEO, Washington to Managing Director

Dec 21 2018 // Neon Underwriting Ltd. (NUL), Neon’s Lloyd’s managing agency, announced the promotions of Theo Butt to chief executive officer and Matthew Washington to managing director with immediate effect.The appointments...

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Dec 17 2018 // NAS Insurance Services LLC has expanded its senior management team with several new appointments, including naming Marcus D’Anna chief financial officer.D’Anna’s appointment as CFO comes after five years...

Woodruff Sawyer Names Margolin Northern California Employee Benefits Practice Leader

Dec 5 2018 // Woodruff Sawyer has named Joelle Margolin the Northern California employee benefits practice leader. Margolin has nearly 20 years of experience, and is a former employment lawyer and long-term HR professional. She was...

Insurtech Oyster Opens up Its Pay-as-You-Go Workers’ Comp Model in California

Nov 29 2018 // A new insurtech wants to provide pay-as-you-go workers’ compensation to as many small businesses in California as possible, and it hopes to use the momentum it’s built following a quiet launch in the East...

Managing Natural Disasters Becomes Priority for Nation’s Governors

Nov 28 2018 // Governors have a wide range of priorities they want to tackle in the coming year, from tax reform to education. Yet it’s a topic that receives less attention on the campaign trail and in their speeches that could...

London’s Electronic Placements Exceed Targets; Beazley Syndicate 3623 Ranks #1

Nov 20 2018 // The London market’s electronic placing platform, PPL Ltd., exceeded targets during the third quarter as more and more syndicates and companies accepted risks via the platform.Beazley Syndicate 3623 topped the league...

Resource Alliance of Georgia Merges with Higginbotham, Enters P&C Market

Nov 13 2018 // Resource Alliance, a human resources and employee benefits firm serving Georgia’s multifamily residential industry, has merged its operations with Higginbotham, an insurance and financial services firm serving...

Patrick Ryan Hails Program Business Amid Retail Consolidation, Moves Toward MGAs

Nov 8 2018 // Insurance industry trailblazer Patrick Ryan thinks the insurance program business could be headed for interesting times given recent consolidation in the retail insurance agency sector, an influx of capital and the recent...

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Nov 5 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Luke Parsons as a vice president in the private equity and transactional risk group.Woodruff Sawyer has also named Evan Hessel vice president and casualty practice...

Employers, Employees Disconnect Over #MeToo Effect

Oct 26 2018 // Ask employers how they’re doing on sexual harassment in the workplace and most will say pretty well. Employees have a different take.Nearly 70 percent of leaders “strongly agree” that their workplace...

Aon Forms New Ventures Group, Led by Chief Innovation Officer Goland

Oct 19 2018 // Aon plc announced it has formed a new unit called New Ventures Group, which is designed to increase Aon’s investment in innovative new businesses.The global unit will identify, incubate and deliver new sources of...

Update: Liberty Mutual Conducts Strategic Review of Pembroke Managing Agency

Oct 18 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announced it is undertaking a strategic review of its London-based Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd., acquired through the lronshore purchase in May of 2017. The company has retained Evercore to serve...

Cavignac & Associates in California Names White Human Resources Risk Advisor

Oct 18 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Jessica White a human resources risk advisor. White will provide advice to Cavignac & Associates’ clients to help them reduce the frequency and severity...

Insurtech Pilots and Pivots: Learning by Doing and Undoing

Oct 15 2018 // “If you can’t admit a failure, you’re not an entrepreneur. You are not a good business person. There’s nothing brilliant about what you are doing.” –Mark CubanInsurtechs are great for...

Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Dugan VP, Corporate Human Resources Officer

Oct 11 2018 // Erie Insurance, an Erie, Penn.-based insurer, has named Sean Dugan as vice president and corporate human resources officer. His new role begins October 25.In this role, Dugan will have oversight of the Talent Acquisition,...