All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 27 2021 // Joe Biden’s first year in office could go down in history as a record-breaker on the job-creation front, with an explosion in hiring expected as the coronavirus vaccine rollout allows Americans to emerge from a year...
Jan 25 2021 // Insurance Journal is once again seeking independent agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in its annual independent insurance agency salary survey for publication in Insurance...
Jan 25 2021 // The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows.The percentage of COVID-19...
Jan 22 2021 // Plans by Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos to cut jobs at its six refineries through attrition this year could undermine safety at the plants, an internal company document shows.Pemex plans to leave 9,374...
Jan 14 2021 // The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows.The percentage of COVID-19...
Jan 11 2021 // The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a state law that governs how much money workers who are injured on the job can collect.The court ruled that an amendment to the Kansas Workers’ Compensation Act was constitutional...
Jan 8 2021 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. has named Michelle Johnson chief talent and diversity officer. Johnson was previously senior vice president of people and talent, having served in this role since joining the...
Jan 6 2021 // Markel Corporation has hired Trevor Gandy as managing director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion, effective January 1, 2021.In this new role, Gandy will further shape the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion...
Jan 4 2021 // Commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. and Enstar on Dec. 30, 2020 said they had reached an agreement to have a subsidiary of Enstar reinsure a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation policies,...
Dec 21 2020 // Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities.According to a new study published in Medical Care...
Dec 21 2020 // July’s Ask the Insurance Recruiter column, “10 Ways to Impress Candidates During Interviews,” turned out to be my most popular article of the year. With only this edition to go, we’ll have to see if...
Dec 16 2020 // Since 2003, insurance rates in the Texas workers’ compensation system have dropped by nearly 72 percent, according to a new study released by a research group within the state’s insurance department.In 2003,...
Dec 11 2020 // Digital small business insurer Next Insurance has closed its first acquisition, buying Juniper Labs, a Denver-based provider of data and underwriting technology.With the acquisition, Next said it will focus on innovation...
Dec 10 2020 // Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities.According to a new study published in Medical Care...
Dec 9 2020 // Wholesaler brokers of all ages are facing hard market conditions with rising insurance rates, tighter underwriting and fewer carriers willing to write some tough classes. They, like everyone, are also experiencing fewer...
Dec 8 2020 // While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19, many of those directives are creating new exposure for only a...
Dec 7 2020 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Janis Hagenbucher as managing director for Crawford Forensic...
Dec 7 2020 // Some 20 years ago, an independent agency owner in a small, upstate New York town told me how difficult it had been for him to recruit new talent.But something changed…when he changed. The principal had more success...
Dec 4 2020 // The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc. on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers, saying in a new lawsuit the social media giant has given hiring preferences to temporary workers, including those who...
Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...