Talent Management
Why Managers Become Jerks
One of the main reasons people leave their companies is their manager. They can't stand working for a boss who is cruel, rude or small-minded—in other words, a jerk. These managers likely earned ...
Today’s Older Workers Not Retiring; Still Punching in Past Age 65
Retire by your mid-60s? How 1960s. More Americans age 65 and over are still punching the clock, and the last time the percentage was this high was when John F. Kennedy was in the White House. Last ...
AIG Among Companies Offering Highest-Paying Internships
With 25 percent of the current insurance workforce expected to retire by 2018, leaving 400,000 open positions for which there are no ready replacements, insurers need to look for ways to entice the ...
Warren Buffett: ‘If I Die Tonight, I Think the Stock Would Go Up Tomorrow’
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., assured shareholders that they'll be fine after he's gone. "If I die tonight, I think the stock would ...
A Millennial Says: Individual Development Plans, Pay Incentives Help Nurture Younger Staff
The insurance and risk management fields are professions with legions of rapidly-retiring older employees, and they struggle to hire and keep promising new, and younger ones. How to accomplish this? ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Beazley, RLI and Erie Insurance
XL Catlin hired three executives to beef up expanded M&A insurance operations for global transactional risks. An executive joins Beazley to fill the newly created role of financial lines regional ...
How Insurance Carriers Can Create Workplaces That Attract People and Business
The global insurance industry faces a remarkable talent crisis in the immediate future. With millions of baby boomers retiring annually over the next few years and less than 5 percent of millennials ...
Aon Buys Online Talent Assessment Company
Aon plc announced it has acquired Hamburg, Germany-based "cut-e", a specialist in online talent assessments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Michael Burke, CEO Talent, Rewards ...