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Top Non-Salary Factors Motivating Insurance Professionals to Seek New Jobs in 2025
Jul 7 2025 // Changing careers ranks right up there with some of life’s biggest decisions–it’s not something people take lightly. Every year, my team connects with thousands of insurance professionals who are exploring...
Truckers Fear Job Loss as New English Language Rules Take Effect
Jul 1 2025 // At a trucking school in New Jersey, students are maneuvering 18-wheelers around traffic cones. Other future drivers look under hoods to perform safety checks, narrating as they examine steering hoses for cracks and...
Willful Misconduct Alone Not Enough to Deny Workers’ Compensation
Jun 27 2025 // A city of Danville employee is being given another opportunity to gain workers’ compensation benefits after a deputy commissioner denied his claim because of the employee’s willful misconduct in not following...
Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission Votes to Reduce MITF Assessment
Jun 20 2025 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that it voted this spring to reduce the Multiple Injury Trust Fund assessment on workers’ compensation coverage providers from 7% to 6.29%. This is the...
Former Connecticut Trooper Accused of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jun 20 2025 // A former Connecticut state police trooper has been arrested and charged with collecting workers’ compensation benefits totaling $8,341.00 during his employment with the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services...
Viewpoint: Certificates of Insurance…Or How I Got a Job in the Prison Laundry
Jun 16 2025 // As best as I can recall, the first article I wrote about certificates of insurance (COIs) was in 2002, over two decades ago. For the next four years, I wrote more on that subject than any other property/casualty issue,...
Funding Cuts Threaten Safety Training for Workers in America’s Most Dangerous Jobs
Jun 16 2025 // By the time Robbie Roberge spotted the fire consuming his boat’s galley last August, he knew he had just minutes to evacuate his beloved Three Girls fishing vessel, named for his daughters. As the flames spread up...
Size of Florida’s Slide Insurance Executive Compensation Has Tongues Wagging, Eyes Popping
Jun 16 2025 // When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering in May, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S....
JetZero to Build $4.7B Next-Gen Plane Plant in NC With Up to 14,500 Jobs
Jun 13 2025 // JetZero Inc. announced plans Thursday to build its first manufacturing plant for a next-generation passenger jet in central North Carolina, a project that if successful would create more than 14,500 jobs there in a...
People Moves: Feller Joins Huntington Insurance as Employee Benefits Senior Managing Director
Jun 13 2025 // Zack Feller Huntington Insurance Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Zack Feller as employee benefits senior managing director. Feller joins Huntington from Keystone, where he most recently served as president of...
Alabama Sheriff Arrested for Hiring Uncertified Officers, One Accused of Violence
Jun 10 2025 // The sheriff of an Alabama county mired in allegations of abuse was arrested on Monday for hiring officers without state training or certification, according to an indictment. Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith, 41, was...
Funding Cuts Threaten Safety Training for Workers in America’s Most Dangerous Jobs
Jun 2 2025 // By the time Robbie Roberge spotted the fire consuming his boat’s galley last August, he knew he had just minutes to evacuate his beloved Three Girls fishing vessel, named for his daughters. As the flames spread up...
Size of Florida’s Slide Insurance Exec Compensation Has Tongues Wagging
Jun 2 2025 // When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering last week, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S....
Viral Work Trends Q&A: A Fun Way for Your Agency to Discuss Recruiting
Jun 2 2025 // Recruitment doesn’t have to be a dull subject. Imagine discussing it in a more enjoyable way at your next management meeting. Viral work trends are an excellent starting point. TikTok alone has 115,000 videos tagged...
Mercedes Will Put its North American HQ in Georgia, Moving Hundreds of Jobs
May 23 2025 // Mercedes-Benz announced Thursday that it plans establish its North American headquarters in metro Atlanta, where the automaker will expand its existing U.S. corporate hub by adding hundreds of jobs relocated from other...
Former Brewers Player Sues Reds Over Career-Ending Injury
May 23 2025 // Former major league outfielder/first baseman Darin Ruf is suing the Cincinnati Reds for damages after he suffered a career-ending injury while crashing into an uncovered tarp roller at Great American Ballpark two years...
Leaning into Uncertainty and Managing Risk
May 19 2025 // In a climate of rapid, often unforeseen change, leaning into uncertainty and adapting quickly is not easy but is always advantageous. For businesses to respond to challenges and harness opportunities for growth and...
When Harassment Follows You Home: Managing EPL Risk in a Remote Work Era
May 19 2025 // The boundaries between work and home have never been blurrier. The shift to remote and hybrid environments brought flexibility, but for insurers and employers alike, it also introduced a new exposure: harassment claims in...
The Most Important Elements in a Recruiting Contract
May 5 2025 // These days, recruiters are floating a lot of different terms and conditions out there, from insurance agencies paying per resume to no money up front but six-month exclusivity. It can be confusing to know what’s...
7 Marketing Strategies to Establish Your Workers’ Compensation Expertise
May 5 2025 // Being an expert in workers’ compensation has become a coveted differentiator for insurance agents and brokers. Unlike some of the more commoditized insurance lines, workers’ comp demands specialized...
