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People Moves: EPIC Adds Ponter in Houston; Goosehead Promotes 10 Managing Directors
Apr 21 2022 // Kathleen Ponter Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants in Houston EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has added Kathleen Ponter to its Houston Property & Casualty team as a producer. Ponter will utilize...
Young Agents Remain Optimistic About Career Choice But Concerned About Economy
Apr 18 2022 // Editor’s Note: To view the complete results of the 2022 Young Agents Survey and corresponding charts download the full issue at: https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/ Young agents are an optimistic bunch when...
Pennsylvania Approves 6.25% Workers’ Compensation Cost Cut
Apr 7 2022 // Workers’ compensation costs for employers in Pennsylvania are going down for the sixth straight year. Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys approved a loss-cost filing, including a 6.25% reduction in loss...
How Talent Chiefs Led Through the Pandemic
Apr 4 2022 // For insurance leaders tasked with managing their organization’s human capital, the COVID-19 pandemic presented myriad challenges around employee safety and wellness, and transformed their workplace responsibilities...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s PCI Compensation Consulting
Mar 25 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based PCI-Perrault Consulting Inc. (doing business as PCI Compensation Consulting). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001,...
The National Alliance Launches NEW Self-Paced Courses: Intro to Commercial/Personal Lines, Flood, Ethics, Workers Compensation
Mar 24 2022 // Austin, TX., March 24, 2022 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has launched five self-paced insurance license renewal and introductory classes on the topics of Ethics, NFIP Flood Exposures,...
Medical Access in California Workers’ Compensation Examined
Mar 21 2022 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows injured worker access to medical care for initial treatment was relatively consistent between 2010 and 2020. CWCI used data from more than 1.5 million job...
People Moves: Latitude Brokers Names Cannock Managing Director, Singapore; Howden M&A Bolsters Asia Pacific Team; Markel Int’l Bolsters Media/Entertainment Team
Mar 14 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Latitude Brokers, Howden M&A in Asia Pacific, and Markel International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Latitude Brokers Names Cannock...
Mosaic to Buy Sirius Int’l Lloyd’s Managing Agency; SiriusPoint to Be Mosaic Investor
Mar 10 2022 // Mosaic Insurance has entered into an agreement to purchase the Lloyd’s managing agency of SiriusPoint as part of a transaction in which the global re/insurer will become a strategic investor in Mosaic. Under the...
Medical Access in California Workers’ Compensation Examined
Mar 7 2022 // A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows injured workers’ overall access to medical care for their initial treatment remained relatively consistent between 2010 and 2020. CWCI used data from...
5 Ways to Attract Talent the Insurance Industry Needs
Mar 7 2022 // When I joined AIG — and the insurance world — in 2020 as global head of talent, the industry had already acknowledged that new and more diverse talent were necessary for its continued success. The challenge...
Retained Searches: Three Things to Know Before Engaging with a Recruiter
Mar 7 2022 // In 2022 every insurance organization will have unusual, set apart or outside the norm hiring projects. Think about retained searches as an extension of your internal talent acquisition capabilities. Some roles you can fill...
ANALYSIS-Who Pays? UN Climate Report Reignites Global Fight for Compensation
Mar 4 2022 // With this week’s U.N. climate science report laying bare the staggering economic costs and losses already faced from climate change, an inevitable question arises: who should pay? Within U.N. climate negotiations,...
For Omaha National Workers’ Comp Provider, Happiness Is Key to Hiring
Feb 28 2022 // When Omaha National president and CEO Reagan Pufall thinks back to how COVID-19 has affected recruiting and hiring at the workers’ compensation insurance provider, his main verdict is: not much. The key...
Agency Salary Survey: Why Money Isn’t Everything to Agency Hires
Feb 21 2022 // Salaries and total compensation rose in 2021 for all levels of empoloyees reporting in the Insurance Journal Agency Salary Survey. But while insurance agency personnel on average made more money last year, their...
Salaries Roar but Satisfaction with Compensation Wanes
Feb 21 2022 // Insurance agency personnel on average made more money in 2021 but satisfaction with compensation overall declined despite higher salaries and total compensation. Satisfaction with compensation dropped slightly across the...
Today’s Candidate Expectations and How to Compete
Feb 21 2022 // The recruiting climate has undergone numerous shifts in just two years. From nearing a complete halt in early 2020 to the Great Reshuffle we’re now experiencing, insurance organizations have had to adjust how they...
W.R. Berkley Optimism About 2022 Comes With Caution About Workers’ Compensation
Feb 21 2022 // Executives for commercial lines insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. indicated in a fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings call that while they are optimistic about 2022, they are exercising caution when it comes to...
More Than a Conversation: Building Diversity Means Taking Action
Feb 16 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv The cybersecurity and insurance industries have been talking about prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion for a while, but Larry Whiteside, co-founder and president of Cyversity, says...
W.R. Berkley Optimism About 2022 Comes With Caution About Workers’ Compensation
Feb 10 2022 // Executives for commercial lines insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. indicated in a fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings call that while they are optimistic about 2022, they are exercising caution when it comes to...
