All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2018 // As racial diversity tumbles on Wall Street, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a settlement with financial advisers who say they were treated poorly because they’re black.Six current and former employees at the...
Sep 3 2018 // The wave of innovation has taken the insurance industry by storm, forever changing organizations, processes and people alike. Risk management telematics are calculating accurate policies for underwriters, big data is...
Sep 3 2018 // The old saying, “Our agency is constantly recruiting,” used to make firms sound very progressive. That barely cuts the mustard these days.Agencies must adopt a new philosophy: “We’re constantly...
Aug 30 2018 // Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Aug 30 2018 // If you’re a waste treatment specialist, actuary or naval architect, Hong Kong wants you.The government this week unveiled a talent list to attract skilled workers in 11 professions that the city is seen as needing...
Aug 30 2018 // San Diego, CA, August 30, 2018– Leading national program administrator, Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, announced today its new workers’ compensation program for the cannabis industry in California.This...
Aug 29 2018 // Insurance companies are hoping to hire additional employees over the rest of 2018 in a labor market that remains extremely competitive, according to a study from The Jacobson Group and Aon’s Ward Group. About 63...
Aug 29 2018 // Louisiana’s not seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment increased by 26,000 jobs from July 2017 to 1,980,200, marking 10 consecutive months of increases, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported.Over the same time...
Aug 29 2018 // A government panel has recommended that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) pay compensation of at least $28,500 to each Indian patient who suffered from artificial hip implants the U.S. healthcare firm recalled eight years...
Aug 23 2018 // Long gone are the days when employees printed their resumes and cover letters on fancy paper, worried about choosing the proper font, and put both documents in the mail.The idea of employers printing paper job...
Aug 20 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Monday submitted an advisory pure premium rate filing lower than last year’s approved rate to the California Insurance Commissioner.The...
Aug 20 2018 // What is the best part about working in insurance?For a group of millennials speaking with Insurance Journal at a July roundtable, the answer was simple. “The people,” roundtable participants agreed.At the same...
Aug 16 2018 // Dallas-based insurance and risk management staffing agency, Questpro, has added several team members.Jason Keck has been hired as director, life insurance recruiting. Keck focuses on developing long term relationships with...
Aug 14 2018 // Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager Burns & Wilcox has relocated and expanded its Minneapolis, Minnesota office, and appointed Tom O’Donnell as associate managing director.The office, which...
Aug 14 2018 // Although there has been an overall decline in workers’ compensation claims, the frequency of claims for motor vehicle accidents has increased in recent years.According to the National Council on Compensation...
Aug 13 2018 // In this edition of the Lowdown, I’m sharing insights about Google My Business and a new paper hosted on Research & Trends, Local Organic Marketing: How P&C Davids Can Beat Goliath. In his paper,...
Aug 13 2018 // An analysis of five years of benchmarking data from more than 1,700 claims identifies three practices that workers’ compensation claims organizations rated as low in quality should adopt to keep from falling further...
Aug 10 2018 // A study has found that construction workers are six times more likely to die from opioid overdoses than all other occupations in Massachusetts.The state Department of Public Health reported Wednesday there were more than...
Aug 9 2018 // After three banner years, the U.S. workers compensation market will face increasing pricing pressure and an erosion in results heading into next year. That means 2019 will be closer to a break-even combined ratio rather...
Aug 8 2018 // A Nationwide Insurance spokesman says the company intends to provide career management resources and other aid to employees who will be losing their jobs in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nationwide spokesman Eric Hardgrove said that...