Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Main Street America’s Board of Directors Announces Five Top-Level Promotions
Mar 14 2005 // Five promotions and appointments have been announced by the board of directors of the Main Street America Group in Jacksonville: Ed Kuhl, senior vice president and chief financial officer; Toni Porterfield, senior vice...
Kings & Pawns: Excess Brokers’ Moves and Mergers
Feb 21 2005 // The emergence of large national and regional firms and the creation of networks of brokers as industry kings are transforming the nation’s wholesale insurance marketplace but experts maintain that independent...
MCS Names Marrone Managing Partner
Feb 14 2005 // Stephen J. Saporito, COO of Irvine, Calif.-based Millennium Corporate Solutions, announced that Frank L. Marrone has been named managing partner. As a managing partner, Marrone has been entrusted with helping chart...
Beecher Carlson Holdings Appoints Two New York Managing Directors
Feb 11 2005 // Jeffrey Lattmann and John Kerns have been named managing directors of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc.’s New York office. Lattmann will also be a senior partner of the newly formed Executive Liability...
Sexual Harassment Training Now Mandatory in California
Feb 7 2005 // For the first time, California now mandates that employers with 50 or more employees provide sexual harassment training to their supervisors. On Sept. 29, 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a statute that...
MMC Announces Organization Changes at Mercer
Jan 27 2005 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) announced a number of organizational and management changes within Mercer Inc., one of the world’s largest consulting firms, providing services on issues that face the...
Aon Captive Services Team Makes Appointments
Jan 27 2005 // Aon Captive Services Group (ACSG), the global captive insurance services arm of Aon Corporation, has made a series of appointments and changes to its management team. Scott Frazier has been named group managing director of...
Siech Named Beecher Carlson Exec. Managing Director
Dec 21 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. has hired Joe Siech as executive managing director in its Atlanta office. Siech’s primary responsibility will be large account production and continued development of the Global Property...
AAMGA Offers Feedback on Proposed Broker Disclosure Amendment to Producer Licensing Model Act
Dec 3 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently issued a draft Proposed Broker Discloser Amendment to the Producer Licensing Model Act, and requested industry and public comment before commencing...
Smith Named Beecher Carlson Managing Director
Nov 23 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. of Atlanta has announced the appointment of Robert “Robbie” C. Smith as a managing director. Smith will focus on acquisition opportunities and talent recuritment. Smith spent the...
Fruitful Season: Buyers Keep Picking Off Agencies
Nov 22 2004 // Insurance agencies continued to be picked off at a healthy clip throughout 2004 but experts believe buyers will still be hungry in the new year. Several reports indicate that 2004 announced deals should exceed the number...
Going Paperless — Is it for the Independent Agency’
Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...
Guy Carpenter Appoints Mueller a Managing Director
Sep 30 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., Marsh Mac’s global risk and reinsurance specialist division, announced the appointment of Wilfried Mueller as a Managing Director, effective January 1, 2005. He will lead the...
Haitian Flood Deaths over 1,000; Bahamas on Alert as Jeanne Nears; Ivan Poses New Threat
Sep 23 2004 // As the floods caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne slowly recede, Haitians are discovering even more devastation and loss of life. More than 1,000 persons have died in the northern city of Gonaives, and another 1,200 are still...
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Sep 20 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
Going Paperless – Is it for the Independent Agency’
Sep 20 2004 // All Agencies Can Benefit from a Paperless Environment Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize...
How Contractors Can Get a Grip on Workers’ Comp Costs
Sep 20 2004 // Small contractors struggling with workers’ compensation coverage may feel like they’re using a one-pound hammer to knock in a nine-inch nail—swing all you want, you won’t get very far. The nail is...
Jeanne Following Familiar Caribbean Path
Sep 16 2004 // While her big brother Ivan terrorizes the U.S. Gulf Coast (see related articles), little sister Jeanne has remained an active tropical storm, but could become the season’s next hurricane. Jeanne, the 10th named storm...
Kaiser Joins Insurance Journal Staff as New Southeast Managing Editor
Sep 14 2004 // Dave Kaiser Dave Kaiser has joined the Insurance Journal staff as managing editor of Insurance Journal Southeast based in Crystal River, Florida, north of Tampa and northwest of Orlando. Kaiser replaces Dave Thomas, who...
Ivan Continues Caribbean Rampage: Jamaica, Cayman’s Hit; Cuba and U.S. on Alert
Sep 13 2004 // Hurricane Ivan continued its destructive rampage through the Caribbean over the weekend, pummeling the island of Jamaica with winds of 155 mph (250km/h), 23 foot (7 meter) waves and heavy rainfall. Ivan is one of the...
