Latest Human Resources Headlines

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Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Midlands Management Corporation’s Wholesale Brokerage & Binding and Managing General Underwriting Divisions

Jun 6 2022 // Charleston, SC., June 06, 2022 – Johnson & Johnson will expand its footprint into Texas and Oklahoma by acquiring the assets of the Wholesale Brokerage & Binding and Managing General Underwriting units of...

Woodruff Sawyer in California Adds Holloway; LP Names Marsh HR Director

May 16 2022 // Woodruff Sawyer named Andrew Holloway as a vice president, surety.Holloway was previously regional manager at Hartford Bond for 17 years, working in both Southern and Northern California. He will be based in Woodruff...

People Moves: SBMP Names Brzozowski as Executive Director; Alera Group Promotes Brown to Managing Director

Apr 28 2022 // SBMP Hires Jim Brzozowski as Executive DirectorSBMP Insurance Group has hired Jim Brzozowski to serve as executive director. Brzozowski comes to SBMP with 16 years’ experience in the P&C industry. During that...

People Moves: EPIC Adds Ponter in Houston; Goosehead Promotes 10 Managing Directors

Apr 21 2022 // Kathleen Ponter Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants in HoustonEPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has added Kathleen Ponter to its Houston Property & Casualty team as a producer. Ponter will utilize her...

Hannover Re Opens Access to Insurtech Innovation Platform, ‘hr | equarium’

Mar 29 2022 // Hannover Re has opened access to its innovation platform for all interested parties.Launched in 2019, hr | equarium connects insurance clients with insurtech partners. The platform has been used on a regular basis by more...

People Moves: POWERS Adds 2; SECURA Names Krause VP of HR

Mar 21 2022 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management Adds Kelly McDowell and Kaylee RuckerPOWERS Insurance & Risk Management has hired Kelly McDowell as a producer and Kaylee Rucker as an administrative assistant. McDowell will handle...

People Moves: Latitude Brokers Names Cannock Managing Director, Singapore; Howden M&A Bolsters Asia Pacific Team; Markel Int’l Bolsters Media/Entertainment Team

Mar 14 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Latitude Brokers, Howden M&A in Asia Pacific, and Markel International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Latitude Brokers Names Cannock...

Mosaic to Buy Sirius Int’l Lloyd’s Managing Agency; SiriusPoint to Be Mosaic Investor

Mar 10 2022 // Mosaic Insurance has entered into an agreement to purchase the Lloyd’s managing agency of SiriusPoint as part of a transaction in which the global re/insurer will become a strategic investor in Mosaic.Under the deal,...

People Moves: Applied Financial Lines Adds 3; Sandbox Ventures Welcomes Chamness

Mar 7 2022 // Applied Financial Lines Names Noble, Owen and DauNebraska-headquartered specialty insurer Applied Underwriters has expanded its Applied Financial Lines unit with several key appointments. Kim Noble has been named vice...

Mississippi-based Cadence Combines Insurance, HR Subsidiaries

Mar 4 2022 // Cadence Bank, found in parts of the South and Midwest, has merged two of its own subsidiaries to provide customers with a wider range of financial, human resource and insurance services, the company announced. Cadence Bank...

Startup MGA Rising Edge Targets Low-Layer D&O Business

Feb 24 2022 // The co-founders of London-based Rising Edge aimed to create something different when they decided to launch a managing general agent in 2021, which focuses solely on directors and officers liability insurance.CEO Philippe...

People Moves: Insurtech BOXX Canada Hires Beazley’s Baker as President; Williams Takes Role of M.D., Hiscox Guernsey; AXA XL Names Wells U/W, Marine – UK & Lloyd’s

Feb 22 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurtech BOXX Insurance, Hiscox and AXA XL.A summary of these new hires follows here. Cyber Insurtech BOXX Canada Hires Beazley’s Baker as...

Asta and JPO Consulting Launch ARTes, an MGA Specializing in U.S. Inland Marine

Feb 17 2022 // Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, and JPO Consulting, announced the launch of ARTes Specialty Ltd., an independent UK-based managing general agent (MGA), wholly owned by its founders and...

HDI Global Restructures Asia-Pacific Operations, Simplifying Reporting Structures

Feb 17 2022 // Industrial insurer HDI Global SE has restructured its Asia Pacific operations in a move designed to simplify reporting structures in the region and strengthen its offering for customers and business partners.The reform of...

Higginbotham Acquires HR Services Firm WhitneySmith in Texas

Feb 15 2022 // Higginbotham has acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based WhitneySmith Company, a provider of HR advisory services. WhitneySmith will expand the service capacity of Higginbotham’s HR Services division while giving...

How CNN Exec’s Departure Illustrates Peril of Not Disclosing Workplace Romance

Feb 8 2022 // For all the potential peril of a workplace romance, the most common source of trouble, experts say, is allowing it to remain a secret.A case in point was last week’s abrupt ouster of longtime CNN chief executive Jeff...

People Moves: Philadelphia Insurance Promotes 11 to Vice President

Feb 7 2022 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) announced the promotion of 11 leaders in its Underwriting, Marketing, Risk Management, Insurance Operations and Human Resources departments:Lynn Bencivenga has been promoted to vice...

Greenlight Re Innovations Gets ‘In-Principle’ Nod to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate

Feb 1 2022 // Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Cayman Islands-headquartered Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s to establish an insurtech-focused syndicate.Syndicate...

People Moves: Alliant’s Caterino on Nevada Agent Advisory Council; Venbrook in California Names Reddy Chief Human Resources Officer

Jan 31 2022 // Karen Caterino, senior vice president of Alliant Insurance Services, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Nevada Division of Insurance Agent Advisory Council.Caterino was selected by Nevada Insurance Commissioner...

People Moves: NFP Realigns Northeast Leadership; Keystone Adds Pacheco for HR

Jan 24 2022 // NFP Realigns Its Northeast Region Leadership, Appoints Henry and Walsh Co-PresidentsInsurance broker NFP announced Kate Henry and Mike Walsh have become co-presidents of its Northeast region. As part of this leadership...