All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 26 2013 // Cooper Gay Re North America appointed Norman Gayle as managing director. He joins the executive team working from the head office in downtown New York.He and his team will focus on production and strategic planning and...
Aug 22 2013 // President Barack Obama’s health care reform is unpopular in parts of Missouri, but it is bringing 600 new jobs to the state.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Virginia-based government contractor Serco Inc....
Aug 22 2013 // Employees age 55 or older who drive as part of their jobs are more likely to be killed in accidents than younger colleagues because of declining cognition and greater susceptibility to injury, according to a U.S....
Aug 22 2013 // Britain’s biggest banks will pay as much as £1.3 billion ($2 billion) to compensate customers wrongly sold insurance to cover credit-card and identity theft.A group of 13 banks and credit-card issuers, including...
Aug 20 2013 // CED 1976 LLC, a N.J.-based managing general underwriter for the Jewelers unBLOCKed brand that focuses on providing coverage to the jewelry industry, announced that Ken Bessette has joined its management team as strategic...
Aug 20 2013 // Both workers’ compensation benefits paid to insureds and costs for employers increased in 2011, a new study released today revealed.Total workers’ comp costs to employers rose by 7.1 percent to $77.1 billion,...
Aug 19 2013 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC, through its subsidiary company Continental Underwriters Ltd., announced the formation of its new inland marine division and appointed two managing directors for the new unit.Ed Helfers and Lisa...
Aug 16 2013 // A new survey from insurance recruiting firm The Jacobson Group and consulting firm Ward Group shows the majority of property/casualty insurers are expecting to hire more staff over the next 12 months.The mid-year insurance...
Aug 16 2013 // A year ago, Teresa Hartnett was on the verge of expanding her small business. The company had hit $1 million in sales, and requests from clients were flowing in. She planned to transition from nearly 30 freelancers to a...
Aug 12 2013 // A survey by Illinois-based Combined Insurance of more than 400 of its new sales agents reveals that sales training and career advancement opportunities rank top when applying to and choosing an insurance sales employer,...
Aug 8 2013 // Billionaire hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb’s Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., which has no staff in the U.S., said it can limit financial disclosure after a public offering because of rules promoting domestic job...
Aug 7 2013 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is appointing maverick legislator Mike Fasano to the position of Pasco County tax collector.The governor’s office said that Scott had appointed Fasano, R-New Port Richey, to the job on...
Aug 6 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Alan Boring senior vice president and managing director for its Sherman Oaks, Calif. office.Boring will lead the office’s business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell...
Aug 6 2013 // Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc. appointed Keith Driscoll as vice president of workers compensation. In his new role, he will further develop the firm’s portfolio of regional and national accounts.Keith...
Jul 24 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co., named Jason Paulnock senior vice president and managing director for its Minnesota offices.Paulnock will lead business development, client service and sales, and...
Jul 23 2013 // Workers’ compensation loss costs are going down in West Virginia for the ninth consecutive year since the market was privatized.The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCC), which files rates on behalf of...
Jul 19 2013 // The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is holding a series of 14 seminars across the state to explain the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act of 2013.The new law removes injured workers’...
Jul 12 2013 // Auto insurer GEICO said it will host two job fairs for auto damage adjusters in Pennsylvania on July 16 and 18.On Tuesday, July 16, the first job fair will be held at Double Tree Hotel in Green Tree, located at 500...
Jul 8 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) announced two new promotions: Jody Horton is now the special risk business unit manager, and David Tucker is the agency relations manager. Horton most recently served as...
Jul 8 2013 // While businesses hailed President Barack Obama’s decision to delay penalizing companies that fail to offer benefits under the health law, workers and states may struggle with the uncertain aftermath.In postponing the...