All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2015 // Associated Mutual Insurance Cooperative, a multi-line regional property/casualty insurer based in Woodridge, New York, appointed Robert Wong as president and Claudia Dietz as vice president of finance and vice president of...
May 6 2015 // Nearly two-thirds of insurers expect wearable technologies to have a significant impact on the industry, according to a survey in Accenture’s annual Technology Vision report.The survey of more than 200 insurance...
May 5 2015 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a provider of claims management programs, added Ken Forsyth to its Crawford Global Technical Services (GTS) as managing director Aviation – the Americas effective April 23, 2015....
May 4 2015 // IFG Cos. has named Michael R. Denton executive managing director in property. He is based in IFG’s Irvine, Calif. office.Denton assumes responsibility for leading and managing the brokerage property division,...
Apr 28 2015 // The Villages Insurance has added Matt Cameron as managing advisor to its Pinellas Plaza, Fla., office. Cameron has over 23 years experience in the insurance industry, most recently as an agent at the local AAA...
Apr 27 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has named Robert Jellen as managing director of Hub’s Los Angeles, Calif.-based entertainment practice. Hub also added Seth Cohen, vice president, and Dany Rodriguez, account executive, to...
Apr 22 2015 // Portage, Mich.-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Dawn Van Niman who will be serving multiple roles as accounting and finance associate, agency coordinator assistant, and...
Apr 21 2015 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC., a managing general agency based in Avon, Connecticut, hired Randy Roppelt as president of the Construction Division. Prior to joining Paragon Insurance, Roppelt was president and chief...
Apr 16 2015 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets, promoted Laura Boylan to vice president of Human Resources....
Apr 15 2015 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Jonathan Evans will join the board of directors and become the Non-Executive Chairman of Allied World Managing Agency Limited, its Lloyd’s managing agency,...
Apr 7 2015 // It’s been a long process, but, according to Paul Fisher, deputy head of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), who supervises insurance and regulatory risk, the introduction of the...
Apr 1 2015 // The Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group has completed the acquisition of Sportscover Underwriting Limited, the Lloyd’s managing agent for Syndicate 3334, and Kinetic Insurance Brokers Limited, a Lloyd’s...
Mar 30 2015 // Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ decisive victory over Ellen Pao’s gender bias suit doesn’t mean Silicon Valley giants are off the hook.More lawsuits alleging gender discrimination, sexual harassment...
Mar 26 2015 // Insurance wholesaler J.M. Wilson has promoted Jenna Caschetta to property/casualty underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office and added Gerry McCabe as P/C underwriter.Caschetta is responsible for quoting new and...
Mar 24 2015 // Last year 81 percent of large UK businesses and 60 percent of small companies suffered a cyber security breach. In response to this increasing threat, a report published by the UK government and Marsh, one of the...
Mar 20 2015 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), has announced a much needed initiative to find and promote “young talent” in the insurance industry. It’s specifically aimed at...
Mar 15 2015 // Todd Marks Georgia-based The Norton Agency’s Insurance Division has appointed Todd Marks as VP managing partner of its Norton Mountain Insurance Division. Marks joins Norton as an equity partner after a 25 year...
Mar 9 2015 // The nonstandard auto market is characterized by substandard operating performance. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance and many are struggling to...
Feb 23 2015 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced plans at its 3rd Annual General Meeting to hold its first UK MGA conference at the One America Square in London on 1 July 2015.The organization has...
Feb 23 2015 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory took some heat after saying in his annual State of the State address earlier this month that nearly half of workers’ compensation claims paid to state employees are the result of abuse...