Latest Talent Headlines
All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NFL Vows to Improve Minority Hiring Policies, Investigate Tanking Allegations
Feb 7 2022 // National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell told teams Saturday that the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches, and he pledged an investigation...
Last Chance: Share Your Thoughts on Agency Compensation Trends Now
Feb 3 2022 // Tomorrow is the last day to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual Agency Salary Survey. Survey respondents receive a complimentary copy of Insurance Journal’s report. We invite all retail agency owners,...
Take This Year’s Agency Salary Survey: Deadline Friday
Jan 31 2022 // Each year Insurance Journal asks retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in the Insurance Journal Agency Salary Survey for publication in Insurance Journal...
How Work-From-Home Has Spurred Blue-Collar Americans to Shift Careers
Jan 31 2022 // The pandemic shift to working at home has spurred blue-collar Americans -– who’ve largely been left out of that trend -– to seek a career change. A new study by the Oliver Wyman Forum found that the desire for...
Vermont Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs to Drop 4.9% in April
Jan 27 2022 // Vermont businesses will see a rate decrease of 4.9% in workers’ compensation costs. The reduction will be effective on April 1, 2022, and is estimated to save Vermont employers more than $8 million in premiums over...
In 2021, Risk Managers Median Salary Hit $135K in U.S.; $120K in Canada
Jan 25 2022 // Risk professionals at all levels in the United States experienced an average 14.4% base salary increase in 2021 compared to 2019, while Canadian practitioners experienced an average 18.8% increase in the same period,...
3 Modern Hiring Practices to Attract Top Talent
Jan 24 2022 // It’s a candidate-driven job market, and as a result, job seekers are changing the way the hiring process works. Evolution is natural. I remember when I started recruiting in 2006, we faxed resumes and applicants...
What Is An Insurance Agent’s Job?
Jan 24 2022 // A family member recently bought a house. His realtor was connected to an agency of which I am familiar. In my opinion, the agency should not possess an insurance license. Incompetent would be the nicest description I would...
Mississippi Supreme Court Finds Assault at Job Covered by Workers’ Comp
Jan 21 2022 // A man gets assaulted at work by two co-workers. Is the man’s recourse for his injuries limited only to the exclusive remedy of the workers’ compensation system? The Mississippi Supreme Court this month said,...
Connecticut Approves 14.1% Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Reduction
Jan 13 2022 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% to workers’ compensation pure premium lost costs, and an 8.2% reduction in assigned risk rates. The decreases, effective January 1,...
People Moves: AAdvantage Insurance Adds Diaz; Alera Group Names Braun Managing Director of Business Consulting
Jan 12 2022 // AAdvantage Insurance Group Adds Gracie Diaz as Account Executive AAdvantage Insurance Group has hired Gracie Diaz as its newest Account Executive. In this position, she will work with new and existing clients to evaluate...
One80 Acquires Workers’ Compensation Wholesaler PMC in Massachusetts
Jan 12 2022 // Specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported it has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager based in Bedford, Mass. Terms of the deal were not...
Wholesale Brokers Look to Continue Offering Value While Addressing Talent Gap
Dec 20 2021 // The wholesale insurance market continues to grow premiums while providing value to retail agents and important options to their customers, according to a report commissioned by the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance...
12 Hiring and Recruiting Ideas for Insurance Organizations
Dec 20 2021 // For my last column of 2021 I’m mixing seasonal flavor (cue the 12 Days of Christmas song) with the idea behind Insurance Journal’s annual list of 101 Sales, Marketing and Agency Management Ideas. While mine...
Update: Generali’s CEO Bets on Buyback, Dividend Hike, Bold Profit Goals to Keep Job
Dec 15 2021 // Italy’s biggest insurer Generali said it would stick to bold earnings goals for 2024, hike dividends and launch its first buyback in 15 years as Chief Executive Philippe Donnet’s bid to stay on faces opposition...
Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation Expands to Kansas
Dec 10 2021 // Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation is now writing workers’ compensation coverage in Kansas effective January 1, 2022. Stonetrust is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is now operating in ten states...
$71.5M Compensation Fund For Past Patients of Former Gynecologist Hadden
Dec 7 2021 // Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) have reached an agreement with 79 women who were patients of former gynecologist Robert Hadden. These women, represented by the law...
Wholesale Brokers Look to Continue Offering Value While Addressing Talent Gap
Dec 7 2021 // The wholesale insurance market continues to grow premiums while providing value to retail agents and important options to their customers, according to a report commissioned by the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance...
Charles Taylor Accelerates Growth Course in the US as it Launches New Business Lines, Acquisitions and Attracts Top-Tier Talent
Dec 7 2021 // Achieving Rapid Growth in the US Since Rolling Out National Expansion Strategy NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 7, 2021 – Charles Taylor Adjusting and Technical Services, a leading global loss adjusting business, today...
What’s on Hiring Managers’ Minds as We Enter 2022?
Dec 6 2021 // The past two years have been steeped in turbulence, testing the agility of both employees and organizational leaders. From changes in work environments to swings in the labor market and ongoing reshuffling, the industry...
