Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Commissioner Rod Bordelon will present a Keynote Address at The Texas Workers’ Comp Forum
Sep 16 2008 // Dallas, TX, September 16, 2008 – Council on Education in Management (Council) announced that Division of Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Rod Bordelon will present a Keynote Address at the upcoming Texas...
Francavilla to Direct Program Development for AmWins
Sep 15 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based national wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. has named Ben Francavilla its director of Program Development. In this role, Francavilla will be responsible for driving the overall marketing...
Hurricane Ike Threatens Bahamas; Hanna Death Toll Grows
Sep 5 2008 // Powerful Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it moved across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the U.S. on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Hanna’s death toll from floods in Haiti grew to 136. Campgrounds were closed...
Marsh & McLennan Appoints Ashford
Sep 5 2008 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. appointed Orlando D. Ashford as senior vice president of human resources. Ashford, whose appointment is effective Sept. 22, will work closely with key executives of MMC’s...
Hanna Heading for U.S. – Ike Now a Category 4 Hurricane
Sep 4 2008 // Tropical storm Hanna is on the verge of regaining hurricane strength, as it slowly approaches the U.S. mainland. The latest update from Miami’s National Hurricane Center indicates that “maximum sustained winds...
Willis Appoints McGeehan Exec. VP – Managing Director for Bermuda
Sep 4 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has announced the appointment of Vince McGeehan as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Willis Bermuda, effective immediately. He is responsible for the company’s insurance broking...
Wholesaler CRC Insurance Acquires Competitor Southern Risk of S.C.
Sep 3 2008 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., the wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corp., reports it has completed a purchase of Southern Risk Operations LLC. Sumter, S.C.-based Southern Risk is an excess and surplus (E&S)...
Hanna and Her Siblings Roil the Atlantic
Sep 2 2008 // Although Gustav is slowly blowing itself out over Oklahoma, Miami’s National Hurricane Center still has a lot of work to do. Its currently tracking a hurricane, a tropical storm, a tropical depression and two...
Managing and Using Information to Grow an Agency
Sep 1 2008 // Eight Good Reasons to Get Your Database Efforts Underway The word “marketing” may conjure up images of the fast-paced world of television advertising, a piece of direct mail that catches your attention, an...
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Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...
Will Baby Boomers Lead to Boost in Worker Woes?
Sep 1 2008 // Managing Risks With an Aging Workforce The aging and retirement of the Baby Boomer generation is creating a demographic transformation that will affect the staffs of insurance organizations, as well as their...
Managing and Using Information to Grow an Agency
Sep 1 2008 // Eight Good Reasons to Get Your Database Efforts Underway The word “marketing” may conjure up images of the fast-paced world of television advertising, a piece of direct mail that catches your attention, an...
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Sep 1 2008 // General Star Management Co. appointed Gregory J. Diorio chief operating officer and Joseph L. Majsak chief marketing officer. Diorio will oversee all underwriting divisions while Majsak will oversee the new marketing...
Lloyd’s in the 21st Century
Sep 1 2008 // The Modernization of Lloyd’s and the London Market Any institution — and there aren’t many — that survives and thrives for 320 years must find ways to adapt to changing conditions. Lloyd’s of...
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Aug 21 2008 // Ruby Chan has joined the Needham, Mass.-based Provider Insurance Co. as director of Internet marketing. Chan has worked for Hewlett Packard and was one of the founding members of the Alta Vista search engine. She moved on...
Jessica M. Frankovich
Aug 21 2008 // Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Jessica M. Frankovich as Inland Marine underwriting manager. Frankovich will be based in Indiana Insurance’s Illinois regional office and...
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Aug 21 2008 // W.R. Berkley Corp. named William M. Rohde Jr. president of Acadia Insurance Co., succeeding Bill Thornton, who now is chairman of Berkley Regional Specialty Insurance Co. Walter E. Stradley remains president of Berkley...
House Subcommittee Moves Key Federal Insurance Regulation Bills
Aug 21 2008 // By Andrea Wells In a busy month for insurance issues on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises marked up bills creating a federal...
S&P Releases New Lloyd’s Syndicate Financial Assessments
Aug 15 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced the results of its latest public information Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) review, which considered the 2007 syndicate financial statements and...
Ascension Insurance Appoints Harris General Counsel
Aug 12 2008 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Ascension Insurance, Inc. has announced the appointment of P. Stephen Harris as its general counsel. Founded in August 2007, Ascension has garnered an initial $50 million in private equity funds to...
