Latest Talent Headlines
All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Last Chance for 2021’s Agency Salary Survey
Feb 5 2021 // The deadline to participate in the 2021 Agency Salary Survey is today. Would you like to know where agency salaries and total compensation ranks today? Find out by completing this year’s survey. Survey respondents...
Workers’ Compensation Underwriters Under the Gun to Understand Pandemic Data
Feb 4 2021 // Workers’ compensation underwriters are about to be tested in the marketplace like never before. While the current situation is not all because of the pandemic, the pandemic has “put gas on a fire that was...
Iowa’s CGA Insurance Services Launches Managing General Underwriter Program
Feb 3 2021 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Career General Agency LLC (CGA Insurance Services), a subsidiary of GuideOne Insurance, has launched a managing general underwriter (MGU) program with its newly developed CGA Energy...
Crawford & Co. Appoints Wang as Managing Director, Global Technical Services
Feb 1 2021 // Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management and outsourcing services to carriers, brokers and corporations, has appointed Baoling Wang as vice president, managing director and international...
Low-Level Jobs, Less School Could Mean Costly Auto Policies
Jan 29 2021 // Drivers with less education and lower-ranking jobs could wind up paying more for auto insurance, magnifying the impact of systemic racism, according to a Consumer Reports analysis. The consumer-advocacy group sought price...
What Biden’s First Year Might Mean for Job Creation
Jan 27 2021 // Joe Biden’s first year in office could go down in history as a record-breaker on the job-creation front, with an explosion in hiring expected as the coronavirus vaccine rollout allows Americans to emerge from a year...
Insurance Journal’s 2021 Agency Salary Survey Open
Jan 25 2021 // Insurance Journal is once again seeking independent agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in its annual independent insurance agency salary survey for publication in Insurance...
How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry
Jan 25 2021 // The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows. The percentage of COVID-19...
Mexico’s Pemex Plan to Cut Refinery Jobs Presents Safety Risks, Document Shows
Jan 22 2021 // Plans by Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos to cut jobs at its six refineries through attrition this year could undermine safety at the plants, an internal company document shows. Pemex plans to leave 9,374...
How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry
Jan 14 2021 // The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows. The percentage of COVID-19...
Kansas Supreme Court Backs Workers’ Compensation Law
Jan 11 2021 // The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a state law that governs how much money workers who are injured on the job can collect. The court ruled that an amendment to the Kansas Workers’ Compensation Act was constitutional...
Palomar in California Names Johnson Chief Talent & Diversity Officer
Jan 8 2021 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. has named Michelle Johnson chief talent and diversity officer. Johnson was previously senior vice president of people and talent, having served in this role since joining the...
Markel Corporation Hires Gandy as Managing Director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion
Jan 6 2021 // Markel Corporation has hired Trevor Gandy as managing director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion, effective January 1, 2021. In this new role, Gandy will further shape the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion...
CNA Transfers $690M of Excess Workers’ Compensation Business to Enstar Subsidiary
Jan 4 2021 // Commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. and Enstar on Dec. 30, 2020 said they had reached an agreement to have a subsidiary of Enstar reinsure a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation policies,...
Workers With Second Jobs May Be Factor in Nursing Home COVID Risk: Study
Dec 21 2020 // Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities. According to a new study published in Medical Care...
8 Things Candidates Love (or Hate) About Job Offers
Dec 21 2020 // July’s Ask the Insurance Recruiter column, “10 Ways to Impress Candidates During Interviews,” turned out to be my most popular article of the year. With only this edition to go, we’ll have to see if...
Texas Workers’ Compensation System’s Path to Wellness
Dec 16 2020 // Since 2003, insurance rates in the Texas workers’ compensation system have dropped by nearly 72 percent, according to a new study released by a research group within the state’s insurance department. In 2003,...
Next Insurance Buys Data Firm Juniper Labs to Enhance Workers’ Compensation Offering
Dec 11 2020 // Digital small business insurer Next Insurance has closed its first acquisition, buying Juniper Labs, a Denver-based provider of data and underwriting technology. With the acquisition, Next said it will focus on innovation...
Workers With Second Jobs May Be Factor in Nursing Home COVID Risk: Study
Dec 10 2020 // Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities. According to a new study published in Medical Care...
How Young E&S Brokers Are Navigating Today’s Market and Their Careers
Dec 9 2020 // Wholesaler brokers of all ages are facing hard market conditions with rising insurance rates, tighter underwriting and fewer carriers willing to write some tough classes. They, like everyone, are also experiencing fewer...
