Latest Talent Headlines
All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tapping Into the Talent Pipeline
Mar 9 2015 // By 2020, the entire insurance industry will have 400,000 positions to fill. About 120 academic programs exist worldwide offering courses, concentrations and majors in risk management and insurance. About 80 are located in...
N.H. Issues Guidance on Permissible Forms of Producer Compensation
Mar 6 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department recently issued a bulletin on permissible forms of insurance producer compensation. “We had received inquiries from producers and wanted to provide helpful guidance for...
Holding Multiple Jobs Increases Risk of Injury: Liberty Mutual
Mar 6 2015 // Researchers with the Liberty Mutual Research Institute’s Center for Injury Epidemiology have concluded that individuals who work multiple jobs — approximately 14 million U.S. residents – have a greater...
How Group Health Claims-Shifting Affects Workers’ Compensation: WCRI
Mar 5 2015 // Workers’ compensation insurers should expect more cost shifting from group health plans as a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes hold, according to new research from the Workers Compensation Research...
Insurance Carriers Plan Increased Hiring in 2015: Survey
Feb 27 2015 // About two-thirds of insurance carriers expect to hire more employees this year, a new survey finds. According to the semi-annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study conducted by The Jacobson Group and Ward Group, 66 percent...
2014 Workers’ Compensation Rates Ranked by State
Feb 23 2015 // The median index rate for workers’ compensation insurance fell to an all-time low in 2014 to $1.85 per $100 of payroll. Index rates in 2014 varied from a low of $0.88 in North Dakota to a high of $3.48 in California,...
Nationwide to Close Virginia Call Center; 340 Jobs to Leave Area
Feb 23 2015 // Nationwide Insurance says it will close its Lynchburg, Virginia, call center by the middle of 2016. The News & Advance reports that the move means 340 jobs will leave the area. Nationwide spokesman Eric Hardgrove says...
Profile of a Great Account Manager
Feb 23 2015 // What ingredients make up a good account manager? What do you look for in terms of skills, knowledge, education and experience? Which responsibilities should management give them? The answers to these questions – which...
Strategies for Young Professionals in Salary Negotiations
Feb 23 2015 // Salary negotiation is a key factor in getting one’s career off to the right start. In fact, the first salary discussion often sets the tone and track for future success. Research has shown that professionals who do...
Fatal Work Injuries in N.Y. Metro Area Declined in 2013: BLS
Feb 18 2015 // Work-related fatal injuries in the New York metropolitan area (the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area) totaled 152 in 2013, according to preliminary data from the U.S....
Sagamore Insurance Expands Workers Compensation Program to 6 States
Feb 17 2015 // Sagamore Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Baldwin & Lyons Inc., is expanding its mono-line workers’ compensation program into six new states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas and Arkansas. The...
North Dakota Officials Stress Job Resiliency in Oil Industry
Feb 17 2015 // A recent slide in oil prices is leading to fewer jobs in the western North Dakota oil patch, but officials there and in northwestern South Dakota say the regional industry is resilient and will ride out the slump. Openings...
Conner Strong & Buckelew Hires Gosnear as Managing Director in Penn.
Feb 17 2015 // Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm with headquarters in Marlton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, hired Timothy Gosnear as managing director/senior vice president, Major Accounts and a...
Use of Data and Analytics in Workers’ Compensation
Feb 12 2015 // In the workers’ compensation space, not only have claim costs increased because of medical issues, but the landscape has also become much more complex. Along with the elevated incidence of fraud, economic fears, and...
Nevada Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs See Slight Decrease in 2015
Feb 12 2015 // Many Nevada employers will see a slight decrease in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper approved a filing from the National Council on...
UK’s Flood Re Appoints Capita as Managing Agent
Feb 12 2015 // The UK’s Flood Re has announced the appointment of Capita as its Managing Agent, following what it described as a “detailed and rigorous public procurement process for a five year contract that led to a number...
Tomorrow’s Talent Challenge
Feb 9 2015 // Imagine you are CEO of a company and nearly half the employees that make your company succeed will retire in just 15 years. This is a reality for many insurance industry CEOs. Talent shortage is a major, looming...
Main Street America Expands Workers’ Compensation Program in Georgia, North Carolina
Feb 6 2015 // The Main Street America Group has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program through its independent insurance agents in Georgia and North Carolina. According to Dan Gaynor, vice president and head of...
XL’s McGavick Says Defectors May Find More Turmoil at New Jobs
Feb 4 2015 // XL Group plc Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick said employees who are worried about disruption from his company’s planned purchase of Catlin Group Ltd. should think twice about jumping ship. Other reinsurance...
Nationwide to Move 175 Jobs from Iowa to Ohio
Feb 2 2015 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans to move 175 jobs out of Des Moines, Iowa, to its Ohio headquarters. Company spokesman Eric Hardgrove tells the Des Moines Register the company’s home mortgage operations will...
