Latest Talent Headlines

All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.

As Salaries Skyrocketed, Satisfaction Improved in 2022

Feb 20 2023 // Insurance agency personnel on average made more money in 2022 and employees reported higher satisfaction with their compensation in 2022 than in 2021, a year when satisfaction fell, according to the latest Agency Salary...

Why a Focus on Development Is Critical to Retaining Talent

Feb 20 2023 // The insurance industry’s talent problems are no longer looming, they are here. While it may take many components to find a potential solution to this problem, one area that should get our immediate focus is employee...

Agency Salary Survey: Employee Pay Spikes As Agency Talent Pool Shrinks

Feb 20 2023 // On the heels of the lowest U.S. unemployment rate in 53 years, insurance agency employees across the nation reported the highest salary and compensation percentage increases in the history of Insurance Journal’s...

Young Voices Reflect on Industry Talent Crisis

Feb 20 2023 // It’s no mystery: The insurance industry is experiencing a monumental shift.In June 2021, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a report citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers forecasting that over the next 15...

New Jersey Supreme Court Remands Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case for Allocation of Fault

Feb 16 2023 // There will be a jury retrial on allocation of liability in a New Jersey workers’ compensation premium fraud case won by Liberty Insurance Corp. against a construction firm.The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled yesterday...

Philadelphia Eagles Team Loses to Ex-Player in Workers’ Compensation Fight

Feb 10 2023 // The National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles football team has failed to score a victory in a disability case involving former linebacker Emmanuel Acho who suffered thumb injuries in 2015 while with the...

Answers Inexperienced Job Seekers Want About Insurance Careers

Feb 6 2023 // February, aka Insurance Careers Month, makes me nostalgic. I ask myself, “Had I known then what I know now about insurance would it have changed the trajectory of my career?”The fact is I stumbled into the...

Talent Considerations for a Successful 2023

Feb 6 2023 // The insurance industry continues to settle into new working environments, grapple with the effects of “the Great Resignation” and prepare for a potential recession. While 2022 brought continued...

People Moves: Beavers promoted to VP of Client Solutions at RYZE Claim Solutions; Alera Appoints Midwest Regional Managing Director

Feb 3 2023 // RYZE Claim Solutions Names Beavers Vice President of Client SolutionsTeresa Beavers has been promoted to vice president of client solutions at RYZE Claim Solutions. Beavers, who has 33 years of experience in the claims...

Shopping Safely: Managing Cybersecurity, Insurance in E-Commerce

Feb 1 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvOnline retailers will need to remain as resilient as possible to combat increasing cyber crime in the wake of a pandemic surge in online shopping, according to David Emm, senior security...

Vermont Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall Again

Jan 25 2023 // Vermont businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2023. This will mark the seventh consecutive year of rate reductions.The loss cost decrease of an average 6.7%, which takes...

5 Tips to Kickstart 2023 Recruiting

Jan 23 2023 // Teamwork is everything when it comes to bringing in the best candidates. This might not sound revolutionary, but it is critical in today’s tough talent market. Knowing this, I’ve asked my partners to share some...

Massachusetts to Weigh Proposed 4% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates

Jan 17 2023 // The Massachusetts insurance department will hear testimony virtually on February 3 regarding a proposed 4.0% decrease in average workers’ compensation rates.The rate filing submitted by the Workers’...

What’s New in Agency Compensation: Participate in the 2023 Survey

Jan 13 2023 // Insurance Journal is once again inviting all retail agency owners, principals, producers, account executives, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in the annual independent insurance agency salary survey for...

Planning to Grow? Invest in These Three Areas to Compete for Talent

Jan 12 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The insurance industry, known for being stable even during times of instability, is once again set to add jobs and grow in the next year. According to The Jacobson...

Five Non-Insurance Jobs for Millennials in the Insurance Industry

Jan 10 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. When you think of jobs in the insurance industry, what comes to mind? For most people, the first image is probably that of a licensed insurance agent (or broker,...

U.S. Targets Non-Compete Clauses That Block Workers From Better Jobs

Jan 6 2023 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete provisions as well as some training repayment agreements, which companies...

London Law Firms Face Reckoning in 2023 After Big Salary Hikes This Year

Dec 28 2022 // London’s biggest law firms paid generously to secure the brightest young recruits they could this year. Meeting those salary pledges next year will be a lot tougher with revenues from deal making expected to slow...

Polar Park Construction Manager Pays $1.9M Over Minority Hiring Pledge

Dec 28 2022 // The company that oversaw the construction of a minor league baseball park in Massachusetts has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to settle allegations that it failed to live up to its pledge of giving a certain portion of...

Talent Gap, Access to Healthcare for Transgender Patients, and Hurricane Ian Recovery

Dec 28 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...