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People Moves: Mosaic Launches London M&A Team, Hiring From Liberty Mutual, AIG; BHSI Promotes 2 in UK; Marsh’s Dubreuil to MGA Alta Signa in Brussels
Nov 23 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Mosaic Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and MGA Alta Signa Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Mosaic Launches London...
Managing Broker Relationships for Carriers and MGAs/MGUs
Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The sales role is the lifeblood of insurance, and with a complex pipeline of agencies, agents, brokers, etc., carriers and MGAs can understandably be confused by how to...
People Moves: Alliant Names Johnson Managing Director in Oregon; XPT Adds Mansfield in Washington
Nov 18 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services named Peter Johnson executive vice president and managing director. Johnson is based in Portland, Ore., and will focus on providing strategic risk management solutions for agribusiness clients...
Working From Home Could Hurt Women’s Careers: Bank of England’s Mann
Nov 16 2021 // Women who work mostly from home risk seeing their careers suffer now that significant numbers of workers are returning to the office after the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on [Nov....
New York Issues Final Guidance to Insurers on Managing Risks of Climate Change
Nov 15 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued final guidance to New York-regulated domestic insurers regarding their management of the financial risks from climate change. After issuing a proposed...
The Commercial Lines Outlier–Workers’ Compensation
Nov 15 2021 // In addition to weighing in on opportunities in the E&S/specialty lines market segment where prices have been firming, executives speaking at the September KBW Virtual Insurance Conference offered views on the one...
Are Job Boards the Best Way to Find Insurance Talent?
Nov 15 2021 // Have you ever heard someone in your company say, “Let’s just cast a wide net to find candidates.” If so, job boards are your net, a bullhorn essentially for everyone on the internet to see. It’s a...
Hiring in A Virtual World: How to Successfully Compete for Talent
Nov 15 2021 // We just attended a Bend Venture Conference event this past week (in Bend, Oregon) that included many angel investors on various panels, as well as several new ventures pitching for those angel investments. There was a good...
Boeing Reaches Compensation Terms With Victims of Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Nov 12 2021 // Boeing Co. agreed on Wednesday to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families of the 157 people killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash, according to a filing in U.S. District...
Huneycutt Credits Hiring Process, Communication as Keys to Success
Nov 1 2021 // Like other insurance agencies that have been named Best Agencies to Work For, the Huneycutt Group in Wilmington, North Carolina, credits its family atmosphere and regular group activities for promoting an environment where...
Insurance Distribution Channels: Managing Multiple Channels At Once
Oct 25 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. When carriers, agencies, and MGAs/MGUs first start out, they typically build a distribution strategy centered around a single channel. That makes sense: A fledgling...
Texas Workers’ Compensation Saw Telemedicine Services Skyrocket During Pandemic
Oct 22 2021 // Utilization of telemedicine services in the Texas workers’ compensation rose dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published report from the Texas Department of Insurance...
1,887 Washington Workers Fired, Leave Jobs Due to Vaccine Mandate
Oct 21 2021 // More than 1,800 Washington state workers have been fired, resigned or retired due to the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to data released Tuesday. The latest numbers released by the governor’s...
Unvaccinated Employees Risk Job Losses as Employer Mandates Take Effect
Oct 20 2021 // Thousands of unvaccinated workers across the United States are facing potential job losses as a growing number of states, cities and private companies start to enforce mandates for inoculation against COVID-19. In the...
People Moves: LP Adds DeHart, Pino and Warner in Nevada; Powers-Leavitt Names Woodruff Managing Partner
Oct 18 2021 // LP Insurance Services LLC added Deanna DeHart, Courtney Pino and Bryce Warner to the Reno, Nev., employee benefits insurance team. All three brokers will serve employee benefits clients in the northern Nevada...
Workers’ Compensation Reserve Redundancy Reaches $14 Billion, Reports NCCI
Oct 18 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurers continue to stow away more money than necessary in reserves, even as reported loss ratios continue to climb, according to a report released by the National Council on Compensation...
Pay Compression Creates Challenges for Agencies Hiring Client Service Talent
Oct 18 2021 // Dear Mary: Our agency is a regional, independent, privately held broker in the Midwest that has been in business for decades. Every year we hire young, inexperienced people to come into the business as assistants and CSRs....
Workers’ Compensation Insurers Find That as Opioid Cost Slows, Marijuana Grows
Oct 15 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurers have slashed spending on opioids, reducing the risk of addiction and delayed recovery, but now they are under increasing pressure to reimburse injured workers for a new kind of...
People Moves: WTW Hires ERS’ Shepherd to Lead Facultative; Specialty Insurer Fusion Names Gallagher’s Simmonds as Managing Partner; AXIS’ Quane Is CUO at Beazley
Oct 14 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Willis Towers Watson, specialty insurer Fusion and insurer Beazley. A summary of these new hires follows here. Willis Towers Watson Hires ERS’...
UK Companies Struggle to Find Workers Despite Salary Increases
Oct 14 2021 // Eight in 10 UK companies struggled to find workers last month despite many of them increasing wages, according to a survey that shows labor shortages are intensifying. The proportion was up sharply from three months...
