Latest Human Resources Headlines
All the headlines from our Human Resources Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Legislation to Protect Small Businesses from Hazardous Liability Litigation Passed
May 30 2001 // Legislation that would provide Superfund liability protection for small-businesses that disposed of municipal solid waste before April 1, 2001 recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Julie...
CNA Forms Alliance with Ambridge Partners For TFI Products
May 17 2001 // CNA Global Specialty Lines, a unit of Chicago’s CNA, based in New York, announced an alliance with London’s Ambridge Partners LLC, described as “a highly specialized managing general underwriter for...
Stirling Cooke Names New London Managing Director
Apr 20 2001 // Bermuda-based international broker Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings Ltd. has named Anthony C. McCallum as the new head of its London reinsurance intermediary operations. McCallum joins Stirling Cooke two years after numerous...
Zurich North America Expands Availability of HR Care Program
Apr 5 2001 // Zurich North America plans to expand its HR Care service to mid-sized privately-held companies. The risk management tool will be available free of charge to mid-sized private companies that purchase Zurich Private...
Managing The Risk From Climate Change
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
Bermuda Tax Proposals: ‘Closing a Loophole’ or ‘ Pork Barrel Polics”
Dec 11 2000 // The taxation of foreign insurers, reinsurers, captives banks and financial service providers, involves some very complex international issues, heavily charged with “political considerations.” HR 4192, or the...
HIH Sells Renewal Rights to Argonaut, Alaska National
Dec 11 2000 // In the latest action in the volatile workers’ compensation arena, Argonaut Insurance Company announced it will acquire the renewal rights and other tangible assets associated with the workers’ comp business of...
EmployeeMatters Offers HR Solution for Small- and Medium-Sized Business
Apr 26 2000 // Employeematters, based in Stamford, Conn., is offering a new employee administration service for small- and medium-sized businesses through its real-time platform. HR functions, including payroll, insurance, health...
PEOs Change Focus by Courting Agents as Partners, not Customers
Apr 10 2000 // As much as 10 years ago, independent insurance agents were being courted by professional employer organizations (PEOs), which viewed the small structure of agents’ offices as ripe for their human resources...
