All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 7 2016 // Insurance agency technology firm Vertafore announced that Amy Zupon will take over as chief executive officer effective October 3, succeeding Jeff Hawn who has been chairman and CEO since April 2015.Zupon joins Vertafore...
Sep 1 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant based in San Francisco, Calif., has hired two managing principals from Integro Insurance Brokers...
Aug 31 2016 // Sompo Canopius AG is diving into the U.S. ocean marine business. The global specialty insurer and reinsurer, which is wholly-owned by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc., calls this a “significant expansion”...
Aug 31 2016 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance has named Suzie Elliott head of human resources.With her new appointment, Elliott also becomes part of the group’s senior leadership team. She will report to Deborah...
Aug 11 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. announced the formation of the Specie Consortium, a new venture supported by 21 Lloyd’s Syndicates offering up to US$635 million in capacity for any one risk...
Aug 8 2016 // RFIB Group Limited, the international Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Glenn Jackson as a managing director of RFIB Americas. He takes up his position with immediate effect reporting to Nick...
Aug 3 2016 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced that R. Philip Sandercox, Erin A. Skala and Wendy A. Hayes joined The Cincinnati Insurance Co., adding expertise to Cincinnati Re, its reinsurance assumed operation.Sandercox, managing...
Jul 28 2016 // JLT Re has named Pete Chandler executive vice president and managing broker. He will be based in JLT Re’s San Francisco, Calif. office and report to Ed Hochberg, CEO of JLT Re in North America. Chandler comes from...
Jul 25 2016 // A review of almost 400 reinsurance contracts underwritten at Lloyd’s of London has revealed potentially significant vulnerabilities and exposures if a catastrophic cyber attack should occur.Analysis of 392 property...
Jul 25 2016 // The Massachusetts-based agency coalition and services network, Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, has named Michael R. Christiansen to the position of managing director, Strategic Business Development. In this role,...
Jul 14 2016 // Presque Isle, Maine-based regional insurer MMG Insurance Co. has promoted John Herweh to vice president and director of Human Resources.Herweh replaces Lynn Lombard, who retired on July 1, 2016 after a 45-year career with...
Jul 12 2016 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Denisse Orellana as director of Human Resources.For the past several years, Orellana has worked in the private sector for a promotional and marketing...
Jul 6 2016 // Nexus Underwriting Management Ltd. has acquired 100 percent of the shareholding in Hong Kong-domiciled Beacon Underwriters Ltd., a marine managing general agent.Beacon was established in 2009 as a Lloyd’s coverholder...
Jun 30 2016 // National insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp., has acquired First West Brokerage Services Inc. (First West), based in Orem, Utah.Founded in 1987, First West is a full service benefits insurance broker and consultant...
Jun 16 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. has entered into a management agreement with Old Mutual Group to underwrite select specialty lines for African risks.Pembroke’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 4000 partners...
Jun 15 2016 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group Inc. in Branchville, New Jersey, announced the following officer appointments.Teresa Caro to senior vice president, New Jersey regional...
Jun 13 2016 // It will take 30 years at the current pace of change for women to attain just 30 percent of the seats on executive committees in the financial services industry globally, an Oliver Wyman report said on Monday.Globally women...
Jun 10 2016 // Benign catastrophe losses, combined with lower and less frequent casualty lines claims, helped Lloyd’s syndicates deliver another strong set of results in 2015, reporting an average combined ratio of 90 percent,...
Jun 6 2016 // Global Risk Partners Ltd. (GRP), the insurance broking and managing general agent investment vehicle, has completed its acquisition of Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Ltd., the specialist retail broker.Cavendish Munro...
May 6 2016 // The Main Street America Group announced the promotion of one company officer to assistant vice president and the appointment of three new company officers in its Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters.Darryl Osman, currently the...