All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 25 2019 // Online insurance platform Policygenius plans to open a new technical and operations center in Durham County, North Carolina, according to a statement from Governor Roy Cooper.Policygenius’ new location plan calls for...
Sep 18 2019 // Atlanta, GA, September 18, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the hiring of Aaron Patterson, vice president, broker. Patterson brings a well-rounded commercial insurance sales and underwriting...
Sep 18 2019 // Gerald Bostock says he’s convinced his participation in a gay softball league was why he was fired from his job running the child-advocate program at the juvenile court in Clayton County, Georgia.The Atlanta-area...
Sep 18 2019 // Southern Fidelity Insurance Company, a regional insurance company serving consumers throughout the Southeast, is looking to recruit local agents in Mississippi after expanding into the state in July.The company, which has...
Sep 16 2019 // Q: What are you seeing out there for experienced insurance talent? I dread recruiting because it’s never easy to find quality people. What are agencies doing to fill critical service roles and recruit producers?A:...
Sep 13 2019 // About 62 percent of insurance companies polled said they intend to increase staff in the next 12 months, according to the latest U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study conducted by recruitment firm The Jacobson Group and...
Sep 13 2019 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced that Clive Edwards has been appointed chief executive officer of Aspen Insurance UK Ltd. (AIUK) and Aspen Managing Agency Ltd. (AMAL), subject to regulatory approval.Edwards succeeds...
Sep 10 2019 // Oregon businesses will another drop in workers’ compensation costs in 2020.Employers in the state next year will pay an average of $1.02 per $100 of payroll for workers’ comp, down from $1.11 in 2019, under a...
Sep 10 2019 // Nephila Capital, the Bermuda-based specialist ILS re/insurer and investment manager, has received UK regulatory approval to establish its own Lloyd’s managing agency. The new entity, Nephila Syndicate Management Ltd....
Aug 23 2019 // The captain of a commuter ferry that ran aground in Boston Harbor has been placed on leave pending drug test results.The Boston Globe reported Saturday that the captain was taken off the job pending the test, which is...
Aug 21 2019 // Hamilton Insurance Group said it has completed its acquisition of Liberty Mutual’s Pembroke Managing Agency at Lloyd’s and its Ironshore Europe DAC business.The acquisition, first announced in mid-March, will...
Aug 20 2019 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has appointed Rich Thompson to managing advisor.Thompson joined BKS-Partners in 2015 as an...
Aug 19 2019 // Influencing candidates to apply for your job starts with addressing their biggest question mark. 98% of job seekers and employees say it is helpful to see salary ranges in job listings. Candidates experience a more...
Aug 19 2019 // Miller Insurance Principal Agent Christopher Miller says he has found a lot of fulfillment working in the insurance industry and now aims to pass that sense of fulfillment along to others through his work.“Life...
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Aug 15 2019 // Boutique insurance recovery and entertainment firm Pasich LLP has expanded its national platform and New York footprint with the addition of Peter A. Halprin as a partner.Before joining Pasich LLP, Halprin was a...
Aug 15 2019 // Machines are taking over a giant Chilean copper mine, replacing about a third of the workforce as owner Codelco struggles to keep its title as the world’s largest producer of the metal.Codelco officially inaugurated...
Aug 13 2019 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration has published the new weekly minimum and maximum compensation rates for injured workers that are effective Sept. 1.The new...
Aug 8 2019 // Many human hours are needed to sort, analyze and process workers compensation claims—the vast majority of which are low in value.The U.S. workers comp insurance market is forecast to earn revenues of $55 billion in 2019....
Aug 7 2019 // With San Antonio’s unemployment rate hitting historic lows, hoteliers in the city’s $15.2 billion tourism industry are struggling to find housekeepers, dishwashers and waiters.The San Antonio Express-News...