All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 19 2024 // The best time to recruit is when you don’t have job openings. That motto reminds me to constantly work ahead, focusing on building pipelines and connecting with passive candidates. The hard part is making the switch...
Aug 14 2024 // Thomas Thompson FTI Consulting, Inc., headquartered in Washington, appointed Thomas Thompson as a senior managing director in Houston Thompson has more than three decades of experience in the construction and engineering...
Aug 13 2024 // Nick Nudo Aon plc named Nick Nudo as senior managing director of reinsurance for Chicago. Based in Chicago, Nudo joins Aon having most recently served as chief underwriting officer of reinsurer SCOR’s U.S....
Aug 9 2024 // Hong Kong is seeing an influx of professionals from mainland China’s finance and tech sectors who are disillusioned with their career and salary prospects across the border. Many are trying to make a living and stay...
Aug 9 2024 // The number of workers’ compensation claims for student-on-school-employee assault dropped significantly during the 2023-24 school year, according to data from Gallagher Bassett.This change comes after two years of...
Aug 8 2024 // The pandemic changed where Americans are likely to live and work, with a growing portion of job openings moving away from the biggest cities and into smaller metro areas, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York...
Aug 7 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Dyad. In the insurance industry, managing general agents (MGAs), managing general underwriters (MGUs), and program administrators (PAs) fill a critical role in facilitating the...
Aug 2 2024 // Massachusetts businesses with more than 25 employees must disclose salary ranges when posting jobs, under a new bill signed into law Wednesday that puts the commonwealth in line with 10 other states that already require...
Aug 1 2024 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Missouri- based trucking company Transportation Management Group, doing business as Wilson Logistics, for violating federal law when it refused to hire a deaf...
Jul 31 2024 // MADISON, S.D. (AP) — A seed planted by South Dakota legislative and higher education leaders four decades ago has blossomed into one of the nation’s top high-tech universities located in a small city in the rural...
Jul 31 2024 // Did New York lawmakers intend the Child Victims Act (CVA) that revived old claims of sexual abuse to apply to claims by employees that would previously have been handled by the workers’ compensation system?It’s...
Jul 30 2024 // Delta Air Lines has hired a law firm and will seek compensation from Microsoft and CrowdStrike over a global cyber outage earlier this month that disrupted flights around the world, CNBC reported on Monday.The...
Jul 30 2024 // A U.S. judge ordered Wells Fargo to face a lawsuit alleging it defrauded shareholders by proclaiming its commitment to hiring diversity, even as it conducted sham job interviews of non-white and female applicants it had no...
Jul 22 2024 // A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to probation. Lakisha Hines was sentenced Thursday after pleading...
Jul 17 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at managing general agent DUAL Europe and insurance broker WTW.A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Swiss Taps Tokio Marine’s Wyss as...
Jul 17 2024 // An Amazon distribution center worker in Virginia whose job entailed repetitive lifting and stowing of items all day and who suffered rotator cuff tears has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she...
Jul 17 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia.Workers’ compensation insurance provides essential benefits to employees who face injuries or illnesses due to their jobs. This government-mandated program helps...
Jul 15 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia.Trucordia Vice President of Operations Benefits, Kirk Benson is joined by INGUARD’s Joe Gaydaychuk; Shannon Willoughby, Preventive Health Specialist; and The Bowen...
Jul 15 2024 // It’s no secret — independent insurance agencies are struggling to find qualified job candidates. And young talent may be even harder to find.According to a recent report by Vertafore, nearly a third of agents...
Jul 15 2024 // The dilemma in today’s labor market is real.In 2023, the U.S. labor market had 9.5 million unfilled jobs. Yet there were just 6.5 million unemployed workers, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. If every...