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Minding Your Business: Traditional Producer Hiring Process is Arcane & Should be Shot!
Sep 19 2016 // I want to think of myself as a great father. If I’m not, I would never know until some kind friend pointed it out. It’s at that point I would get to tell him he’s wrong or accept his critique. If I accept...
Ohio Insurance Industry Adding Jobs, More Expected, Trade Group Says
Sep 19 2016 // In terms of employment opportunities, the insurance industry in Ohio is growing at a robust pace, a state insurance industry trade group says. In the 2016 edition of its “Insurance in Ohio” report, the Ohio...
Future Workers’ Compensation Profitability Faces Obstacles
Sep 19 2016 // Workers’ compensation, the largest product segment in the U.S. commercial lines insurance sector, has experienced a recent profit renaissance, moving to a significant underwriting profit in 2015. However, long-term...
Workers’ Compensation Market Enters Soft Market: A.M. Best
Sep 14 2016 // The workers’ compensation market has likely entered a soft market phase based on a declining trend in price increases that began in 2013, according to a new report from A.M. Best. The report titled, “State...
Trade Group: Insurance Industry Adding Jobs in Ohio at a Rapid Pace
Sep 7 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv In terms of employment opportunities, the insurance industry in Ohio is growing at a robust pace, a state insurance industry trade group says. In the 2016 edition of its “Insurance in...
AXA Weighs 650 Belgium Job Cuts in ‘Transformation’ to Strengthen Unit
Sep 6 2016 // AXA SA is considering cutting 650 jobs in Belgium over the next two years, as Europe’s second-largest insurer overhauls its range of products sold in the country. AXA Belgium has presented the plan to unions Monday,...
Why Agency Owners Employ Producers Who Cannot or Will Not Sell
Sep 6 2016 // I have analyzed more than 700 data points specifying what producers generate in commissions versus what they are paid as a percentage of their commissions. I must emphasize that this is verified data. I did not take the...
Trucking Through Cost, Talent, & Regulatory Roadblocks
Sep 6 2016 // It’s been a rough ride, full of twists, turns and a few roadblocks for truckers and their insurance specialists. Truckers today face a number of obstacles that have raised the cost of doing business, including tough...
Private Firms Added 177K Jobs in August; Economy Nears Full Employment
Aug 31 2016 // Private sector employment increased by 177,000 jobs from July to August, according to the August ADP National Employment Report. Small and medium-sized businesses were responsible for more than 100,000 of the new...
Lubbock, Texas Settles Federal Police Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit
Aug 30 2016 // A West Texas city has settled a 2015 federal lawsuit that alleged police discriminated against Hispanics and women in hiring entry-level officers. Lubbock agreed to pay affected individuals to settle the Department of...
Hospital Surgery Rates for Workers’ Compensation Vary Widely
Aug 30 2016 // Hospital rates for outpatient surgery paid by workers’ compensation vary significantly across states with states with fixed fee schedules having lower surgery costs for injured workers. Workers compensation costs for...
Experienced Workers’ Compensation Brokers Augie Christian and Jessica Lovinggood Join Breckenridge Insurance Services as Vice Presidents
Aug 30 2016 // Atlanta, GA, August 30, 2016 — Breckenridge Insurance Services welcomed two experienced wholesale insurance brokers to the organization recently. Augie Christian, CPCU, CIC and Jessica Lovinggood, CIC are new vice...
More Jobs in Economy Means More Bad Drivers on Roads
Aug 26 2016 // Who says recessions are all bad? About 5,000 fewer people die every year in auto accidents for each 1 percentage point increase in U.S. unemployment because downturns keep dangerous drivers off the road. “We have...
66% of Insurers Plan Increased Hiring Over Next Year: Study
Aug 22 2016 // More than 66 percent of insurance companies intend to increase staff during the next 12 months, according to a new midyear labor study. That rate is the highest in the history of the study, The U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook...
Is Education the Key to Unlocking the Next Generation of Talent?
Aug 22 2016 // The insurance talent crisis is here. Thanks to an aging workforce, an impending wave of retirements and an increasingly shallow talent pool, the industry is now coming face-to-face with a growing labor gap. The past 10...
GEICO Set to Expand Western New York Operations, Add 600 Jobs
Aug 11 2016 // GEICO is planning to expand its regional operations office in Western N.Y. in a move that it expects will bring more than 600 new jobs to the region, the company announced. The firm is set to open an additional facility in...
Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Forms Specie Consortium at Lloyd’s
Aug 11 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. announced the formation of the Specie Consortium, a new venture supported by 21 Lloyd’s Syndicates offering up to US$635 million in capacity for any one risk...
Changing Employee Demographics Push Insurers to Focus on Strategic Recruitment
Aug 9 2016 // With nearly 400,000 employees expected to retire from the insurance industry workforce within the next few years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, its incumbent on carriers to consider the ways in which...
West Des Moines-Based GuideOne Insurance Cutting Jobs
Aug 8 2016 // Officials say a West Des Moines-based insurance company is cutting more than 70 jobs over the next 12 to 18 months. The Des Moines Register reports that GuideOne Insurance says it’s going to stop providing home and...
Florida-Based Jackson Appointed Managing Director of RFIB Americas
Aug 8 2016 // RFIB Group Limited, the international Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Glenn Jackson as a managing director of RFIB Americas. He takes up his position with immediate effect reporting to Nick...
