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How Insurance Agencies Find Sales Talent in Small Markets
May 17 2021 // Dear Mary, we are one of the largest insurance agencies in our state. Our plan is to remain independent and grow organically in every office location. Some of our markets are easier to find talent in than others. Our most...
Workers’ Compensation Numbers Indicate Strong Performance During 2020 Pandemic
May 12 2021 // Because of job losses and shrinking payrolls during the pandemic recession, the workers’ compensation industry’s net written premium dropped 10% to $42 billion in 2020. However, private insurers posted a...
Workers Refusing Covid Vaccine Could Lose Their Jobs
May 5 2021 // Texas nurse Jennifer Bridges plans to go to work on June 7, like it’s any other day. The only difference is, when she gets there she expects to be fired. That day is the deadline her employer, Houston Methodist...
No Delays Found in Medical Care for Workers’ Compensation Claimants During COVID
May 3 2021 // Despite potential obstacles posed by the coronavirus pandemic, injured workers experienced no meaningful delays in access to medical treatment under their employers’ workers’ compensation programs during the...
MarshMcLennan Fills Its Talent Pool in the Wake of Aon-Willis Merger
Apr 29 2021 // It has not happened yet but the proposed merger of large global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson is already being felt at competitor MarshMcLennan. MarshMcLennan is capitalizing on the marketplace disruption...
No Delays Found in Medical Care for Workers’ Compensation Claimants During COVID
Apr 26 2021 // Despite potential obstacles posed by the coronavirus pandemic, injured workers experienced no meaningful delays in access to medical treatment under their employers’ workers’ compensation programs during the...
Jabs on the Job: Companies, Unions Offering COVID-19 Vaccines
Apr 21 2021 // Marie Watson wanted to be among the first in line when she and other essential workers became eligible for the coronavirus vaccine — and with good reason. The maintenance parts buyer for a Mission Foods tortilla plant in...
South Africa to Launch Compensation Fund to Allay Vaccine Makers’ Liability Concerns
Apr 20 2021 // JOHANNESBURG – The South African government’s compensation fund to cover potential injuries from COVID-19 vaccines could cost around 250 million rand ($17.5 million) in the first year, the health minister said in...
Guy Carpenter Names Co-Heads of Cyber, Hiring Swiss Re’s Cordonnier, Promoting Davis
Apr 19 2021 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the appointment of Anthony Cordonnier as managing director and global co-head of Cyber, effective the second half of 2021, and the...
Finding Best and Brightest Agency Talent Demands New Approach
Apr 19 2021 // All talk and very little action.” Two co-founders of a firm dedicated to helping insurers and agencies meet their talent needs deliver a blunt assessment of the industry’s recruiting performance and what must...
Three Steps to Improve Your Hiring Process
Apr 19 2021 // In January, my spouse and I made a spur of the moment decision to sell our house. It was exciting and nerve wracking all at the same time. It was hard to ignore the parallels between this experience and the hiring process....
Many Climate Scientists Moving from Fieldwork to Jobs in Financial Services
Apr 16 2021 // LONDON – Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect remote Colombian communities to the electricity grid before working for...
Seized Suez Ship Declared Fit for Onward Passage (Once Compensation Is Paid)
Apr 14 2021 // CAIRO – The cargo vessel that blocked global shipping in the Suez Canal and is caught in a legal dispute in Egypt is fit to sail once approval is given, its technical manager said on Wednesday. The Ever Given was...
Update: Egypt Seizes Container Ship that Blocked Suez, Pending $916M Compensation
Apr 13 2021 // Egypt seized a giant container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month as it sought compensation of more than $900 million. A court in the city of Ismailia granted a seizure request regarding the Ever Given vessel at...
Suez Canal Authority Still in Talks About Compensation for Grounding of Container Ship
Apr 12 2021 // Egypt is still in talks about compensation stemming from the operations to free the giant container ship whose stranding in the Suez Canal for nearly a week roiled global cargo markets, the canal authority’s chief...
Huge Ship That Blocked Suez Canal Will Be Held Until Compensation Deal Is Reached
Apr 9 2021 // Egypt will release the giant container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week once a deal is reached on compensation for related losses, the head of the canal’s authority said. “The ship is...
Sex Abuse Victims Say Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Falls Short in Compensation, Details
Apr 7 2021 // The official committee representing child sex abuse victims in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is asking a judge for permission to file its own reorganization plan, saying the plan proposed by the BSA falls woefully...
Viewpoint: Psychedelic Drugs to Treat Pain in Workers’ Compensation Cases?
Apr 6 2021 // Medical science has moved forward by leaps and bounds in recent years, and yet for too many injured workers, their initial work-related injury and subsequent medical treatment is only the start of an all-too-familiar...
Managing Risk by Training Restaurant Employees
Mar 22 2021 // Restaurants are risky businesses. They take more cash than you would think. They take more time than you want to invest and have more problems than anyone wants to deal with. Many restaurants struggle with keeping...
4 Progressive Jobs Insurance Agencies Will Hire in 2021
Mar 22 2021 // When it comes to insurance agency hiring, producers and account managers are a broken record. Yes, your agency still needs them, but that isn’t newsworthy. These four positions gained momentum last year. If they...
