Spring of 2020 brought some good news for companies and individuals, including promotions, awards, partnerships and mergers. Here's a sample of what we've seen of late.

Transamerica announced several appointments:

• Blake Bostwick was appointed Chief Executive Officer of its Individual Solutions division. Mr. Bostwick will also lead the organization's retail affiliates that distribute life insurance, long term care, annuities and funds. In his new role, Mr. Bostwick continues reporting to Mark Mullin, Transamerica President and CEO, and heads the existing leadership team within the Individual Solutions division.
• Kent Callahan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of its Workplace Solutions division. Mr. Callahan has more than three decades of experience with Transamerica, and previously ledTransamerica business lines in retirement, employee benefits and investment solutions. In his new role, Mr. Callahan reports to Mark Mullin, Transamerica President and CEO.

Randstad USA announced a partnership with health care staffing firm AMN Healthcare. The first highly visible implementation of this partnership is the Open Talent Marketplace for Healthcare, designed to provide state coalitions, federal agencies and hospital systems with rapid access to hundreds of staffing vendors and tens of thousands of clinicians, health IT professionals, office personnel and other talent. Developed as a resource hospitals could use to surge staff in light of COVID-19, the concept also is tailored to the post-COVID environment.