All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2014 // The U.S. House of Representatives in early April passed a bill sponsored by an Oklahoma congressman that would enable development of technology for improving weather forecasting and predicting.Rep. Jim Bridenstine of...
Apr 2 2014 // Seven months after the suicide of Zurich Insurance finance chief Pierre Wauthier, his widow is set to confront the company over its handling of the tragedy, reopening a scandal that unsettled investors.In the first...
Mar 31 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that it has received approval from Lloyd’s, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to establish its own Lloyd’s...
Mar 24 2014 // Time is the only resource we cannot recreate, but how can you optimize being “in control of time” rather than being “controlled by it?”People tend to number their days when they are dying. A woman...
Mar 10 2014 // The craft beer industry has been chipping away at the U.S. domestic beer market throughout the past decade. And the pace of growth in this specialty niche is not expected to stop anytime soon.By 2020, America’s craft...
Feb 25 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the election of Darren Doherty of Pioneer, Jeff Turner of Miramar and Catherine Bell of inet3 to its board at its annual general meeting.They join existing...
Feb 12 2014 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has hired David Gross as managing director in its North Dallas office. Gross, who most recently served as vice president and senior broker-casualty for CRC, will report to Burns & Wilcox...
Feb 12 2014 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage based in San Francisco, announced James R. Loughlin has joined the firm as managing principal, risk...
Feb 11 2014 // Representatives of over 75 percent of the UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) member organizations gathered yesterday to hear Peter Montanaro, Head of Delegated Authorities at Lloyd’s, set...
Feb 3 2014 // Lloyd’s announced the launch of its new shared service, Volume Claims Service (VCS), which it said is “part of its overarching Claims Transformation Program, a fast and fair claims handling service which offers...
Jan 30 2014 // Lyle Ashley, decorated Navy veteran, insurance agency founder, and well-known professional in Texas insurance circles, passed away Jan. 24, 2014.Ashley, 69, received The Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze stars for his...
Jan 27 2014 // Barney & Barney LLC named Chris Williams managing director of its Bay Area offices in Northern California.Williams will lead the firm’s Bay Area team of professionals. Williams is also responsible for developing...
Jan 15 2014 // The IMA Financial Group Inc., headquartered in Wichita, Kan., announced that Kyle Orndorff has returned to the company as senior vice president of human resources. Based in IMA’s Wichita office, Orndorff will oversee...
Jan 13 2014 // Huntington, West Virginia-based managing general agent Bloss & Dillard Inc. announced it has acquired and now operates Agents Insurance Markets Inc., a managing general agent in Richmond, Virginia. The new acquisition...
Jan 13 2014 // For agents and brokers serving the contractors and subcontractors market that barely scraped by during the recession, the year 2013 brought some improvement and the new year 2014 promises more of the same – provided a...
Jan 8 2014 // Willis North America, the North American retail brokerage business of Willis Group Holdings and the company’s largest business segment, has revised its organizational structure and made a series of related senior...
Jan 8 2014 // Paty Daves has been appointed managing partner at Willis of Illinois, retail insurance broker, Willis North America (WNA), announced. In this role, Daves will oversee business operations in Willis’ Chicago,...
Jan 8 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced from its London headquarters that it has begun its board election process and has called for nominations from members.The results of the election will be...
Jan 7 2014 // The Segal Group announced it has acquired a portion of the business of Moroni Fantin, an employee benefits consulting firm located in the Detroit, Mich.-area.Moroni Fantin specializes in working with Michigan and national,...
Dec 19 2013 // Agency managers tend to have a rosier view of agency operations than their employees do, according to a survey that also suggests this gap could present errors and omissions (E&O) implications.The survey reveals that...