All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker NFP and homeowners’ insurer, Openly.A summary of these new hires follows here. NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian...
Jun 2 2022 // Workers’ compensation insurtech Hourly has raised $27 million in a series A seed round.The platform lets employers with hourly workers run payroll, track time and attendance, and manage workers’ compensation...
May 16 2022 // A former Bridgeport assistant police chief’s lawsuit claiming he was defrauded out of the police chief’s job can go forward, a state appeals court has ruled.James Nardozzi’s lawsuit stemmed from the...
May 6 2022 // Europe’s top court said on Thursday that Banco Popular shareholders who took part in its capital increase in 2016 are not entitled to compensation for losses suffered after the Spanish bank was wound down and...
May 2 2022 // Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City.Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs...
May 2 2022 // Dear Mary,Your team is in the thick of recruiting every day, not only for our open roles but for positions across the nation. I’m curious what you are seeing with: Candidate willingness (or not) to move to a new...
Apr 28 2022 // SBMP Hires Jim Brzozowski as Executive DirectorSBMP Insurance Group has hired Jim Brzozowski to serve as executive director. Brzozowski comes to SBMP with 16 years’ experience in the P&C industry. During that...
Apr 26 2022 // Worker demands for more flexibility and security, bolstered by the pandemic and a tight labor market, are only growing more intense as the world economy reopens and some firms begin trying to pull employees back to...
Apr 26 2022 // The state’s insurance commissioner has approved an overall average decrease of 3.46% in workers’ compensation rates starting July 1, 2022 for Massachusetts businesses.Massachusetts businesses will save...
Apr 21 2022 // Kathleen Ponter Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants in HoustonEPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has added Kathleen Ponter to its Houston Property & Casualty team as a producer. Ponter will utilize her...
Apr 18 2022 // Editor’s Note: To view the complete results of the 2022 Young Agents Survey and corresponding charts download the full issue at: https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/Young agents are an optimistic bunch when it...
Apr 7 2022 // Workers’ compensation costs for employers in Pennsylvania are going down for the sixth straight year.Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys approved a loss-cost filing, including a 6.25% reduction in loss...
Apr 4 2022 // For insurance leaders tasked with managing their organization’s human capital, the COVID-19 pandemic presented myriad challenges around employee safety and wellness, and transformed their workplace responsibilities...
Mar 25 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based PCI-Perrault Consulting Inc. (doing business as PCI Compensation Consulting).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001,...
Mar 24 2022 // Austin, TX., March 24, 2022 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has launched five self-paced insurance license renewal and introductory classes on the topics of Ethics, NFIP Flood Exposures,...
Mar 21 2022 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows injured worker access to medical care for initial treatment was relatively consistent between 2010 and 2020.CWCI used data from more than 1.5 million job...
Mar 14 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Latitude Brokers, Howden M&A in Asia Pacific, and Markel International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Latitude Brokers Names Cannock...
Mar 10 2022 // Mosaic Insurance has entered into an agreement to purchase the Lloyd’s managing agency of SiriusPoint as part of a transaction in which the global re/insurer will become a strategic investor in Mosaic.Under the deal,...
Mar 7 2022 // A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows injured workers’ overall access to medical care for their initial treatment remained relatively consistent between 2010 and 2020.CWCI used data from...
Mar 7 2022 // When I joined AIG — and the insurance world — in 2020 as global head of talent, the industry had already acknowledged that new and more diverse talent were necessary for its continued success. The challenge...