Latest Human Resources Headlines

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Wholesale: More Special Than Ever

Sep 23 2013 // Everyone loves the wholesale insurance business these days, or so it seems.“We’ve seen the entrance of a lot of other people coming into the wholesale market – aggregators, brokers, agents, program managers...

ANV in Strategic Deal with Ryan Specialty for Lloyd’s Managing Agency Jubilee

Sep 17 2013 // ANV Holdings BV, the Dutch-headquartered specialty insurance business founded by CEO R. Matthew Fairfield, and Ryan Specialty Group, LLC announced that they have entered into an agreement to combine their Lloyd’s...

PwC US Names Managing Director for Actuarial and Insurance Management in N.Y.

Sep 11 2013 // PricewaterhouseCoopers US (PwC US) announced that Henry Essert joined PwC’s Actuarial and Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice as a managing director in its New York office. In his new role, Essert will...

Finch Named National Managing Director of Admitted Markets at MarketScout

Sep 4 2013 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its nationwide specialty high-net-worth underwriting and brokerage practice with the addition of...

William Gallagher Associates Appoints VP of Human Resources in Boston

Aug 29 2013 // William Gallagher Associates, a Boston-based brokerage and risk management services provider, appointed Kim Brennan as vice president of human resources. Brennan has an extensive background in many areas of human...

Cooper Gay Re North America Appoints Managing Director in New York

Aug 26 2013 // Cooper Gay Re North America appointed Norman Gayle as managing director. He joins the executive team working from the head office in downtown New York.He and his team will focus on production and strategic planning and...

Former PIA Mgmt. CEO Bessette Joins Managing General Underwriter CED 1976

Aug 20 2013 // CED 1976 LLC, a N.J.-based managing general underwriter for the Jewelers unBLOCKed brand that focuses on providing coverage to the jewelry industry, announced that Ken Bessette has joined its management team as strategic...

Fidelis Group Holdings Names 2 Managing Directors for New Inland Marine Unit in N.Y.

Aug 19 2013 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC, through its subsidiary company Continental Underwriters Ltd., announced the formation of its new inland marine division and appointed two managing directors for the new unit.Ed Helfers and Lisa...

Concerns Over Cyber Security Risks Outweigh Traditional Risks

Aug 19 2013 // Cyber security risks have become more worrisome to large organizations than traditional natural catastrophe risks, according to a new study.The study, titled “Managing Cyber Security as a Business Risk: Cyber...

Swett & Crawford Appoints VP of Human Resources in Atlanta

Aug 16 2013 // Wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford appointed Nancy Gibbons as vice president of human resources. She is based in Atlanta.Nancy GibbonsGibbons has held various key roles in her career including vice president...

Concerns Over Cyber Security Risks Outweigh Traditional Risks for Large Firms: Study

Aug 7 2013 // Cyber security risks have become more worrisome to large organizations than traditional natural catastrophe risks, according to a new study released today.The study, titled “Managing Cyber Security as a Business...

IMA Taps Martinez as Human Resources Manager in Colorado

Aug 6 2013 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. named Stacie Martinez its human resources manager. Martinez will be a part of the IMA Financial Group human resources team that leads human resource functions for IMA and its subsidiaries,...

Boring Named Managing Director for Wells Fargo in Southern California

Aug 6 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Alan Boring senior vice president and managing director for its Sherman Oaks, Calif. office.Boring will lead the office’s business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell...

People Pleasers as Agency Owners: On the Periphery of Extinction?

Aug 5 2013 // The insurance agency distribution system model was built around 1900 and is still amazingly similar to agencies of 100 years ago, albeit the monitors and lack of filing cabinets do create a different ambiance. This model...

Wells Fargo Insurance Names Paulnock Managing Director in Minnesota

Jul 24 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co., named Jason Paulnock senior vice president and managing director for its Minnesota offices.Paulnock will lead business development, client service and sales, and...

ACE Study: Reputation the Hardest Risk to Manage

Jul 23 2013 // Ninety-two percent of companies believe that reputational risk is the most challenging category of risk to manage, according to a major new study from ACE Group conducted across 15 countries within its EMEA (Europe, Middle...

Overcoming the Fear of Insuring Emerging Risks

Jul 22 2013 // For an industry that depends on lots of data to develop products and price them according to risk, the insurance industry finds covering new and emerging risks to be no easy task.Carriers try to address new risks,...

Marsh & McLennan Names Gardner Chief Diversity, Inclusion Officer

Jul 16 2013 // Global insurance, risk and management consulting firm Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. in New York has named Nicole Gardner as chief diversity and inclusion officer.In her new role, Gardner is responsible for...

Tower Group International Enters Marine and Energy Market

Jul 9 2013 // Tower Group International, Ltd. has entered into the marine and energy insurance market. Tower’s new marine and energy team will be led by Tom Guarnera and Jeff Kaufmann, who are joining Tower from the U.S. office of...

Lockton Adds Milwaukee Insurance Brokerage Operation

Jul 9 2013 // Insurance and employee benefits advisor, Lockton, has opened a new operation in Milwaukee, Wis., appointing two veteran employee benefits consultants as senior executives.John O’Connor and Bill Crowley have joined...