All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 13 2014 // Insurance broker Willis North America has appointed Paul Collins as managing partner with Willis Insurance Services of Georgia Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2015.Collins has more than 17 years of experience in the insurance...
Nov 10 2014 // A federal judge has approved a settlement between the city of Austin and the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations the Austin Fire Department’s hiring practices were discriminatory.The order signed by U.S....
Nov 3 2014 // With the insurance industry employee base rapidly aging and retiring, a number of companies and organizations in the field have come up with something that they hope will draw more young adults into the sector.Their...
Oct 23 2014 // With the insurance industry employee base rapidly aging and retiring, a number of companies and organizations in the field have come up with something that they hope will draw more young adults into the sector.Their...
Oct 20 2014 // Employers in Mississippi could be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance as early as next March, pending approval of a rate filing at the Mississippi Insurance Department. The National Council on...
Oct 20 2014 // San Diego, CA, October 20, 2014– Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, today announced it has entered into a partnership with the global specialty insurer, Torus, to offer a new...
Oct 20 2014 // Two tests must be satisfied before an illness or disease can be considered occupational and thus compensable under workers’ compensation.First, the illness or disease must be “occupational,” meaning that...
Oct 13 2014 // Retail insurance broker EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) has hired William P. (Bill) Cosgrove as managing principal and Financial Institutions Practice leader.Cosgrove will be based in New York and will report to...
Oct 10 2014 // A new report shows Kansas job growth is lagging well behind the nation but predicts the employment outlook will be better next year.Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research on...
Oct 10 2014 // Two tests must be satisfied before an illness or disease can be considered occupational and thus compensable under workers’ compensation.First, the illness or disease must be “occupational,” meaning that...
Oct 9 2014 // A list of state rankings for workers’ compensation premiums shows a slight drop in premiums in the last two years, and that a number of states are close in terms of how much employers are paying.The list put out by...
Oct 7 2014 // A new executive search and recruiting firm exclusively dedicated to the property/casualty insurance industry has opened its doors in Prairie Village, Kan.Cohn Search Group provides a full-service recruiting experience to...
Oct 6 2014 // Willis Group Holdings, the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Martin Best as the managing director of Willis Management (Guernsey) Ltd.In his new role, Best will report to Paul Owens,...
Oct 6 2014 // AmTrust Financial Services has closed its purchase of a workers’ compensation insurer—a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida (Florida Blue)—right according to plan.AmTrust isn’t disclosing...
Oct 6 2014 // The “war for talent” within the insurance industry is heating up. Insurance organizations are facing a mass exodus of tenured, skilled professionals and are struggling to keep up. The past 10 years have seen...
Oct 3 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry. Upcoming stories will include reports on potential changes to federal laws, and regional reports on how medical...
Oct 2 2014 // Florida’s workers’ compensation insurers, already on record recommending an average 2.5 percent cut in rates, now say that a 3.3 percent cut is justified.The modification in the industry’s rate filing by...
Sep 26 2014 // New York state has amended its labor law to authorize job absences by volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel during declared states of emergency.“This law ensures that volunteer firefighters and EMTs who are...
Sep 23 2014 // Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Ltd., which owns stakes in four insurers, hired Chris Meyer, head of RMB Morgan Stanley, as the holding company run by a former Deutsche Bank AG executive adds investment talent.Meyer will...
Sep 22 2014 // As people spend more and more time in the workplace, it’s natural for co-workers to develop close bonds — what’s often referred to as a “workplace spouse” or an “office wife.”But when...