All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2006 // RLI Corp. of Peoria, Ill., has hired Craig Kliethermes as vice president of actuarial services.Kliethermes will report to Joseph Dondanville, chief financial officer and senior vice president. His responsibilities include...
May 22 2006 // Strong capitalization, sound risk management and efficient global risk sharing enabled the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to withstand record-setting catastrophe losses in 2005, according to Frank J. Coyne,...
May 22 2006 // What managing general agent or program administrator hasn’t wondered whether his operation is as efficient, professional and profitable as it could be, whether it conforms to the best practices among fellow managing...
May 16 2006 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson and the SawyerFoster Insurance Group of Gulfport, Miss. have successfully joined forces. A statement from Beecher Carlson said SawyerFoster’s long-term presence in the Mississippi Gulf...
May 9 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents announced that it has an exclusive license with the Chartered Insurance Institute to offer the Lloyd’s of London Market Insurance Test. Passing the test is required...
May 9 2006 // Strong capitalization, sound risk management and efficient global risk sharing enabled the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to withstand record-setting catastrophe losses in 2005, but the industry also should keep...
May 8 2006 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part roundtable discussion on identity theft. Part 1 examined the scope and source of identity theft, and can be found on page 100 of Insurance Journal’s...
May 8 2006 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part roundtable discussion on identity theft. Part 1 examined the scope and source of identity theft and can be found on page 100 of Insurance Journal’s...
May 1 2006 // International property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, Catlin Group Limited announced the appointment of Vincent Brazauskas as senior vice president and chief administrative officer of Catlin Inc., the Group’s US...
May 1 2006 // Aon Consulting, the human capital and management consulting organization of Chicago-based Aon Corp., announced today that Jason Krumwiede has joined the organization as vice president in the Employment and Recruitment...
Apr 28 2006 // Phyllis R. Austin has been named senior vice president of Human Resources of Crawford & Co. in Atlanta, according to Tom Crawford, president and CEO. Austin assumed the position April 24 when Bill Beach, former head...
Apr 27 2006 // Clifford L. Dugan Jr. has been named managing partner of John Hancock Financial Network’s St. Louis agency, according to the company’s recent press release. The St. Louis Dugan General Agency is located at 73...
Apr 25 2006 // The PMA Insurance Group in Blue Bell, Pa. reports that Andrew J. McGill has joined the company as vice president of human resources.McGill will lead PMA’s human resource initiatives and will report directly to...
Apr 17 2006 // Andreas Acker, 37, has been appointed human resources manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Acker started his State Fund career in 1992 when he joined the organization’s human resource...
Apr 17 2006 // Totally ready or just terrorism ready?Is the nation’s terrorism-centric focus hurting its efforts to plan for other disasters? Dr. James L. Valverde Jr., director of economics and risk management for the Insurance...
Apr 17 2006 // The participants included:•Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management;•Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management;•Linda H....
Apr 17 2006 // Bob WillifordPeople Barney & Barney LLC, a San Diego-based risk management consulting and insurance brokerage firm, promoted John Niedernhofer and William Peartree to ownership status within the firm.Niedernhofer...
Apr 3 2006 // Lockton Companies, Inc., the Kansas City, Mo.-based privately owned insurance broker, has opened a New York retail office, vowing to target complex middle-market clients and take a focused approach towards the Fortune 1000...
Apr 3 2006 // Lighthouse Underwriters, an Anandale-Va.-based program underwriting company, announced that Sean Gormley has been promoted to senior vice president. In this position he will be responsible for the day-to-day operations at...
Apr 3 2006 // Bermuda-based United America Indemnity Ltd. has appointed Robert Cohen president and CEO of its subsidiary, Penn Independent Corporation.Cohen has been acting president and CEO since November 2005. From 1992, he was a...