All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2009 // The 2009 Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference announced recently that Gale King, executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Nationwide Insurance; and Kathy Mabe, president and chief operating...
Nov 1 2009 // Eagan Insurance Agency, based in Metairie, La., has added six insurance professionals to its staff.Joining the family business are Andrew Eagan and David Strassel, both members of the fifth generation of the Eagan family...
Nov 1 2009 // David Daniel was inaugurated as the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the recent Big “I” Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. He will lead...
Nov 1 2009 // I have been an insurance broker since 1974. However, my principal occupation is attorney, practicing in insurance law. I have had many conversations with insurance agency managers, insurance agents and customer service...
Nov 1 2009 // Sales management is vitally important to the growth and survival of an agency. However, as important as it is, sales management does not have to be a full-time job in most firms.Often the task falls to an owner or the top...
Oct 29 2009 // Charlotte, N.C.-based insurance consultancy InStrategy Group has appointed Robert Jones as managing director to lead the group’s retail practice.Jones has 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. The...
Oct 22 2009 // The Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd. announced the appointment of Adam Mullan as Chief Executive Officer of Max at Lloyd’s Ltd., the Lloyd’s managing agent for Syndicates 1400, 2525 and 2526.The appointment...
Oct 20 2009 // Aon Corp has named John Bayeux as managing director of Aon Risk Services. Bayeux has 22 years of experience as a risk manager and insurance broker in the financial institutions sector. He will work with clients, the...
Oct 19 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) has elected new leadership. Terry M. Ryan of Hanson & Ryan in Totowa will serve as the new chairman of the association. Ronald Gansfuss of Gansfuss...
Oct 19 2009 // Michael “Mike” R. Donohoe of Mankato, Minn., was installed as vice chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America at the association’s recent Leadership Conference in New Orleans,...
Oct 19 2009 // Brian Duperreault, president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., has extended his employment with MMC through January 2014. Duperreault has held this position since January 2008. Prior to joining MMC, Duperreault...
Oct 16 2009 // Lansing, Mich.-based workers’ compensation insurer, Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, has added Darcy Kerr as vice president of Human Resources. Kerr brings more than 17 years of human resources experience...
Oct 13 2009 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has named Empower Insurance Group MGA Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, as recipient of its 2009 Managing General Agency of the Year Award.“Empower...
Oct 5 2009 // David Daniel was named chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”). He will lead the organization as chairman for the 2009-2010 term. Daniel is president of Daniel &...
Oct 5 2009 // The federal government is overpaying private insurance companies that manage flood insurance policies by as much as 16.5 percent, according to a new government report. To just six of the 87 participating carriers, the...
Oct 1 2009 // Commercial insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy Beecher Carlson has appointed Frank Dodero as managing director in Chicago, expanding the firm’s national healthcare practice.Dodero brings more than 25...
Sep 30 2009 // Torus, a global specialty insurer, has established Torus (Bermuda) Services Ltd. as a Managing General Agent (MGA) in Bermuda for Torus Insurance (UK) Limited, to “provide enhanced service to its customers, increase...
Sep 24 2009 // The federal government is overpaying private insurance companies that manage flood insurance policies by as much as 16.5 percent. To just six of the 87 participating carriers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...
Sep 23 2009 // W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Carol J. LaPunzina as senior vice president of human resources.In here newly established position, she will oversee human resource operations and personnel development for the company....
Sep 17 2009 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, tropical cyclone Choi-Wan, currently raging in the Pacific Ocean, is a Category 5 storm, or “super typhoon,” with wind speeds reaching 200 mph, 320...