All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 25 2006 // Aon Corporation said it has obtained agreement from five agencies in three states to amend its settlement agreements so that it can accept contingent compensation from an insurer for which Aon is acting as a general agent...
Sep 25 2006 // Contrary to the nefarious plots of Catbert, the “evil director of human resources” character depicted in the popular Dilbert comic strip, a study of nearly 20,000 organizations shows that employee incentives...
Sep 22 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents is asking Congressman John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, and Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., to place the Non-Admitted & Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006, HR 5637, on the...
Sep 5 2006 // New York – On the heels of its fifth anniversary, Mystic Capital Advisors Group, LLC announces the newest member of its investment banking team: Allen Go, a senior associate.“As the volume of Mystic...
Sep 5 2006 // Towers Perrin has named Steve Taylor-Gooby as managing director for its Tillinghast business. In his new role, Taylor-Gooby will assume responsibility for establishing overall strategic direction, key investment priorities...
Sep 4 2006 // PeopleAmerican International Group, Inc. named Nicholas J. Ashooh as senior vice president of communications. Ashooh succeeds John T. Wooster, Jr. who had filled that role on a temporary basis since year-end 2005, and...
Sep 4 2006 // A common misconception among agency owners who began their careers in sales is the belief that agency management and sales management are the same. The art and science of agency management require a unique set of...
Sep 4 2006 // American International Group Inc. named Nicholas J. Ashooh as senior vice president of communications. Ashooh succeeds John T. Wooster Jr. who had filled that role on a temporary basis since year-end 2005, and earlier had...
Sep 4 2006 // PeopleOgilvy-Hill Insurance elected Mark Shipp president and CEO. Shipp has been with Ogilvy Hill for 11 years. In addition to his new role as president/CEO he will continue to build new relationships in the field. The...
Sep 1 2006 // Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall near Cape Fear along the coast of North Carolina at around 11:30 p.m. last night, lashing the region with high winds and heavy rains. More than eight inches/20.32 cms of rain reportedly...
Aug 30 2006 // Despite some scattered power cuts and a lot of rain, Tropical Storm Ernesto has proved to be more of an inconvenience than a disaster for most Florida residents.Ernesto went from a tropical depression to the season’s...
Aug 30 2006 // Contrary to the nefarious plots of Catbert, the ‘evil director of human resources’ character depicted in the popular Dilbert comic strip, a study of nearly 20,000 organizations shows that employee incentives...
Aug 29 2006 // The U.K.’s Hiscox Insurance Co. has launched of a new management liability policy developed to cover the liabilities of U.K. companies, their directors and employees.Hiscox said it had revamped the coverage “to...
Aug 27 2006 // As of 11:00 am EDT, when the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its latest bulletin, Tropical Storm Ernesto had become a Category 1 hurricane, the first of the current season.The hurricane’s center was located...
Aug 22 2006 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm, has promoted Janet Warren to managing director and national claims leader. In this role, Warren will be responsible for the management and...
Aug 21 2006 // Golf and Country Clubs First task. Impress the readers. Risk management is a Sisyphean challenge. First task accomplished? Probably not yet. Let me continue. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a deceitful king who was...
Aug 21 2006 // Creating a Hollywood movie is not always as glamorous as it sounds. The average cost for a Hollywood movie is tallied at $60 million, and the payoff is not realized until viewers show up to view the final product on the...
Aug 21 2006 // In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a deceitful king who was condemned to spend eternity pushing a giant boulder up a mountain. As Sisyphus approached the peak of the mountain, the rock would elude him and roll back down to...
Aug 15 2006 // London-based Web Connectivity, which provides solutions for data transformation and exchange, has appointed James Willison as Managing Director with a mandate “to drive its business offerings in the London Insurance...
Aug 8 2006 // Bermuda-based White Mountains Re, Ltd., the reinsurance unit of the White Mountains Insurance Group, announced several senior management appointments as follows:“Chuck Chokel, previously Managing Director and General...