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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,...

3 Modern Hiring Practices to Attract Top Talent

Jan 24 2022 // It’s a candidate-driven job market, and as a result, job seekers are changing the way the hiring process works. Evolution is natural. I remember when I started recruiting in 2006, we faxed resumes and applicants...

What Is An Insurance Agent’s Job?

Jan 24 2022 // A family member recently bought a house. His realtor was connected to an agency of which I am familiar. In my opinion, the agency should not possess an insurance license. Incompetent would be the nicest description I would...

Mississippi Supreme Court Finds Assault at Job Covered by Workers’ Comp

Jan 21 2022 // A man gets assaulted at work by two co-workers. Is the man’s recourse for his injuries limited only to the exclusive remedy of the workers’ compensation system?The Mississippi Supreme Court this month said,...

Connecticut Approves 14.1% Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Reduction

Jan 13 2022 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% to workers’ compensation pure premium lost costs, and an 8.2% reduction in assigned risk rates.The decreases, effective January 1,...

People Moves: AAdvantage Insurance Adds Diaz; Alera Group Names Braun Managing Director of Business Consulting

Jan 12 2022 // AAdvantage Insurance Group Adds Gracie Diaz as Account ExecutiveAAdvantage Insurance Group has hired Gracie Diaz as its newest Account Executive. In this position, she will work with new and existing clients to evaluate...