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AXA XL Merges European Teams with Job Losses Expected

Feb 12 2019 // AXA XL announced another step in its post-merger integration which is expected to lead to job losses in Europe.AXA XL said it began transferring employees in Europe into a single employing company at the beginning of...

Once Known as the ‘Bond King,’ Gross Retires After 40-Year Career

Feb 5 2019 // Bill Gross, who transformed bond investing over a storied four-decade career, is leaving the stage after a tough final chapter.Gross, who announced his retirement Monday, struggled in the last four years as head of the...

Taking a Page from the Insurtech Playbook

Feb 4 2019 // How Insurtechs Can Help Attract Millennial Talent to Agencies, CarriersThe rules of the game are changing for companies wishing to attract top, young, qualified talent. Millennials, Generation Y, Gen Next, Boomerang...

Agencies Promote Soft Benefits to Gain A Distinct Recruiting Advantage

Feb 4 2019 // It’s Part of Who We Are“When I first brought up some of these new ideas you would have thought I suggested we all go to the moon,” said Michelle Trueblood, chief human resources officer at The Horton...

The Claims Talent Evolution

Feb 4 2019 // It should not be a surprise that drones fly over disaster areas for property inspection, and some insurers use chatbots to answer policyholders’ claims questions. Claims applications and supporting documents are...

Last Chance: Participate in the 2019 Agency Salary Survey

Jan 29 2019 // ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — are invited to participate in Insurance Journal’s exclusive independent insurance agency salary survey. Results will be published in the...

Report Warns of Robots Taking Restaurant, Trucking, Clerical Jobs

Jan 28 2019 // Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report.The...

Workers’ Compensation Insurtech Pie Insurance Enters 5 Additional States

Jan 25 2019 // Online seller Pie Insurance has started offering its workers compensation insurance in five more states, bringing the total to 14.The Washington, D.C.-based managing general agent disclosed it has begun marketing its...

Progressive Embarks on Hiring Binge: 10,000 People in 2019

Jan 25 2019 // Insurer Progressive said it expects to hire more than 10,000 people in the coming year to support its growth. Positions will include IT and analyst roles, corporate functions, customer care and claims roles.The...

New York City’s Global Excess Partners Promotes Cook to VP, Managing Director

Jan 23 2019 // Global Excess Partners (GEP), a specialty insurance organization, has promoted Brendan Cook from vice president to vice president and managing director. He reports to Chris Zoidis, corporate executive vice president of...

What to Watch for in Workers’ Compensation in 2019

Jan 23 2019 // Value-based care, political party changes in several states, and a more holistic view of patient injuries will impact the workers’ compensation industry this year, according to two experts hosting a workers’...

BLS Survey Shows Louisiana Workplaces Among the Safest in 2017

Jan 22 2019 // According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey, Louisiana remained one of the safest states in which to work, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported.The state’s rate of non-fatal accidents and...

Corporate Culture, Cyber Risk Are Top of Mind for D&O Underwriters

Jan 21 2019 // Transparency and culture awareness were the key takeaways from a panel discussion on top directors and officers’ claims trends that took place at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)...

Fired Moody’s Executive Wins Back Paris Job, Gets $1.8 Million Payout

Jan 16 2019 // A Moody’s Corp. managing director fired for lashing out at a junior co-worker who criticized his team’s work won his Paris job back and a 1.6 million-euro ($1.8 million) payout.Moody’s France fired the...

HDI Global Taps McDonald from Allianz as UK and Ireland Managing Director

Jan 16 2019 // HDI Global SE (HDI) has appointed Claire McDonald as managing director of its UK and Ireland operations. She will assume the role on March 18, 2019.McDonald will join the company from Allianz Global & Corporate...

Robots Haven’t Eliminated Many Jobs – So Far: World Bank

Jan 3 2019 // The rise of automation has so far had a negligible impact on jobs at a global scale, the World Bank chief economist said, despite common gloomy predictions that humans are set to be replaced by machines.While advanced...

Louisiana Adds Jobs for 14 Straight Months

Dec 31 2018 // Over the course of 14 months, Louisiana has added tens of thousands of jobs, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission.According to information released on Dec. 21 by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS),...

Insurance Journal East’s Top Stories for 2018: Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, Auto Insurance, Mass. Gas Explosions

Dec 31 2018 // As Insurance Journal looks back on the most popular stories of 2018, its readers in the East region showed interest in a variety of topics from auto insurance to the September gas explosions in Massachusetts to state...

Spain Supreme Court Orders $1.7B Compensation for 2002 Prestige Oil Spill

Dec 27 2018 // Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the captain and the insurer of the Prestige oil tanker must pay more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in compensation for Spain’s biggest environmental disaster, when...

Neon Underwriting Promotes Butt to CEO, Washington to Managing Director

Dec 21 2018 // Neon Underwriting Ltd. (NUL), Neon’s Lloyd’s managing agency, announced the promotions of Theo Butt to chief executive officer and Matthew Washington to managing director with immediate effect.The appointments...