All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 27 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of illegal child labor...
Feb 27 2024 // An exception to the workers’ compensation “coming-and-going” rule applies where the employer provides the transportation even if the employer says there was no explicit agreement that he would supply...
Feb 19 2024 // Agency salaries and total compensation rose in 2023 for everyone in the Insurance Journal Agency Salary Survey. But while insurance agency personnel made more money last year, not everyone was satisfied. Managers/owners...
Feb 19 2024 // Insurance agency employees and producers on average made more money in 2023 but, overall, employees reported lower satisfaction with their compensation than in 2022, a year when overall satisfaction rose, according to the...
Feb 19 2024 // Four-year degree required. It’s been a standard part of job descriptions in the insurance industry for the better part of the past two decades. Now, it’s time for an overhaul.The college degree prerequisite,...
Feb 19 2024 // February is Insurance Careers Month, a time often used to attract the attention of college graduates and professionals from other industries to the benefits of working in the insurance industry. While I’m all for...
Feb 19 2024 // Workers’ compensation insurance is one of the costliest aspects of a construction project that carriers, construction managers, and businesses face. According to Insureon, construction carries the highest...
Feb 15 2024 // A Virginia employer cannot assert that an injury is unrelated to a workplace accident while also arguing that the medical care for that injury is unauthorized; instead the employer must choose one or the other position,...
Feb 14 2024 // Cyber attacks are a concern for many industries, and the museum sector is no exception. As more museums and cultural institutions are using technology to display digital works, manage internal documents, or store donor...
Feb 13 2024 // Burnham Benefits Names Foderaro Managing DirectorBurnham Benefits Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, named William Foderaro as managing director. Foderaro has more than 20 years of experience in the...
Feb 12 2024 // More than half of insurance companies expect to increase staff in the next year, according to the latest labor market study from Aon and the Jacobson Group. Meanwhile, 77% of carriers expect to increase revenue in the next...
Feb 12 2024 // A seven-person jury in Syracuse, New York, returned a $1.675 million verdict last week in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of a job candidate who is deaf.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Feb 9 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Europe) and Gallagher Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Mitsui Sumitomo (Europe) Appoints Rodden as Interim CEO,...
Feb 5 2024 // Pennsylvania workers’ compensation rates will be going down for employers beginning April 1.Insurance Commissioner Mike Humphreys on January 23 approved an overall decrease in loss costs of -7.88%, more than doubling...
Feb 5 2024 // Every year, I think of this annual first column as a crystal ball that shows trends in the insurance job market for the foreseeable future. In previous years my projections have been about “hot jobs,” like in...
Jan 30 2024 // A Virginia police officer has been denied workers’ compensation benefits for a heart condition despite the state law that his condition is presumed to be work-related.The Virginia Workers’ Compensation...
Jan 29 2024 // It’s the final two days to take this year’s Agency Salary Survey.ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — should participate and be a part of the industry’s favorite...
Jan 26 2024 // Be a part of the industry’s favorite salary survey while learning more about agency compensation trends nationwide.We would like to invite ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency...
Jan 25 2024 // The Virginia city of Chesapeake has lost its bid to deny workers’ compensation medical benefits to a school crossing guard who injured her wrist when she fell while keeping her eyes on children around her...
Jan 24 2024 // New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed into law a change in workers’ compensation coverage for volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.The new law (A-5909/S-4267) amends current...