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Generali Investors Should Vote to Keep CEO Donnet in Job: Proxy Adviser ISS
Apr 7 2025 // Leading governance adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended Generali investors vote to hand CEO Philippe Donnet another term at a general meeting on April 24. Donnet has been put forward as a...
Maine Approves 9.6% Decrease in Workers’ Compensation Costs
Apr 7 2025 // Maine has approved the insurance industry’s filing that will lower workers’ compensation insurance loss costs an average of 9.6%. The lower loss costs will go into effect for new and renewing policies as of...
People Moves: The Hanover Creates COO Position, Names Lavey to the Job
Apr 4 2025 // The Hanover, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, named Dick Lavey to the newly created role of chief operating officer, the property-casualty insurer said. Dick Lavey (The Hanover) Lavey has 35 years of experience in...
What Talent Gap? Making Adjuster Management a Recruiting Point with AgentSync
Apr 1 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Onboarding processes are often a barrier to recruiting and retaining talented claims adjusters, but one innovative insurance services firm flipped the script by...
HCI Invested in Tampa Office Site, Now Leasing it to GEICO for 1,000-Job Expansion
Mar 31 2025 // Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO insurance plans to open a new campus in Tampa late this summer, bringing more than 1,000 jobs to the area. The property and auto insurer also plans to open an office in the Dallas area by...
Department of Labor Award Continues Disaster-Relief Jobs for Maui Wildfires
Mar 31 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding $2.5 million to Hawaii to continue employment and training services and support disaster-relief jobs for people in communities affected by the wildfires that swept across the island...
Family of Ironworker Who Died on Job Awarded $12 Million
Mar 28 2025 // A Pennsylvania cement company has agreed to pay $12 million to the family of an ironworker who fell to his death while attempting to set up a temporary catwalk at the company’s plant in Stockertown. In July 2021, the...
The Insurance Industry’s Talent Crunch: Attracting and Retaining Gen Z
Mar 24 2025 // The last three years have exposed a growing challenge for insurance carriers: attracting, hiring, and retaining young talent. Despite the passing of the so-called “Great Resignation,” the insurance industry...
‘Bleak’ Data: Insurance Carriers’ Entry Level Hiring Expectations Hit Low Point
Mar 19 2025 // Insurance carriers expecting to add staff in 2025 are largely looking for experienced professionals rather than filling entry level roles, according to the latest Insurance Labor Market Study from Jacobson Group and...
Employee Whiffs on Workers Compensation Claim for TopGolf Injury
Mar 19 2025 // An employee who claims he injured his knee while swinging a club during an employer-sponsored TopGolf event has failed to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation...
People Moves: Alera Group Appoints Bashford as Managing Director of Midwest Region
Mar 11 2025 // Talicia Bashford Alera Group, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, appointed Talicia Bashford as managing director of the Midwest region. Bashford will lead the growth of Alera Group’s capabilities and market share...
People Moves: Miller Taps SCOR’s Foucart as Managing Director in Reinsurance Practice; Acrisure Re Corporate Advisory & Solutions Appoints 4 Senior Hires
Mar 7 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the brokers Miller and Acrisure Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Taps SCOR’s Foucart as Managing Director in Reinsurance...
Birth Injury Compensation Fund Executive Gets 9 Years for Embezzling $6.7 Million
Mar 6 2025 // A Providence Forge, Virginia man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for embezzling funds from his former employer, the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program. According to court documents,...
Pathway to a Surety Career
Mar 5 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding career in the financial industry? Surety might be the Answer. In episode 12 of What’s Brewing, we explore...
Viewpoint: Attracting and Retaining Gen Z to Quell the Insurance Talent Crunch
Feb 27 2025 // The last three years have exposed a growing challenge for insurance carriers: attracting, hiring and retaining young talent. Despite the passing of the so-called “Great Resignation,” the insurance industry...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Appoints Contreras Portfolio Solutions Leader; Risk Strategies Names Simon Managing Director, Private Equity
Feb 25 2025 // Allianz Commercial Appoints Contreras North American Portfolio Solutions Leader Jenna Contreras Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jenna Contreras to the North American distribution team in the...
Building and Retaining Talent: Salary and Culture Matter but That’s Not Always Enough
Feb 24 2025 // Independent agency owners, producers, and support staff continue to report higher pay, according to Insurance Journal’s national online Agency Salary Survey results. But for the second year in a row, survey...
Agency Survey: Salaries, Total Income Jump in 2024 but Pay Satisfaction Declines
Feb 24 2025 // Insurance agency owners, producers, and support staff on average made more money in 2024, but for two years in a row, satisfaction with compensation declined, according to the latest Agency Salary Survey, published...
County Trash Collector’s Workers’ Compensation Claim Thrown Out
Feb 21 2025 // When the garbage truck stopped, the worker stepped down from the metal step on the back of the truck to run and retrieve a trash can. When his feet hit the ground, he heard a pop in his leg, felt pain in his knee, knelt...
People Moves: West Named Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division Administrator
Feb 20 2025 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services appointed Matt West as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division. West has more than 19 years of experience in the workers’ comp industry. He...
