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Medical Access in California Workers’ Compensation Examined

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...

People Moves: Latitude Brokers Names Cannock Managing Director, Singapore; Howden M&A Bolsters Asia Pacific Team; Markel Int’l Bolsters Media/Entertainment Team

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...

Mosaic to Buy Sirius Int’l Lloyd’s Managing Agency; SiriusPoint to Be Mosaic Investor

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,...

Medical Access in California Workers’ Compensation Examined

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...

5 Ways to Attract Talent the Insurance Industry Needs

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...

Retained Searches: Three Things to Know Before Engaging with a Recruiter

Mar 7 2022 // In 2022 every insurance organization will have unusual, set apart or outside the norm hiring projects. Think about retained searches as an extension of your internal talent acquisition capabilities.Some roles you can fill...

ANALYSIS-Who Pays? UN Climate Report Reignites Global Fight for Compensation

Mar 4 2022 // With this week’s U.N. climate science report laying bare the staggering economic costs and losses already faced from climate change, an inevitable question arises: who should pay?Within U.N. climate negotiations,...

For Omaha National Workers’ Comp Provider, Happiness Is Key to Hiring

Feb 28 2022 // When Omaha National president and CEO Reagan Pufall thinks back to how COVID-19 has affected recruiting and hiring at the workers’ compensation insurance provider, his main verdict is: not much. The key...

Agency Salary Survey: Why Money Isn’t Everything to Agency Hires

Feb 21 2022 // Salaries and total compensation rose in 2021 for all levels of empoloyees reporting in the Insurance Journal Agency Salary Survey.But while insurance agency personnel on average made more money last year, their...

Salaries Roar but Satisfaction with Compensation Wanes

Feb 21 2022 // Insurance agency personnel on average made more money in 2021 but satisfaction with compensation overall declined despite higher salaries and total compensation.Satisfaction with compensation dropped slightly across the...

Today’s Candidate Expectations and How to Compete

Feb 21 2022 // The recruiting climate has undergone numerous shifts in just two years. From nearing a complete halt in early 2020 to the Great Reshuffle we’re now experiencing, insurance organizations have had to adjust how they...

W.R. Berkley Optimism About 2022 Comes With Caution About Workers’ Compensation

Feb 21 2022 // Executives for commercial lines insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. indicated in a fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings call that while they are optimistic about 2022, they are exercising caution when it comes to...

More Than a Conversation: Building Diversity Means Taking Action

Feb 16 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvThe cybersecurity and insurance industries have been talking about prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion for a while, but Larry Whiteside, co-founder and president of Cyversity, says...

W.R. Berkley Optimism About 2022 Comes With Caution About Workers’ Compensation

Feb 10 2022 // Executives for commercial lines insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. indicated in a fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings call that while they are optimistic about 2022, they are exercising caution when it comes to...

NFL Vows to Improve Minority Hiring Policies, Investigate Tanking Allegations

Feb 7 2022 // National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell told teams Saturday that the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches, and he pledged an investigation...

Last Chance: Share Your Thoughts on Agency Compensation Trends Now

Feb 3 2022 // Tomorrow is the last day to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual Agency Salary Survey. Survey respondents receive a complimentary copy of Insurance Journal’s report.We invite all retail agency owners,...

Take This Year’s Agency Salary Survey: Deadline Friday

Jan 31 2022 // Each year Insurance Journal asks retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in the Insurance Journal Agency Salary Survey for publication in Insurance Journal...

How Work-From-Home Has Spurred Blue-Collar Americans to Shift Careers

Jan 31 2022 // The pandemic shift to working at home has spurred blue-collar Americans -– who’ve largely been left out of that trend -– to seek a career change.A new study by the Oliver Wyman Forum found that the desire for...

Vermont Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs to Drop 4.9% in April

Jan 27 2022 // Vermont businesses will see a rate decrease of 4.9% in workers’ compensation costs. The reduction will be effective on April 1, 2022, and is estimated to save Vermont employers more than $8 million in premiums over...

In 2021, Risk Managers Median Salary Hit $135K in U.S.; $120K in Canada

Jan 25 2022 // Risk professionals at all levels in the United States experienced an average 14.4% base salary increase in 2021 compared to 2019, while Canadian practitioners experienced an average 18.8% increase in the same period,...