Winterthur Names New VP of Human Resources

Mike Bauer was recently named vice president of human resources at Winterthur U.S. Holdings, Inc., the parent company of General Casualty Insurance Companies.

Bauer’s professional affiliations include the Executive Roundtable in Chicago, the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago, and the Society of Human Resources Management. He holds a bachelors’ degree in business administration/industrial relations from State University of New York in Buffalo, N.Y., and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He also holds an SHRM designation from the Society of Human Resources Management.

Winterthur U.S. Holdings, Inc. (WUSH), based in Sun Prairie, Wis., specializes in property and casualty insurance through two regional operating companies: General Casualty (Sun Prairie) and Unigard (Bellevue, Wash.). Winterthur’s U.S. operations recorded direct written premiums last year of $1.5 billion and employ 2,200 people in offices throughout the U.S.