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Morgan Joins Insurance ‘Pretiree’ Job Network WAHVE as Marketing VP
Apr 4 2016 // Rick Morgan, a technology and marketing expert in the independent agency channel, has joined Work At Home Vintage Experts (WAHVE) as senior vice president of marketing. WAHVE, formed in 2010, is a network of insurance...
Score a Grand Slam: Recruitment Strategies for the Big Leagues
Apr 4 2016 // The insurance industry talent crisis is here. Insurers are now face-to-face with a shallow talent lineup thanks to an aging workforce, an impending wave of retirements and an increasingly shallow talent pool. Throughout...
Young Agents’ Optimism High on Career Choice, Income and Future of Agency System
Apr 4 2016 // It’s no secret that the insurance industry is facing a huge talent gap. Almost half of all insurance professionals are over age 45, with 25 percent of the industry expected to retire by 2018. That’s a...
Top Exposures Facing Global Middle Market Firms Vary by Region: Assurex Survey
Mar 30 2016 // While all middle market businesses across the world have concerns about cyber risk, few of these firms view it as their biggest exposure, according to a global survey* of 68 leading independent insurance brokers, which...
How to Use Social Media, Surveillance to Catch Workers Compensation Lies
Mar 28 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv As workers’ compensation fraud costs top out at an estimated $7.2 billion a year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, insurers are looking at ways to combat the...
The Final 2: Bragg, Hager Last Men Standing for Florida Commissioner Job
Mar 25 2016 // For the first time in 13 years, Florida is preparing to appoint a new insurance commissioner. The pool of 55 candidates has been whittled down to just two. Per recommendation of the Florida Cabinet, Jeffrey Bragg and...
AIG Continues with Job Cuts; Warns 242 in New York Next to Go
Mar 23 2016 // American International Group Inc., the insurer that’s been under pressure from activist investors, said it plans to cut 242 jobs at five locations in New York City. The reductions will take place through Sept. 30,...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects 2016 Board
Mar 22 2016 // Susan Gordon, head of workers’ compensation underwriting at Zurich North America, was elected board chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute for 2016. Gordon was elected at CWCI’s 52nd...
EPIC Names McDonnell Managing Principal in California
Mar 21 2016 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Brian McDonnell a managing principal, and the formation of a national construction specialty group. McDonnell will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif. office and report to...
‘Brexit’ Could Cost U.K. $145B in Economic Output & 950,000 Jobs by 2020: Study
Mar 21 2016 // Leaving the European Union might cost the U.K. 100 billion pounds ($145 billion) in lost economic output and 950,000 jobs by 2020, the Confederation of British Industry said as it stepped up its campaign against a...
The Search for Innovative Talent: Decoding the Secret of an Adaptable Workforce
Mar 21 2016 // The insurance industry has entered an era of rapid change and evolution — the rise of analytics, the growing influence of technology, and the emergence of disruptors. In light of the industry’s shift toward...
Despite Energy Job Losses, South Central States Report Some Employment Gains
Mar 21 2016 // While oil and gas industry job losses had an impact in the South Central states over the last year, Arkansas, Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas still saw decreases in unemployment rates in 2015. Year-over-year from 2014 to...
Utah Job Corps Wrongful Death Suit Draws Support, Criticism
Mar 15 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit against Clearfield Job Corps Center in Utah has drawn support and criticism from former students. The Standard-Examiner reported 17-year-old Isela Huerta Carranza left the center and went without...
Hub’s Vondrasek Joins MarshBerry as Vice President of Recruiting
Mar 9 2016 // MarshBerry announced the hiring of Curt Vondrasek as vice president of Recruiting. Vondrasek’s responsibilities include growing and managing MarshBerry’s Producer Recruiting Services. Prior to joining...
Financial Services Industry Fails to Support Women in Career Progression: Mercer
Mar 9 2016 // The finance industry offers women a lot of work, especially at the entry level. But each rung up the career ladder, they are increasingly winnowed from the business by lagging recruiting, retention and promotion from...
Florida’s Rosier Insurance Hosts Training for Grads of Disabled Veterans Career Program
Mar 9 2016 // Florida-based Rosier Insurance has collaborated with Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC) to provide on the job training for its most recent class of disabled veterans. The recent DVIC class trained at the Rosier...
Report: JobsOhio Created 23.6K Jobs in 2015
Mar 8 2016 // A privatized Ohio economic-development agency says in its annual report that it’s created a record 23,602 jobs last year. The Columbus Dispatch reports that JobsOhio also attracted $6.7 billion in corporate...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Sued over Employee Compensation
Mar 7 2016 // Current and former employees are suing Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary Pierce Manufacturing and calling for a jury trial in the case related to compensation. Oshkosh Northwestern Media reports that the class-action lawsuit...
Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Growth in Industry Jobs
Mar 7 2016 // The number of insurance industry jobs is increasing in Missouri, according to state insurance regulators. The number insurance producers in the state has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today,...
Relationships Especially Important When Managing Remote Workers
Mar 7 2016 // The number of employees that regularly work away from traditional company offices is on the rise, and while the trend may offer conveniences for both employees and employers it also presents challenges. Among the...
