All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dec 22 2022 // A former bus driver for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been sentenced to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by misrepresenting her injuries....
Dec 21 2022 // Exxon Mobil Corp., is avoiding hiring oil tankers that previously carried cargoes from Russia, putting itself in the same camp as Shell Plc with a move that pressures owners to choose whether to serve Moscow’s...
Dec 20 2022 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a pharmacy benefits manager, Health E Systems, has agreed to pay $275,000 for allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are designed to...
Dec 20 2022 // To compete for top IT talent, the insurance sector will need to evolve.Jay Rabinowitz, vice president of financial services and insurance at Workday, predicts that IT and data scientists at insurance companies will be...
Dec 15 2022 // What is the duty of an insurance broker in New Jersey to members of a limited liability corporation (LLC) when it comes to workers’ compensation coverage?The New Jersey Supreme Court this week ruled that a broker has...