Latest Human Resources Headlines

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

People

Oct 2 2017 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) named Marc Cohen, currently president, as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He also will be a member of the board of directors.Cohen will...

Trust But Verify: New York Cyber Regs Mean Managing Third-Party Security

Oct 2 2017 // This year, the beginning of September marked a critical implementation deadline for some of the toughest new cybersecurity regulations in the country – the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)...

Ironshore’s New Iron-Excess MGA Is Based on Iron-Starr Excess Agency Model

Sep 26 2017 // Using a Bermuda joint venture between Ironshore and C.V. Starr & Co. as a model, Ironshore announced the launch of Iron-Excess on Monday.Ironshore, a Liberty Mutual company, describes Iron-Excess as an expansion of the...

Pioneer Underwriters & Lloyd’s MGA Asta Get Initial Nod to Set Up Lloyd’s Syndicate

Sep 26 2017 // Pioneer Underwriters and Asta, the third party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced they have received “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to establish a syndicate.Pioneer commenced underwriting in...

Blue River Underwriters Launches Free Online Fire Sprinkler Contractor Safety Portal

Sep 25 2017 // Atlanta, GA, September 25, 2017 — The Blue River Underwriters’ Fire Sprinkler Elite program launched a free online safety portal to provide risk management resources for its fire sprinkler contractors’...

People

Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...

People

Sep 18 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has promoted Ellen Mann to assistant vice president of human resources.Reporting to Gayle O’Connell,...

Cincinnati’s Fifth Third Insurance Agency to Acquire Epic Insurance Solutions

Sep 15 2017 // Fifth Third Insurance Agency Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Fifth Third Bancorp, has agreed to acquire Epic Insurance Solutions Agency LLC, which also recently announced it will...

Specialty MGAs Continue to be Popular Acquisition Targets

Sep 14 2017 // With growth prospects becoming rarer in the continuing competitive insurance market, carriers are among three sets of buyers fueling a hot M&A environment for specialized managing general agencies, representatives of...

Trust But Verify: New York Cyber Regs Mean Managing Third-Party Security

Sep 8 2017 // This year, the beginning of September marked a critical implementation deadline for some of the toughest new cybersecurity regulations in the country – the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) 23NYCRR...

Former Chubb Executive Spiro Named CEO for The Hilb Group

Sep 7 2017 // Richard G. Spiro, a former senior executive of The Chubb Corp., has been named chief executive officer of The Hilb Group (THG), a property/casualty and employee benefits agency based in Richmond, Va. Spiro brings 30 years...

New York’s BOLT Solutions Hires Temple as Managing Director

Sep 5 2017 // BOLT Solutions Inc., a New York-headquartered provider of an online distribution and customer support platform for the property and casualty insurance industry, has hired Tom Temple as managing director of business...

Lessons Learned from Hurricane Andrew

Sep 4 2017 // How the Insurance Industry Can Mitigate the Next Big Natural DisasterAs an industry, we knew there could be large and costly hurricanes. We witnessed the destruction that Category 5 Hugo wrought on the Carolinas in 1989....

Ascot Launches Specialty MGA, Vertical Underwriting Managers

Aug 31 2017 // Ascot Group Ltd. (AGL) announced the creation of Vertical Underwriting Managers, its first specialty managing general agency (MGA) cell under Ethos Specialty Insurance Services, AGL’s standalone MGAVertical will...

Gallagher Appoints Bluefin’s Hogg to Lead Scottish Operations

Aug 25 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher announced that Kenny Hogg has been appointed regional managing director (RMD) for Scotland and will join the business with effect Aug. 29, 2017.The current RMD for Scotland, Paul Kerry, will remain with...

Massachusetts’ Arbella Insurance Group Promotes Mann

Aug 23 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has promoted Ellen Mann to assistant vice president of human resources.Reporting to Gayle O’Connell,...

Alternative to Insurtech or Legacy Tech for Small Commercial: Introducing QBE, Arrowhead Partnership

Aug 10 2017 // When it was announced in June that San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. was selected as the program administrator for QBE North America‘s small commercial insurance portfolio, it...

Future of Job-Based Health Insurance Seems Secure

Aug 7 2017 // Are employees worried about losing their health insurance from their employer? The ongoing political turmoil around “Obamacare” all but guarantees they’ll still be able to do that.Ask Walt Rowen, whose...

People

Aug 7 2017 // Ron Lockton, who has served as vice chairman of global insurance broker Lockton Inc. for the past two years as part of the succession plan, is expanding his role to become president and chief executive officer of the...

Allstate’s Kennelly Joins Hub International as Head of Human Resources

Jul 25 2017 // Chicago-based global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has appointed Amber Kennelly chief human resources officer.Kennelly will be responsible for all HUB human resource strategic initiatives including...