All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2012 // Allstate Insurance Company said on Tuesday that it is looking to appoint 140 new agency owners in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Allstate said the move is part of its strategy to...
May 14 2012 // Workers’ compensation premium grew by 7.4 percent in 2011, a positive sign for the state of the line. However, the combined ratio for the workers’ comp line remains at an unsustainable level, according to a new...
May 9 2012 // A compromise proposal to allow Colorado wildfire victims to seek state compensation in excess of liability limits remains on track for approval in the Legislature. A Senate committee voted 5-0 Monday in favor of a bill to...
May 8 2012 // Some two dozen independent insurance agencies will host job fair events next week in the Pittsburgh, Penn., region. The agencies said they are looking to fill jobs in customer service and sales. The agencies are planning...
May 7 2012 // Several parents were caught off guard when two Wichita, Kan., companies that provide inflatable rides canceled reservations at the last minute.Last June, Moonwalks for Fun’s license to provide inflatable rides was...
May 7 2012 // Wells Fargo Insurance has named Suzanne O’Keefe senior vice president and managing director for its operations in the Carolinas. She will be based in the company’s Raleigh, N.C. office. She will also be...
May 7 2012 // Monica Soltes was excited 10 years ago to leave Merrill Lynch and start her own business as an independent financial planner in San Diego. After she fell off a porch at her cousin’s cottage and broke her elbow, her...
May 7 2012 // The phrase “Go west young man,” may not apply so well to the insurance industry in the nation’s most populous state.An examination of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Economic Development Department data...
May 7 2012 // The property/casualty insurance jobs outlook is slowly, gradually getting better – or at least not getting worse. A growing number of insurance businesses are hiring more workers this year. Meanwhile, many others are...
May 7 2012 // Across the nation, employment levels in insurance agencies and brokerages declined at a faster rate than the overall U.S. employment level since the recession began in 2007. The good news: Some independent agencies across...
May 7 2012 // As in every other business sector, during the past few years organizations within the property/casualty insurance industry have sought to maximize efficiencies and take full advantage of the talent in their existing...
May 7 2012 // Farmers Insurance is a household name on the West Coast. But on the East Coast? Not so much. The 85-year-old insurer wants to change that, with a big expansion plan east of the Mississippi.“We are the third-largest...
May 7 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish.The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
May 7 2012 // AllstateIn February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina this year. “We see a significant opportunity in the current...
May 7 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
May 4 2012 // A bill that would make certain local firefighters eligible for workers’ compensation coverage for mental or emotional damage has passed the Connecticut House of Representatives.State representatives voted 141-to-0 in...
May 3 2012 // In a little-noted appearance before the Illinois House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee, the director of the Department of Corrections said millions of dollars in workers’ compensation payments to Menard prison...
May 2 2012 // Mississippi legislators offered sharply different views of a bill they passed Monday to change the way compensation is awarded to workers injured on the job, or to survivors of those killed at work.If Republican Gov. Phil...
May 1 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, appointed John Jassmann to resident managing director in Atlanta. John Jassmann In his new role, Jassmann will lead and grow the operations in Georgia,...
May 1 2012 // The insurance industry is among the business and legal interests applauding legislation to resolve delays and inconsistencies in Medicare’s approval process for set-aside funds for injured workers’...