All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2017 // It takes a lot of capital for an insurance agency to grow, acquire, merge or partner with another agency, and increasingly, private equity firms are stepping up to the plate to supply that funding.Although the number of...
Feb 7 2017 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass., headquartered independent insurance agency, has promoted Allison McEachern to senior vice president and director of human resources, effective January 2017.In her new...
Feb 6 2017 // It takes a lot of capital for an insurance agency to grow, acquire, merge or partner with another agency, and increasingly, private equity firms are stepping up to the plate to supply that funding.Although the number of...
Feb 3 2017 // Illinois has become the 17th state to reach a settlement with a California-based human resources software startup for alleged insurance code violations. Illinois Department of Insurance investigators found the startup...
Feb 3 2017 // Wholesale insurance broker Gemini Risk Partners, based in Chicago, has appointed Yosha DeLong as managing director.Prior to joining Gemini Risk Partners, DeLong was most recently the London regional executive for Ironshore...
Feb 1 2017 // JLT Re, the global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, announced the appointment of William Pang as managing director for JLT Re Philippines, subject to regulatory approval.Pang will be relocating to Manila in...
Jan 31 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns & Wilcox Canada announced they have acquired the high-value homeowner’s insurance practice from Quebec-based XN Financial Services Inc. (XN).A managing general agent and...
Jan 30 2017 // RSG Underwriting Managers (RSGUM) has agreed to acquire the total assets and operations of Interstate Insurance Management Inc. (Interstate).Interstate was represented in the transaction by Marsh, Berry & Company Inc....
Jan 25 2017 // W.R. Berkley has put under review and is suspending underwriting for its London marine book until it can determine the direction of this business going forward, Insurance Journal can reveal.W/R/B Underwriting, the...
Jan 25 2017 // Cobbs Allen, a national insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., has hired Tyrenda Williams-Reed as its new Human Resources director.Reed will be responsible for company-wide human resource...
Jan 23 2017 // Property and casualty veteran Mark LaBour has joined Alliant’s growing Florida practice. As vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division, LaBour will deploy targeted risk management and...
Jan 23 2017 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel has been elected as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).Created in 1871, the NAIC establishes standards and conducts peer reviews for...
Jan 20 2017 // Soft market conditions have replaced regulation and compliance as the main factor affecting growth for UK managing general agents (MGA) in 2017, said a survey of members of the London-based Managing General Agents’...
Jan 10 2017 // Independent agency owners spend their entire careers worrying about the risks and exposures of others. Managing the risks of their own agencies can take a backseat to helping their clients.While agents appreciate the...
Jan 5 2017 // Sedgwick LLP, has elected John W. Blancett as an office managing partner (OMP) in New York, effective January 1.Blancett represents leading U.S., London and European insurers in litigation, investigations and counseling...
Jan 4 2017 // Sedgwick LLP has named James Holmes an office managing partner in Los Angeles.Holmes is an experienced trial attorney and litigator, representing major media and entertainment entities, as well as major insurance carriers...
Dec 29 2016 // Crystal & Co. has named Scott Weiss a managing director in its commercial property/casualty department and a team leader for Northern California.Weiss’ responsibilities include the development, administration and...
Dec 20 2016 // Fort Worth-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham, and Insurance Associates of the Southwest (IAS) have merged their operations in Houston.IAS is an independent broker with 38 commercial, personal, life, health...
Dec 15 2016 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company has appointed Erin Buddie as director of Human Resource operations and Keith Maciejewski as director of Underwriting Consultative Services Buddie will lead...
Dec 14 2016 // Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace.For now, many employers appear to be sticking with their drug testing and personal conduct policies, even in states where...