Latest Human Resources Headlines

All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.

People Moves: AAdvantage Insurance Adds Diaz; Alera Group Names Braun Managing Director of Business Consulting

Jan 12 2022 // AAdvantage Insurance Group Adds Gracie Diaz as Account ExecutiveAAdvantage Insurance Group has hired Gracie Diaz as its newest Account Executive. In this position, she will work with new and existing clients to evaluate...

Managing Broker Relationships for Carriers and MGAs/MGUs

Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.The sales role is the lifeblood of insurance, and with a complex pipeline of agencies, agents, brokers, etc., carriers and MGAs can understandably be confused by how to...

People Moves: Alliant Names Johnson Managing Director in Oregon; XPT Adds Mansfield in Washington

Nov 18 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services named Peter Johnson executive vice president and managing director.Johnson is based in Portland, Ore., and will focus on providing strategic risk management solutions for agribusiness clients...

New York Issues Final Guidance to Insurers on Managing Risks of Climate Change

Nov 15 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued final guidance to New York-regulated domestic insurers regarding their management of the financial risks from climate change.After issuing a proposed...

Insurance Distribution Channels: Managing Multiple Channels At Once

Oct 25 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.When carriers, agencies, and MGAs/MGUs first start out, they typically build a distribution strategy centered around a single channel. That makes sense: A fledgling...

People Moves: LP Adds DeHart, Pino and Warner in Nevada; Powers-Leavitt Names Woodruff Managing Partner

Oct 18 2021 // LP Insurance Services LLC added Deanna DeHart, Courtney Pino and Bryce Warner to the Reno, Nev., employee benefits insurance team.All three brokers will serve employee benefits clients in the northern Nevada community....

People Moves: WTW Hires ERS’ Shepherd to Lead Facultative; Specialty Insurer Fusion Names Gallagher’s Simmonds as Managing Partner; AXIS’ Quane Is CUO at Beazley

Oct 14 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Willis Towers Watson, specialty insurer Fusion and insurer Beazley.A summary of these new hires follows here. Willis Towers Watson Hires ERS’...

Dale Partners Receives ‘In-Principle’ Approval to Launch Lloyd’s Managing Agency

Sep 16 2021 // Dale Partners Ltd., the London-based holding company of Dale Underwriting Partners (DUP), has been granted “in-principle” approval by Lloyd’s to form its own managing agency. The new entity, Dale Managing...

People Moves: Africa Specialty Risks Names Bheenick as Mauritius Managing Director; WTW’s Whyte Joins Miller for APAC Expansion

Aug 18 2021 // Africa Specialty Risks Names Bheenick Managing Director in MauritiusAfrica Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has appointed Krishna Bheenick as its managing director in Mauritius. The company...

Blenheim Underwriting Launches Lloyd’s Managing Agency

Aug 10 2021 // Blenheim Underwriting Ltd. announced it has received final approval and the necessary permissions from UK regulators and Lloyd’s to act as a managing agency for Syndicate 5886.The effective date of transfer of...

UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) Expands to Republic of Ireland

Jul 30 2021 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has expanded its membership into the Republic of Ireland (ROI) following an initiative driven by Chief Executive Mike Keating.The move to enable MGAs,...

Managing Through Disruption: The Importance of Risk Management for Supply Chains

Jul 26 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group.Over the last decade, we have witnessed many types of unpredictable disasters, including terrorist attacks, wars, earthquakes, economic crises,...

People Moves: Pinnacol Names Johnson Chief Human Resources Officer; CIBA CEO Marino Stepping Down with Rheel Named New CEO

Jul 16 2021 // Pinnacol Assurance named Timothy A. Johnson chief human resources officer and vice president of employee services. He replaces Barbara Brannen, who is retiring.Johnson has 30 years of global human resources experience....

Assessing Options for Managing the Risks and Insuring Communicable Diseases

Jun 22 2021 // Within weeks, it had all changed.As a pandemic spread and took root in an unprepared world, many organizations were finding out that their insurance policies would not cover the one event that had brought global business...

People Moves: Texas Mutual Promotes Potter to CFO, Martin to Sr. VP-HR

May 17 2021 // Texas Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has promoted Bill Potter to chief financial officer (CFO). Potter, a certified public accountant, succeeds Mike Barron, who served as Texas...

Cooper to Chief HR Officer at Oswald Cos.; Powers Now Assistant Controller at Rockford Mutual

May 4 2021 // Oswald Companies in Cleveland, Ohio, has appointed Deborah Cooper to the position of chief human resources officer.Cooper joins the 128-year-old risk management and insurance brokerage firm as a member of the executive...

Managing Risk by Training Restaurant Employees

Mar 22 2021 // Restaurants are risky businesses. They take more cash than you would think. They take more time than you want to invest and have more problems than anyone wants to deal with.Many restaurants struggle with keeping...

Etheredge Named VP, Human Resources, at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas

Mar 2 2021 // Texas-based independent agency, Hotchkiss Insurance, has promoted Heather Etheredge to vice president of human resources.Etheredge will serve on the executive leadership team with a focus on developing and implementing the...

Managing COVID-19 Employment Practice-Related Exposure

Mar 1 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group.As the pandemic continues, we’re seeing new COVID-19-related regulations, restrictions and advisories issued and adjusted by federal, state, and...

Crawford & Company Appoints Pageau as VP, Managing Director in New England Region

Feb 25 2021 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporations, has appointed Robert Pageau as vice president and managing director of...