All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2012 // The talent war is not new but today the insurance industry is under heavy pressure to come up with a more successful strategy.The insurance industry workforce is old. The average age of an insurance industry professional...
Jan 23 2012 // The first lesson learned from Walter Issacson’s best-selling biography, Steve Jobs (Simon and Schuster), is that you should have started your agency in a garage with a guy called “Woz.” If you did, stop...
Jan 20 2012 // A recent study from the Small Business Administration suggests there is a strong correlation between self-employment and past military experience. Veterans are at least 45 percent more likely to start their own businesses...
Jan 19 2012 // One of the things Shane Crockett loved about being in the military was the sense of purpose he felt on the job every day, something he said was missing from his first post-military job as an engineer.So like the veteran he...
Jan 18 2012 // When the phone rings in the Crisis Management Operation Center within Aon Corp.’s headquarters in Chicago, it’s typically not someone calling with good news or to say, “Have a nice day.” Chances are...
Jan 17 2012 // The property/casualty insurance industry is calling on the military for help in the talent war.Through special units, concerted outreach, mentoring programs, job fairs and partnerships with veterans organizations,...
Jan 17 2012 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Florida, which dropped in the year following system reforms in 2003, showed signs of growth from 2005 to 2009, according to a new study.The WCRI study found that the average...
Jan 16 2012 // The board of directors of Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has elected its officers for 2012. They are: Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger, chairman; Murphy J. “Mike” Foster, Jr.,...
Jan 16 2012 // Florida small businesses seeing their second workers’ compensation rate increase in as many years are calling on the state to reduce the increase because they fear it will harm the economy.A small business group is...
Jan 13 2012 // Tennessee state officials, business groups, labor leaders and legal experts are lining up to study the state’s workers’ compensation system, although it may be 2013 before any legislative deals are...
Jan 12 2012 // Religious groups and churches may hire and fire their leaders without being subject to laws against discrimination in employment, the U.S. Supreme Court said this week in a unanimous landmark ruling.For the first time, the...
Jan 9 2012 // State budget director John Nixon likes getting together with fellow budget directors these days because it gives him a chance to brag about Michigan.After a decade of ongoing deficits, “we’re in a position now...
Jan 9 2012 // Allstate’s captive agents have been spared part of a planned cut in their commissions as the insurer has revised its compensation strategy.The Illinois-based insurer confirmed that it would cut its base commission to...
Jan 6 2012 // The state’s annual report on workers’ compensation insurance says Florida’s market is “competitive,” and availability of coverage is not a significant problem.The Office of Insurance...
Jan 5 2012 // The aging workforce may not have the negative impact on loss costs that workers’ compensation insurers have feared.New research from the industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) also...
Jan 3 2012 // What are they really like?Little things can be revealing in an interview and a skilled interviewer can look beneath the surface to discover the real candidate. Selecting the right people to lead and build effective...
Dec 30 2011 // Workers Compensation Board of New York filed a lawsuit against rapper Jay-Z for allegedly failing to make workers’ comp payments worth $18,000 for his domestic employees, according to a report. Entertainment news...
Dec 30 2011 // Indiana officials say a drug testing program that started in July for people seeking job training has led to about 2 percent of applicants failing. The state Department of Workforce Development says 13 people, or 1...
Dec 28 2011 // A professor who says her remarks about a Palestinian film cost her a job at North Carolina State University wants the state Supreme Court to review her case.Lawyers for Terri Ginsberg filed an appeal this month of a ruling...
Dec 27 2011 // Allstate’s captive agents have been spared part of a planned cut in their commissions as the insurer has revised its compensation strategy.The Illinois-based insurer confirmed that it would cut its base commission to...