All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 6 2020 // If only 10 percent of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation loss costs for that sector could double or even triple in some states, according to an...
May 4 2020 // Workers’ compensation leaders are being urged to move away from thinking primarily about how best to prevent and treat a worker’s physical injury to considering how to help the whole worker.It’s a...
Apr 29 2020 // The new coronavirus doesn’t care about a blue uniform or a shiny badge. Police, firefighters, paramedics and corrections officers are just a 911 call away from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it.With N95 masks...
Apr 28 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is participating in an apprenticeship program designed to attract talent to the insurance industry.The program is led by Invest, which is affiliated with the Independent Insurance...
Apr 21 2020 // Champion Fiberglass Inc. (Champion), a Houston-area manufacturing company, has settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accusing the company of discriminatory hiring practices.The...
Apr 21 2020 // Sympathetic state lawmakers and regulators in states both red and blue promise to make COVID-19 a major cost driver for workers’ compensation insurers.The governors of Kentucky, Arkansas, North Dakota and Florida and...
Apr 20 2020 // While the insurance industry offers many of the attributes upcoming graduates and young professionals seek in a career, it is often overlooked. According to one study, only 7% of Generation Z considers itself very familiar...
Apr 20 2020 // COVID-19’s lasting effect on hiring will force insurance organizations to make difficult staffing decisions. It isn’t the norm for me to write a budget and planning article in April; I assume the same can be...
Apr 20 2020 // The spring months usher in a time of growth and change and often serve as a catalyst for organizing and reevaluating personal lives and careers. For the insurance industry, the season can bring a fresh wave of...
Apr 7 2020 // Scott Kreuzer has been appointed senior managing director, Americas, at Aspen Re, effective May 4, 2020.Kreuzer joins Aspen Re from Axis Reinsurance where he has served as senior vice president, head of Casualty North...
Apr 6 2020 // My recruiting career began 18 months before The Great Recession, so to say I’m seeing similarities between then and the current COVID-19 situation is an understatement. I remember the anxiety and uncertainty about...
Mar 27 2020 // Blenheim Underwriting announced it has been granted ‘approval in principle’ by the Lloyd’s board to establish a new managing agency.Blenheim said it can now submit an application to the Prudential...
Mar 25 2020 // The workers’ compensation rating and information organization National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) said it is converting its Annual Issues Symposium from a live to a virtual event due to the coronavirus...
Mar 23 2020 // Many workers are being asked to do something that some have wanted for years while others have never wanted. It’s time to work from home. Not to worry, we have plumbed the depths of our WAH (work at home) experience...
Mar 23 2020 // The outbreak of coronavirus has already resulted in some workers’ compensation claims and more are expected. But whether those claims are going to succeed depends on the individual circumstances and the state where...
Mar 23 2020 // As you read this list, I want you to think: Are these lies present in my firm? Am I part of the problem? Can I be part of the solution? Lie #1: Human resources can handle it all. I know plenty of insurance brokers on...
Mar 19 2020 // Karen White, CEO of RMS, said one of the best decisions in her career was to join Oracle, which took her career on a different trajectory.At the time, in 1993, she had a very secure position as CEO with another firm, and...
Mar 18 2020 // People with work they are passionate about say it doesn’t even feel like a job. But that doesn’t have to mean one’s sole motivation has to come from the work itself. People can also be motivated by the...
Mar 17 2020 // The outbreak of coronavirus has already resulted in some workers’ compensation claims and more are expected. But whether those claims are going to succeed depends on the individual circumstances and the state where...
Mar 9 2020 // Insurer Progressive said it intends to hire up to 8,000 new employees in 2020.With an increase in customers and total revenues topping $39 billion, the company said it needs more employees to support growth in auto,...