Latest Human Resources Headlines

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

Minick Retiring from Texas Workplace Injury Benefit Risk Managing Firm, PartnerSource

Feb 24 2021 // Bill Minick, founder of Texas-based workers’ compensation/workplace injury benefit risk management firm, PartnerSource, will retire at the end of March.Jennifer Hurless, president of PartnerSource, will continue in...

Risk Strategies Promotes Hoffman, Smith to Managing Directors

Feb 22 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has promoted Tracy Hoffman and Matthew Smith to managing directors as part of planned leadership successions in both its Managed Health...

Rinehart Named VP, Human Resources, at Missouri’s Columbia Insurance Group

Feb 17 2021 // Columbia Insurance Group, headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, has appointed Julie Rinehart as vice president – Human Resources.Rinehart has served as employee development specialist since joining the company in 2014. In...

Iowa’s CGA Insurance Services Launches Managing General Underwriter Program

Feb 3 2021 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Career General Agency LLC (CGA Insurance Services), a subsidiary of GuideOne Insurance, has launched a managing general underwriter (MGU) program with its newly developed CGA Energy...

Crawford & Co. Appoints Wang as Managing Director, Global Technical Services

Feb 1 2021 // Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management and outsourcing services to carriers, brokers and corporations, has appointed Baoling Wang as vice president, managing director and international...

Kemper Corp. in Chicago Adds Aziz as Chief Human Resources Officer

Jan 7 2021 // Ismat Aziz has joined insurer Kemper Corp. as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and chief administrative officer, based in Chicago.Aziz will report to Kemper President and CEO Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. She will be...

Markel Corporation Hires Gandy as Managing Director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion

Jan 6 2021 // Markel Corporation has hired Trevor Gandy as managing director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion, effective January 1, 2021.In this new role, Gandy will further shape the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion...

Crawford & Company Appoints Hagenbucher as Managing Director in New York

Dec 7 2020 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Janis Hagenbucher as managing director for Crawford Forensic...

Fairfax Announces Sale of RiverStone Europe to Private Equity Firm CVC

Dec 2 2020 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a binding agreement with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) to sell all of its interests in RiverStone Europe to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for...

Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice

Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...

Rawlins to Succeed Moore as President, CEO at Missouri’s Shelter Mutual Insurance

Nov 30 2020 // The Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., has named Randa Rawlins as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021.Rawlins will succeed current President and CEO Matt Moore, who will retire in June 2021. Upon Mr....

Rawlins to Become CEO of Shelter Mutual as Moore to Retire

Nov 25 2020 // Shelter Insurance announced that Randa Rawlins would become Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.’s next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021, in anticipation of the retirement of current President and CEO Matt Moore,...

Best Agency to Work For West: Liberty Company Insurance Brokers

Nov 24 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Inc. in Woodland Hills, Calif., offered the perfect Hollywood ending for founder Bill Johnson.Johnson started the brokerage fresh out of college in 1987, then took a break to get into...

How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing Today’s U.S. Casualty Insurance Environment

Nov 19 2020 // Today’s Lloyd’s of London market for casualty insurance is marked by rising prices, reduced capacity, and buyers embracing more self-insurance, according to underwriters at Lloyd’s.It is also marked by...

Enstar to Sell Starstone’s Lloyd’s Managing Agency to New Re/Insurance Venture Inigo

Nov 18 2020 // Enstar Group Ltd. and Stone Point Capital LLC announced they have signed definitive agreements to sell StarStone Underwriting Ltd. (SUL), the Lloyd’s managing agency, together with the right to operate Lloyd’s...

3 Ps to Consider When Managing the Risks of Assisted Living Facilities

Nov 16 2020 // Assisted living facilities provide a necessary service to our aging population, but operating them comes with risks. When you consider that they are designed to provide care for our loved ones in ways that many of us are...

HUB Acquires Assets Of Florida-Based Leading Edge Benefit Advisors & Affiliates

Nov 12 2020 // HUB International Limited (Hub), a leading global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Leading Edge Benefit Advisors, LLC, Raimey, Corp., Leading Edge Human Resource Services, LLC, Leading Edge Companies, LLC,...

Coverys Managing Agency Placing Lloyd’s Syndicate 1991 Into Runoff

Nov 12 2020 // Coverys Managing Agency Ltd. announced that its DTW Syndicate 1991 at Lloyd’s of London will stop accepting new and renewal business starting December 31, 2020. “Every effort has been made to implement...

Hamilton Promotes 3 at Lloyd’s Unit as Managing Agency CEO, CUO Resign

Nov 10 2020 // Hamilton Insurance Group announced three promotions in the leadership team at its Lloyd’s operations following the resignations of Hamilton Managing Agency Limited CEO Tim Glover and Chief Underwriting Officer David...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Optimum Talent Inc.

Nov 6 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Optimum Talent is one of Canada’s largest...