All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2011 // Chicago-based Mesirow Financial announced that its Insurance Services Division will be led by a newly formed Insurance Management Committee (IMC).The IMC has named Norman Malter president of the Insurance Division, John...
May 17 2011 // Willis Group Holdings has announced the appointment of Sean B. Rider to the newly created post of Managing Director, Sales and Consulting, Willis Global Captive Practice. He will be responsible for “developing and...
May 16 2011 // Rich Poirier, a 20-year insurance industry veteran, was named vice president of claims at Church Mutual Insurance Co. Poirier previously served in senior staff roles at Liberty Mutual Agency Markets Corp. and Wausau...
May 16 2011 // Sometimes bigger is not always better. Large wholesale organizations have a place in the market, but smaller and often family-owned managing general agencies (MGA) also have a place, says Wayne Forest, the incoming...
May 4 2011 // Woe to the employer who is not attentive and actively engaged in health and safety.” That’s the warning the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is giving employers in the Golden...
May 2 2011 // Marsh & McLennan announced several changes to its senior management team, including the appointment of Daniel S. Glaser, 50, to the newly created position of group president and chief operating officer. Glaser had...
Apr 29 2011 // For the last 20 years, at least, consultants, associations and publications have been worrying about the future of the independent agency system because the average age of agency owners has been in the late 50s. The same...
Apr 29 2011 // In a response to the proposals to restructure the UK’s financial regulations the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has taken issue with some of the proposals, which, in its view are “over-engineered”...
Apr 4 2011 // The Obama administration has officially named Illinois state insurance regulator Michael McRaith to head the new Federal Insurance Office. McRaith, currently the head of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will run the...
Apr 4 2011 // For the last 20 years, at least, consultants, associations and publications have been worrying about the future of the independent agency system because the average age of agency owners has been in the late 50s. The same...
Mar 22 2011 // Just over a week after the massive earthquake hit the sprawling Texas Instruments chip plant here, a gardener is reworking the Japanese garden in an inner courtyard of the office tower attached to the plant.The garden is a...
Mar 11 2011 // RSA has announced the appointment of Lloyd East as Managing Director for Al Ahlia Insurance SAOC, part of the RSA Group. He has “over 20 years experience in the financial services industry having led joint ventures,...
Mar 7 2011 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Jeffrey Junkas regional manager, state government relations. Junkas brings to PCI 15 years of public affairs experience, including six in the property/casualty...
Feb 25 2011 // Indianapolis, Ind.-based property/casualty and employee benefit agency MJ Insurance announced it has formed a Human Resource Consulting Division. Citing federal health care reform, understaffed and overwhelmed HR managers...
Feb 24 2011 // Colorado’s Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee has unanimously recommended the confirmation of John Cevette, Blair Richardson and John Plotkin to Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors.On Tuesday,...
Feb 21 2011 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association honored David F. Anderson, chairman of Anderson & Murison, with its Wholesale Industry Award.Anderson was a founding president of CIWA from 1991 to 1993. He served on...
Feb 21 2011 // Lloyd’s of London has appointed Rodney Smith to serve as the regional director for Lloyd’s newly established Southeast region. Smith will be based in Atlanta, Georgia and be responsible for market development...
Feb 15 2011 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced the appointment of Peter J. Wright (56, British citizen) to the position of Group Head of Human Resources, effective February 21, 2011.He succeeds Peter Goerke, who left Zurich in...
Feb 14 2011 // Because cyber crime has developed into a problem with potentially catastrophic consequences, cyber risk is arguably one of the single greatest threats facing companies today. The 2009 Computer Crime and Security Survey...
Feb 10 2011 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s Property and Inland Marine Division has promoted two insurance executives: Grace Thomas and Cecil Wilson.Thomas was promoted to divisional senior vice...