Latest Talent Headlines
All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Compensation Costs to Drop in Arkansas
Mar 27 2018 // Arkansas businesses will see a decrease in workers’ compensation insurance costs beginning in July. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr today has approved a decrease in workers’ compensation cost of 15.4...
How Trump Policies Contribute to Dire Scenario for Workers’ Compensation
Mar 26 2018 // At a time when the nation’s workers’ compensation system is facing an aging workforce and a pending widespread labor shortage, federal policies on immigration and health insurance promise to exacerbate these...
Pembroke Managing Agency Gets Nod to Manage Lloyd’s Syndicate for India’s GIC Re
Mar 21 2018 // Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd., the London-based subsidiary of Ironshore, has been granted approval by Lloyd’s to establish and manage a syndicate for India’s GIC Re. GIC Syndicate 1947 has been granted...
MarshBerry Talent Acquisition Recruits 400th Producer
Mar 21 2018 // Woodmere, OH, March 21, 2018 – Marsh, Berry & Company, Inc.’s (“MarshBerry”) Talent Acquisition division recently crossed the 400 producers placed in the insurance industry threshold. At...
Aon Promotes Craig-Burke to Managing Director in Atlanta
Mar 20 2018 // Aon has announced the promotion of Lurline Craig-Burke to managing director in its Atlanta office. Craig-Burke previously served as a member of the firm’s leadership team responsible for engaging clients’...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects 2018 Board
Mar 19 2018 // Rose Barrett of the Berkshire Hathaway Group was elected chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board of directors for 2018. Barrett was first elected to the CWCI board as a representative of AIG in...
Analytics and Automation Reshaping the HR Process
Mar 19 2018 // Advancements in technology are driving continued evolution throughout the insurance industry. From insurtech and telematics to artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization, the industry continues to face increased...
Managing Time Expectation for Claims Key to Keeping Homeowners Happy
Mar 6 2018 // Overall customer satisfaction among homeowners filing property insurance claims has reached a new all-time high, despite record-high property losses following a spate of hurricanes, earthquakes and fires in North America....
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...
