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GEICO to 100 Hire New Employees in Iowa

GEICO’s Coralville, Iowa, office plans to hire more than 100 new associates by July of this year, the direct-to-consumer insurance company announced. The new associates will fill positions in sales and customer service. Qualified job seekers are encouraged to apply …

Esurance Hiring in San Antonio

Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, is opening a new office in San Antonio and will hire up to 150 new associates during the next 18 months, the company announced. The company will be hiring customer service associates, managers, …

Liberty International Underwriters Expands Energy Operations

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of the Global Specialty unit of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has brought on Robert Rokicki, P.E., as senior vice president of oil, gas, petrochemical and chemical (OGPC) property. Based in New York City, Rokicki will have …

Home Improvement Store to Fly Wisconsin Workers to Booming North Dakota

Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state’s booming oil patch and has more jobs …

Survey: New Orleans Attracting More Tourists, Spending

A new survey finds New Orleans hosted 4.9 million visitors in the first half of 2012, a 2 percent increase over the same period in 2011, with spending increasing 11 percent to $3.45 billion The Advocate reports the survey was …

Finding Superior Production Talent

Finding Superior Production Talent By David Connolly President iQ Consulting An excerpt from an interview with a successful agency owner DC: Historically, what has consistently been the biggest challenge you face as an agency owner? Owner: “In our infancy we were …

State Farm Plans to Hire 3,000 Employees

Illinois-based State Farm Insurance said it will hire 3,000 people across the U.S. and Canada, filling many positions left empty during the recession, and add 900 agents. The news follows an announcement by Chrysler that it will add almost 2,000 …

Hiring Executives: How to Move Beyond First Impressions

What are they really like? Little things can be revealing in an interview and a skilled interviewer can look beneath the surface to discover the real candidate. Selecting the right people to lead and build effective executive teams is critical …

Propel Hires Sales Executive

Tacoma, Wash.-based Propel Insurance has announced that it has hired Diane Winchester as a sales executive. Propel is a private insurance agency that handles business insurance and professional liability insurance. Winchester has 22 years of experience in the field of …

Gordon Joins California’s Poms As Account Executive

Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc., an insurance brokerage firm focusing on commercial insurance, employee benefits, corporate wellness, personal lines, and risk management and risk control, has announced that Debbie Gordon has joined the firm’s Northern California office in Walnut …