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Virginia’s Prosper Insurance Company to Expand Headquarters, Add 75 Jobs

Oct 17 2018 // Prosper Insurance Company has announced it will expand from its 6,000-square-foot headquarters in Virginia Beach, Va. The corporate investment is expected to be $750,000 with the buildout, furniture, fixtures and...

Insurtech: A Role Model of Innovative Talent Success

Oct 15 2018 // Several years ago, technology announced its intent to rock the insurance industry. Some dismissed the challenge and saw the rise of insurtech as a minor disrupter. But times have changed. Funding is pouring in for major...

Time to Revisit Independent Contractor vs. Employed Producer Status

Oct 15 2018 // Insurance agencies across the country hire some or all producers as independent contractors instead of as employees. The mixed use of employees and independent contractors in insurance is common in other industries as...

Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Dugan VP, Corporate Human Resources Officer

Oct 11 2018 // Erie Insurance, an Erie, Penn.-based insurer, has named Sean Dugan as vice president and corporate human resources officer. His new role begins October 25.In this role, Dugan will have oversight of the Talent Acquisition,...

UK Expects 5,000 Financial Services Jobs to Move to Europe by Brexit Day

Oct 10 2018 // Despite thousands of jobs set to move to the continent due to Brexit, Britain’s financial services minister said on Wednesday he would do all he can to ensure the City of London remains a major financial center.John...

Idaho Workers’ Compensation Rates to Decrease in 2019

Oct 2 2018 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has proved a 4.2 percent drop in workers’ compensation insurance rates effective Jan. 1, 2019. The proposed rate change comes from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, and...

Why Hospitals Charge Auto Insurance, Workers’ Compensation Patients Much More Than Health Insurers

Oct 1 2018 // Insurer market power matters in hospital pricing. Patients with automobile, workers’ compensation, and other non-conventional commercial insurance plans paid much higher prices than patients with HMO/PPO health...

Hiring Stereotypes That Hurt Insurance Agencies

Oct 1 2018 // Agency Hiring Stereotypes: True or FalseAgencies don’t downsize their best account managers. False: Here’s a great example of what can happen in the industry. I worked with a commercial account manager who...

Insurance Is the New Kale? Not So Fast

Oct 1 2018 // An industry publication recently published an article that said insurance is “the new kale” because the one-time ignored garnish today is sought after as a healthy must-have in the form of everything from...

UK Financial Firms Expect 5,766 Jobs to Move with Hard Brexit: 3rd Reuters Survey

Sep 26 2018 // As few as 630 UK-based finance jobs have been shifted or created overseas so far ahead of Brexit, while the number of jobs that UK-based financial institutions said they expected to move in the event of a...

As Brexit Day Nears, 630 UK Financial Services Jobs Have Shifted to EU, Reuters Finds

Sep 26 2018 // As few as 630 UK-based finance jobs have been shifted or created overseas with just six months to go before Brexit, a far lower total than banks said could move after Britain’s surprise vote to leave the European...

Workers Overdose On the Job and Employers Struggle to Respond

Sep 26 2018 // PORTLAND, Ore. — Jimmy Sullivan prepared for his job as a bricklayer the same way every morning for years: injecting a shot of heroin before leaving his car.The first time he overdosed on the job, in 2013 at a Virginia...

FEMA Chief Long to Keep Job, Repay Government for Car Misuse

Sep 24 2018 // The head of the federal disaster response agency used government vehicles without proper authorization, but will not lose his job over it, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Friday.Federal Emergency...

Will Robots Take Your Job? It Depends on Where You Live: OECD

Sep 20 2018 // Will robots take your job? The answer depends on where you live.The threat varies “strikingly” between countries and regions, with as many as 40 percent of jobs at “high risk” in Western Slovakia...

Exploring the Jump in Mega Workers’ Compensation Claims

Sep 19 2018 // Mega workers’ comp claims – losses exceeding $10 million – jumped in 2016, according to a new report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). It’s unclear if this is a one time...

Hanover Insurance May Follow Chaucer Sale with Talent Hiring, Acquisition

Sep 17 2018 // The Hanover Insurance Group could use some of the $950 million it will make from selling its Chaucer international specialty business to fuel organic growth, pursue select acquisitions and hire top talent from rivals,...

Managing the Retail Agent’s Risk in Surplus Lines

Sep 17 2018 // While it is common for retail agents to turn to E&S wholesalers for help, there are several reasons they should carefully consider which wholesalerto call upon and how they submit business, according to Bobbie Duke,...

Attracting Gen Z: The Post-Millennial Talent Wave

Sep 17 2018 // Today’s insurance labor market is colored by the rapid graying of the workforce. The industry’s growing retirement rate and burgeoning skills and knowledge gap are creating a candidate-driven market. As many...

People

Sep 17 2018 // Sam Siddons and Craig Morelos have joined the property/casualty practice at EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants as principals.Siddons will be responsible for new business development, the design, placement and...

J&J in India Agrees to Work on Compensation Plan for Hip Implant Patients

Sep 11 2018 // Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said it would work with the Indian government to compensate patients who had suffered from hip implants that were recalled by the U.S. healthcare firm eight years ago after data showed high...