Latest Talent Headlines
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Preparing for the Unpredictable Talent Considerations for CAT Season
Jul 1 2019 // The combined global losses from natural disasters in 2017 and 2018 were the highest ever for a two-year period. While no single major catastrophe caused massive destruction in 2018, nearly 400 smaller natural disasters...
Partner or Pariah? 5 Hacks to Improve Your Experience Working With Recruiters
Jul 1 2019 // Q: How am I supposed to use a recruiter when my company had a horrible experience with a firm? A: A great question and an excellent starting point for my advice on working with third-party recruiters. I’ve been in...
Andrew Cahn Joins Genesis Resources
Jun 25 2019 // Dallas, TX, June 25, 2019 – Genesis Resources, an executive search firm specialized in the insurance industry, is excited to announce and welcome Andrew Cahn. Andrew has over 25 years of experience in underwriting and...
Financial Services Provides Plenty of Jobs – from Coast to Coast: Opinion
Jun 24 2019 // There were 755,436 people working in financial activities in the New York metropolitan area last year, more than twice as many as in the next-biggest area for such jobs, metro Los Angeles. But this amounted to just 8% of...
Maine Eyes Compensation Fund for Property Crime Victims
Jun 21 2019 // A Maine proposal to more swiftly compensate victims of property crimes has passed a key test in the Senate. The Senate signed off Tuesday on a proposal to create a compensation fund for victims of the crimes. The sponsor,...
A Clear Path For Agencies Hiring Young Account Managers
Jun 17 2019 // As a recruiting partner to insurance agencies, so much of my role is about sourcing account manager candidates that I believe a bigger piece of the hiring puzzle is overlooked. What happens to agencies once they onboard...
Career Sense: Reverse, Prioritize, Partner, Attack
Jun 17 2019 // Gone are the days of insurers and brokers offering multiline and multi-divisional training to their new staff. People entering the workforce today will start their careers with an insurance carrier or brokerage firm within...
Talk of Managing Earth as an Asset Wins Over Congressional Climate Change Skeptic
Jun 13 2019 // In a break from years of acrimony over basic science, House Budget Committee members on Tuesday tripped over each other to agree that climate change is not only real but caused by humans. “The last decade has seen...
How the Workers’ Compensation Industry Is Embracing Telemedicine
Jun 10 2019 // The use of telemedicine may be in its nascent stages within the workers’ compensation system, but the starting line has definitely been crossed with employers and workers’ comp insurers embracing the ability to...
Judge Rejects Google Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Conservative Job Bias
Jun 7 2019 // White conservative males who allege that liberal bias at Google Inc. doomed their chances of getting hired by the tech giant cleared the first hurdle to proceed with their lawsuit. A California state judge on Thursday...
Duke University to Pay $54M to Settle Suit Over Hiring Agreement with UNC
Jun 7 2019 // Duke University is agreeing to pay $54.5 million to settle claims that it and nearby University of North Carolina conspired to hold down salaries of medical professors by agreeing not to hire staff away from each...
UK Insurer Aviva’s New CEO Targets Cost, Job Cuts in Company Overhaul
Jun 6 2019 // Aviva Plc’s new chief executive officer, Maurice Tulloch, kicked off his overhaul of the company with a plan to cut costs and jobs and streamline its U.K. business. Tulloch, who took over in March, said he would...
Digital Workers’ Compensation Agency Pie Enters 5 More States
Jun 4 2019 // Pie Insurance said it has been approved to sell workers’ compensation insurance in Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, South Carolina and Virginia. Pie sells directly to small business and promises them they can get a...
Are Agencies Overpaying for Young Employees Today?
Jun 3 2019 // Memo to insurance agency owners seeking to onboard new employees: Expect to pay more, offer more and train more. Those trying to hire know that already. “What we’re seeing in particular in Texas, and I imagine...
Accelerating Innovation Through Diversity & Inclusion
Jun 3 2019 // Progress requires change, though it is not always easy. The insurance industry, notoriously known to be slow to adopt change, is in the midst of a significant transformation. Some may even call it a rebranding. Insurers...
Glatfelter Updates, Expands Workers’ Compensation Product
May 28 2019 // Glatfelter Program Managers has unveiled a new workers’ compensation program now available in most states. The new program gives clients and agents access to Glatfelter’s industry-specialized risk management...
Managing Sexual Harassment Risk in the #MeToo Era
May 24 2019 // Since October 2017 when the #MeToo era began and sexual harassment claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein were revealed, insurers have seen an uptick in not only the number but also the size of sexual harassment...
Only 55% of AIG Shareholders OK $21 Million Compensation for CEO Duperreault
May 22 2019 // American International Group Inc. said shareholders approved a $21 million pay package for Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault by only a narrow margin during the company’s annual meeting on Tuesday. A...
Why Employers Should Stop Hiring Based on Work History
May 20 2019 // A common hiring philosophy used for generations is being flipped on its head by new research from Florida State University. Screening job applicants based on their prior work experience is often a mistake among employers,...
Proposed Ohio Bill Bars Towing Services from Hiring ‘Spotters’
May 17 2019 // A bill that would prohibit towing services from hiring “spotters” to report illegally parked vehicles is up for consideration in an Ohio House committee. A spotter as described in the bill is a person whose...
