Baltimore Insurer to Relocate to Des Moines, Iowa
A Baltimore, Md.-based life insurance company is moving its corporate offices to Des Moines, Iowa, and it plans to employ 50 workers within the next three years, a company spokesman said. Fidelity...
View ArticleIn Connecticut, Number of Insurance Sector Employees Fell Slightly in 2012:...
A report this month from Connecticut’s Insurance & Financial Services (IFS) Cluster and PwC shows there was a slight decline in the number of insurance sector employees in Connecticut last year,...
View ArticleInsurer Geico Plans to Add Up to 1,000 Texas Jobs
The insurance company Geico plans to open a claims center in suburban Houston that will employ up to 1,000 people. The company announced that the positions will range from entry-level to what Geico...
View ArticleEsurance to Hire 450 for New South Carolina Sales Office
Esurance, the direct-to-consumer insurance company, will open a new sales and claims office in Greenville, South Carolina, this summer that will employ up to 450 South Carolina residents. The insurer...
View ArticleThe Hartford Cut Workforce by 3,700 in 2013
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. cut its staff by 16 percent last year as Chief Executive Officer Liam McGee narrowed the insurer’s focus. The insurer had about 18,800 employees as of Dec. 31, a...
View ArticleTexas Insurance Trade Group’s Video Aimed at Student Recruitment
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has produced a six-minute video highlighting the variety of job opportunities available in the insurance industry for recent college graduates and current...
View ArticleIowa Insurance Broker Plans to Add 90 Jobs over 3 Years
A Dubuque, Iowa-based insurance broker has announced plans to add 90 jobs over the next three years. Cottingham & Butler President and CEO David Becker tells the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that it...
View ArticleInsurance Carriers Plan Increased Hiring in 2015: Survey
About two-thirds of insurance carriers expect to hire more employees this year, a new survey finds. According to the semi-annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study conducted by The Jacobson Group and...
View ArticleLiberty Mutual Breaks Ground on 1M Square Foot Texas Campus
Liberty Mutual Insurance has kicked off construction of its new campus in Plano, Texas. The 1-million-square-foot office is expected to be complete in 2017. Liberty Mutual’s $325 million-plus expansion...
View ArticleAllstate Moving 400 Tech Jobs to Chicago
Insurance company Allstate has announced plans to open an innovation hub with 400 employees at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. The Northbrook-based company announced that the 45,000-square-foot office...
View Article66% of Insurers Plan Increased Hiring Over Next Year: Study
More than 66 percent of insurance companies intend to increase staff during the next 12 months, according to a new midyear labor study. That rate is the highest in the history of the study, The U.S....
View ArticleInsurance Industry Hiring Stabilizes; Key Jobs Remain Difficult to Fill: Study
Fifty-eight percent of insurance companies plan to increase staff during the next 12 months in part due to expected increase in business and new markets, according to the Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance...
View ArticleInsurers Looking to Continue Hiring in Very Competitive Labor Market
Insurance companies are hoping to hire additional employees over the rest of 2018 in a labor market that remains extremely competitive, according to a study from The Jacobson Group and Aon’s Ward...
View ArticleNationwide Insurance Cutting 1,000 Jobs
Nationwide intends to eliminate the jobs of about 1,100 employees across the country _ around 3.6 percent of its workforce. The insurance and financial services company says about 80 workers in Des...
View ArticleFormer Big ‘I’ Executive Evans Joins Employment Services Firm WAHVE
Dave Evans, a former executive with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, has joined Work At Home Vintage Experts (WAHVE) as senior vice president of Business Development. WAHVE,...
View ArticleProgressive Embarks on Hiring Binge: 10,000 People in 2019
Insurer Progressive said it expects to hire more than 10,000 people in the coming year to support its growth. Positions will include IT and analyst roles, corporate functions, customer care and claims...
View ArticleLouisiana VA OKs Insurance License Exam Fee Reimbursement for Veterans
Veterans applying for insurance licenses with the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) are now eligible for reimbursement of the required exam fees. The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs...
View ArticleFinancial Services Provides Plenty of Jobs – from Coast to Coast: Opinion
There were 755,436 people working in financial activities in the New York metropolitan area last year, more than twice as many as in the next-biggest area for such jobs, metro Los Angeles. But this...
View ArticleInsurers Looking to Add Jobs in Low Unemployment, High Tech Environment
About 62 percent of insurance companies polled said they intend to increase staff in the next 12 months, according to the latest U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study conducted by recruitment firm The...
View ArticleOhio’s Nationwide Investing $160M in Workforce Development, Retention
The Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company, Nationwide, will invest $160 million in its workforce over the next five years, the company has reported. The money will go toward attracting, developing and...
View ArticleHiring Momentum May Be Slowing Overall But Not in Insurance
There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first time in a decade, a survey showed on Monday, the latest suggestion that the labor...
View ArticleInsurers Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Fill Vacant Positions
Most insurance companies plan to either maintain current staffing or add new employees over the next 12 months, The Jacobson Group and Aon have found. At the same time, their new Semi-Annual U.S....
View ArticleSelectQuote to Hire 150-Plus in West Des Moines, Iowa
A Kansas-based company intends to hire more than 150 new employees in West Des Moines, Iowa, as the state’s unemployment claims continue to soar from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. SelectQuote...
View ArticleNationwide’s Left the Building. Insurer Makes Remote Work Permanent in 5 States.
Nationwide said it plans to permanently transition to a hybrid operating model that comprises primarily working-from-office in four main corporate campuses and working-from-home in most other...
View ArticleUK’s Direct Insurance Group Commits to Permanent Homeworking for Its Workforce
Direct Insurance Group, a London-based specialty insurance broker and underwriting business, announced it has commited to a remote working policy for all staff, following the coronavirus lockdown. The...
View ArticleViewpoint: Changing How We Recruit — The Future of Insurance Post COVID-19
Typically each spring, a crop of fresh college graduates enters the workforce, making the critical first steps to determine personal and professional paths. Today, the job landscape differs greatly...
View ArticleInsurers Say They’re Having Trouble Recruiting New Employees
U.S. insurers want to fill existing positions or expand their staffs over the next year but say they are still having trouble recruiting, even during the COVID-19 pandemic where unemployment has...
View ArticleAon Invests $30 Million to Create 10,000 Apprenticeships Nationwide by 2030
Global insurance broker Aon said it is expanding its corporate apprenticeship program with an investment of $30 million over the next five years. With this expansion, Aon hopes to develop a nationwide...
View ArticleProgressive Insurance Plans to Hire 6,400 New Employees By Year’s End
Progressive Insurance is embarking on a hiring spree. The insurer said it intends to hire up to 6,400 new employees across the country during the remainder of 2021. The Mayfield Village,...
View Article56% of Insurance Companies Plan to Hire Within the Year: Jacobson
In the next 12 months, 56% of insurance companies plan to increase staff while 37% plan to maintain their current staff size, according to The Jacobson Groups’ latest labor study. Technology, claims...
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