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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...

One80 Acquires Workers’ Compensation Wholesaler PMC in Massachusetts

Jan 12 2022 // Specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported it has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager based in Bedford, Mass. Terms of the deal were not...

Wholesale Brokers Look to Continue Offering Value While Addressing Talent Gap

Dec 20 2021 // The wholesale insurance market continues to grow premiums while providing value to retail agents and important options to their customers, according to a report commissioned by the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance...

12 Hiring and Recruiting Ideas for Insurance Organizations

Dec 20 2021 // For my last column of 2021 I’m mixing seasonal flavor (cue the 12 Days of Christmas song) with the idea behind Insurance Journal’s annual list of 101 Sales, Marketing and Agency Management Ideas. While mine...

Update: Generali’s CEO Bets on Buyback, Dividend Hike, Bold Profit Goals to Keep Job

Dec 15 2021 // Italy’s biggest insurer Generali said it would stick to bold earnings goals for 2024, hike dividends and launch its first buyback in 15 years as Chief Executive Philippe Donnet’s bid to stay on faces opposition...

Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation Expands to Kansas

Dec 10 2021 // Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation is now writing workers’ compensation coverage in Kansas effective January 1, 2022. Stonetrust is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is now operating in ten states...

$71.5M Compensation Fund For Past Patients of Former Gynecologist Hadden

Dec 7 2021 // Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) have reached an agreement with 79 women who were patients of former gynecologist Robert Hadden.These women, represented by the law...

Wholesale Brokers Look to Continue Offering Value While Addressing Talent Gap

Dec 7 2021 // The wholesale insurance market continues to grow premiums while providing value to retail agents and important options to their customers, according to a report commissioned by the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance...

Charles Taylor Accelerates Growth Course in the US as it Launches New Business Lines, Acquisitions and Attracts Top-Tier Talent

Dec 7 2021 // Achieving Rapid Growth in the US Since Rolling Out National Expansion Strategy NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 7, 2021 – Charles Taylor Adjusting and Technical Services, a leading global loss adjusting business, today...

What’s on Hiring Managers’ Minds as We Enter 2022?

Dec 6 2021 // The past two years have been steeped in turbulence, testing the agility of both employees and organizational leaders. From changes in work environments to swings in the labor market and ongoing reshuffling, the industry...

5 Tips to Help Retain Talent During ‘The Great Resignation’

Dec 6 2021 // The talent war is about to get fiercer thanks to “The Great Resignation.” Millions of U.S. workers have quit their jobs, and research shows that nearly half of employees are actively looking to make a change....

Workers’ Compensation Bureau of California Profiles Restaurant Industry

Dec 1 2021 // Restaurants make up a sizable portion of California’s workers’ comp system, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released the first report in its industry...

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates to Decrease for Fifth Year

Nov 30 2021 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates in the state will decrease for the fifth year in a row, effective December 1, 2021.The voluntary market is seeing...

New York City Aims to Be First to Rein in AI Hiring Tools

Nov 24 2021 // Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or analyzing their video interviews. But New York City residents could soon get more say over the computers making...

People Moves: Mosaic Launches London M&A Team, Hiring From Liberty Mutual, AIG; BHSI Promotes 2 in UK; Marsh’s Dubreuil to MGA Alta Signa in Brussels

Nov 23 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Mosaic Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and MGA Alta Signa Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. Mosaic Launches London...

Managing Broker Relationships for Carriers and MGAs/MGUs

Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.The sales role is the lifeblood of insurance, and with a complex pipeline of agencies, agents, brokers, etc., carriers and MGAs can understandably be confused by how to...