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Workers’ Compensation Insurtech Pie Insurance Starts Selling in 4 States
Mar 6 2018 // Digital agency Pie Insurance said it is ready to start selling its workers’ compensation policies in four states this month, with a goal of operating in as many as 20 states by the end of 2018. The startup that...
Up, Down & Flat: Workers’ Compensation Pricing in 2018
Mar 5 2018 // Workers’ compensation rates in 2018 will be mixed, with some programs seeing pricing flat to down and others seeing spikes, according to a market prediction from the broker USI. In other words, market trends should...
Closing Quote: Speak Up! New Talent Prospects Will Listen
Mar 5 2018 // The insurance industry needs help, lots of help. By 2020, it’s predicted that we’ll have 400,000 open positions. Of course, we’ve been talking about the talent shortage for years, but we’ve...
Geico Adding Nearly 1,500 Jobs in Carmel, Indiana
Mar 1 2018 // Insurance giant Geico says it will expand its operations in Carmel, Indiana, creating close to 1,500 jobs within five years. The Washington, D.C.-based company will invest more than $16 million to add an additional 104,000...
Officials Say Massachusetts Trolley Driver Paid Man $2K to Attack Him on Job
Feb 27 2018 // Authorities say a Massachusetts trolley driver paid a man $2,000 to attack him while wearing a Halloween mask so the driver could fraudulently collect workers’ compensation and disability insurance. A Suffolk County...
Medical Marijuana Gaining Favor as Treatment in Workers’ Compensation
Feb 23 2018 // Though states and the federal government remain at odds on marijuana legalization, the drug is gaining traction as a viable treatment in workers’ compensation claims. In a recent discussion with Claims Journal, Brian...
Insurance Industry Hiring Stabilizes; Key Jobs Remain Difficult to Fill: Study
Feb 20 2018 // Fifty-eight percent of insurance companies plan to increase staff during the next 12 months in part due to expected increase in business and new markets, according to the Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study...
What 11 Top Executives Think About Insurance Careers
Feb 20 2018 // The third annual Insurance Careers Month kicked off with the annual Insurance Careers Movement (ICM) Town Hall on Feb. 1 in Chicago. Co-hosted by A.M. Best and ICM, the virtual event assembled executives from companies...
Should Compensation Be Tailor-Made?
Feb 19 2018 // In today’s business reality, an organization’s biggest investment is its human capital. In fact, employees are the key to any successful company. Unfortunately, the insurance industry faces an increasingly...
Insurance Journal’s Agency Salary Survey
Feb 19 2018 // Total compensation for insurance agency management, owners, principals and support staff were up in 2017, while total comp for producers declined just slightly over the year before. That’s according to the 2018...
Why Agencies Need Creativity in Hiring Now More Than Ever
Feb 19 2018 // As the economy continues to improve, insurance agencies are finding that hiring and retaining qualified employees, which is never easy, has become even more of a challenge. It’s become tougher even though salaries at...
Poizner Wants Former California Insurance Commissioner Job
Feb 14 2018 // A Silicon Valley entrepreneur and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate is running to retake his old seat as California’s top insurance watchdog. But this time Steve Poizner is running for insurance commissioner as an...
What to Expect in Workers’ Compensation Pricing in 2018
Feb 14 2018 // Workers’ compensation rates in 2018 will be mixed, with some programs seeing pricing flat to down and others seeing spikes, according to a market prediction from the broker USI. In other words, market trends should...
Stamper Appointed Managing Director of Risk Strategies in Florida
Feb 14 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Scott Stamper as managing director to run day-to-day operations and help guide the growth of Atlass Insurance Group,...
Why Wholesale Insurance Brokers Are Under Continuing Pressure to Sell
Feb 13 2018 // Wholesale insurance brokers have been selling off their businesses and it’s not because they are all ready to retire. As in the retail agency segment, consolidation among wholesale brokerages is being driven by...
Managing the CEA’s growth would be easier with this one small fix
Feb 8 2018 // The California Earthquake Authority, the state’s privately funded and publicly managed earthquake “instrumentality,” is growing like mad. A spate of recent natural disasters—in combination with savvy...
Waymo-Uber Trial in California Highlights Tech Talent War
Feb 5 2018 // Should full frontal lobotomies be required of Silicon Valley engineers looking to change jobs? Uber Technologies Inc. has said with a touch of hyperbole that that’s what the future holds if Waymo wins its lawsuit...
4 Reasons a Career in Insurance is a Safe Bet
Jan 31 2018 // This week marks the beginning of the third annual Insurance Careers Month. You didn’t know that February is Insurance Careers Month? Really? Now you do. Don’t thank me, I’m just a messenger. We are in...
Participate in Insurance Journal’s Annual Agency Salary Survey
Jan 25 2018 // The deadline to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual Agency Salary Survey is approaching fast – participate by Feb. 2 to receive a complimentary copy of the survey results. ALL retail agency owners,...
Women More Likely Than Men to Lose U.S. Jobs by Automation: WEF Report
Jan 22 2018 // Women are more likely than men to be knocked out of their U.S. jobs by automation in the next eight years, and they’ll find half as many opportunities to land new positions unless there’s a new effort to...
