All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2020 // Sheryl Rucker has accepted the position of senior vice president of Strategic & Integrated Services, a division of Information Technology at Erie Insurance.In this role, Rucker will have responsibility over a new area...
Feb 6 2020 // For most of the 20th century, the insurance industry considered wildfires to be little more than a benign nuisance. They occurred frequently but rarely resulted in more than a handful of claims, and underwriters priced for...
Feb 5 2020 // Would you like to know where agency salaries and total compensation ranks today?Find out by completing this year’s exclusive Agency Salary Survey. The deadline to participate in the 2020 Agency Salary Survey is...
Feb 5 2020 // Dogs specially trained by the federal government’s Agricultural Research Service scientists have proven to be the most efficient way to detect huanglongbing—also known as citrus greening—according to a paper just...
Jan 29 2020 // HHDP Security, a Houston-based security company, has been convicted of premium fraud and ordered by a Travis County District Court judge to pay $51,131 in restitution, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
Jan 29 2020 // WARNING: This is a long one. Buckle in.Insurance Journal recently published an article detailing what action the Florida legislature is planning to take this year related to insurance. One item in particular caught my...
Jan 28 2020 // There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first time in a decade, a survey showed on Monday, the latest suggestion that the labor market has likely...
Jan 27 2020 // Employers find it difficult to hear that the entire kit and kaboodle of recruiting boils down to money. Insurance agencies would like to think there’s more to the story — work/life balance, career development...
Jan 24 2020 // Although workers’ compensation results remain strong—and the line continues to outperform all other commercial insurance lines—worries about continued soft pricing and loss reserve levels for workers’...
Jan 24 2020 // Total compensation and salary adjustments on average fell slightly in agencies responding to the 2019 Agency Salary Survey – but that trend didn’t impact employee satisfaction.On average, employee satisfaction...
Jan 23 2020 // Agency errors and omissions (E&O) coverage is likely the most important insurance policy an agency purchases. As customer demands rise to an all-time high, having the right E&O coverage and ensuring best practices...
Jan 22 2020 // Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has promoted Andrew Dean to managing director from associate managing director in the company’s Indianapolis, Indiana, office.As managing...
Jan 16 2020 // Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has named Theresa A. Guertin as managing partner of SDV’s Northeast office, effective January 1, 2020.Guertin has an active litigation practice, and she is co-chair of the...
Jan 13 2020 // Nebraska businesses that hire felons could get a tax break under a measure that’s designed to make it easier for them to get jobs and reduce the likelihood they’ll re-offend.Supporters say the bill before...
Jan 10 2020 // Insurance Journal would like to invite ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual independent insurance agency salary survey for...
Jan 9 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance subsidiary of Willis Towers Watson, announced the appointment of Simon Buxton as managing director of its International Customised Reinsurance practice, which focuses on non-traditional...
Jan 6 2020 // Salaries at California’s State Compensation Fund are being called into question by some people in the state Capitol, it’s being reported.State Fund recruited a high-priced team of former executives from the...
Dec 31 2019 // During the course of a year, Insurance Journal columnists, consultants and other writers dispense countless words of wisdom on how to be a better and more successful professional insurance agent. If you are a veteran...
Dec 31 2019 // While most insurance claims are legitimate, studies indicate that 10% or more of all property/casualty insurance claims are fraudulent.In the workers’ compensation industry, combatting fraud can seem like a game of...
Dec 24 2019 // Preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) shows that the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, metropolitan statistical area (MSA) set another nonfarm employment record at 415,200 jobs for November 2019,...