Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Managing the Marketing and Sales Effort in the Hard Market
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll have industry experts talk about the best ways to manage today’s agencies. In this article, Jack Fries speaks on managing the marketing and sales effort in the hard...
Managing Marketing and Sales Efforts in the Hard Market
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll have industry experts talk about the best ways to manage today’s agencies. In this article, Jack Fries speaks on managing the marketing and sales effort in the hard...
Selective Insurance Group Announces Senior Executive Promotions
Feb 26 2003 // Gregory E. Murphy, chairman, president and CEO of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. headquartered in Branchville NJ, has announced a number of senior executive promotions: Details of the promotions are as follows...
Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie to Head American Re’s Corporate Resource Division
Feb 12 2003 // American Re-Insurance Company announced that Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie has been appointed Senior VP of the Corporate Resources Division and a member of the Senior Management Group. She succeeds Anthony Kuczinski who was...
R&SA May Restructure Australia, New Zealand Operations
Jan 27 2003 // The U.K.’s Royal & Sun Alliance is reported to be considering restructuring its operations in Australia and New Zealand prior to making a flotation of the units later this year as part of the company’s...
Selective HR Solutions Receives Certification
Jan 21 2003 // Sarasota, Fla.-based professional employer organization (PEO) Selective HR Solutions, received certification from the International Organization of Standards (ISO) after passing an extensive audit by International...
Michael Flaharty Named Managing Director of New GAB Robins Consulting Group
Jan 16 2003 // The GAB Robins Group of Companies, a leading claims services firm, announced that it has formed GAB Robins Capital Partners Consulting Group and appointed Michael Flaharty, an internationally recognized expert on claims...
Doctors Pen Letter to Pres. Bush Regarding Med-Mal Crisis
Jan 16 2003 // Following remarks by President Bush, Thursday in Scranton, Pa., where he addressed the medical malpractice insurance crisis sweeping the nation, a letter was forwarded to the White House from a group of doctors. January...
Fireman’s Fund McGee Unveiled Nationwide with New E-solution for Managing Ocean Cargo Insurance
Jan 8 2003 // Fireman’s Fund McGee Marine Underwriters is making FOCUS(SM), its new e-solution for managing ocean cargo insurance, available to agents/brokers and their clients on a nationwide basis. The FOCUS Solution, which...
SGP Picks President for Austin Office
Dec 6 2002 // International insurance brokerage and consulting company Summit Global Partners named Daryl Martin president/CEO of Summit Global Partners branch operations in Austin, Texas. Martin specializes in providing strategic...
Managing the Cycle
Nov 11 2002 // Much has been written in the insurance press lately about the cyclical nature of the insurance industry. Now the market is hard, or hardening. For most of the 1990s stock markets boomed, the insurance market softened and...
GAB Robins Names New Managing Director for Capital Partners Division
Nov 4 2002 // GAB Robins North America, Inc. named Dianne Parker, senior vice president and managing director of GAB Robins Capital Partners. GAB Robins Capital Partners is a division that designs runoff solutions, provides outsourcing...
Reinsurance through an MGA: A Retail Agent’s Guide
Oct 28 2002 // Retail agents know where to turn when they have a specialized need, a difficult coverage to place, or any kind of excess or surplus line of business: the managing general agent. Due to the broad range of coverage options...
Reinsurance through an MGA: A Retail Agent’s Guide
Oct 28 2002 // Retail agents know where to turn when they have a specialized need, a difficult coverage to place, or any kind of excess or surplus line of business: the managing general agent. Due to the broad range of coverage options...
Benfield Blanch Appoints Solange L. Charas Head of Human Resources
Oct 15 2002 // Minnesota-based broker Benfield Blanch, the U.S. division of the U.K’s Benfield Group, announced the appointment of Solange L. Charas as Human Resources Director. “In her new role, Ms. Charas will be...
Argonaut Workers’ Comp Unit Names New Executives
Oct 10 2002 // Argonaut Insurance Company, a Stamford, Conn.-based unit of the Argonaut Group Inc., announced eight executive appointments as part of its growth strategy. The expanded executive team is charged with the expansion and...
Corporate Members Approve a Major Course Change for Lloyd’s
Sep 30 2002 // Friday the 13th of September will henceforth be known at Lloyd’s as the day that members approved a plan that will radically alter the way the London market is conducted. Ignoring any bad luck associated with the...
Principals Can Use New Tool to Manage Producers
Sep 30 2002 // Agency principals and managers have a new tool available to assist in the process of hiring and managing producers. The product is entitled “Hiring and Managing Inexperienced ProducersTM,” written and produced...
Corporate Members Approve a Major Course Change for Lloyd’s
Sep 30 2002 // Friday the 13th of September will henceforth be known at Lloyd’s as the day that members approved a plan that will radically alter the way the London market is conducted. Ignoring any bad luck associated with the...
Expanding the Pie
Sep 16 2002 // We have all heard the old adage that to succeed we need to do one thing and do it well. That might be one formula for success, but it is not the only one. There are two main types of growth—vertical and horizontal....
