Talent Management
The Hartford Exec Tooker Given Additional Responsibilities
The Hartford has given one of its major executives some additional responsibilities. Mo Tooker, hired as chief underwriting officer for P/C operations less than two years ago, is now also head of the ...
How Temporary Employees Are Changing the Modern Insurance Workforce
The insurance industry's talent landscape is experiencing a rapid evolution. The industry workplace of recent years is being quickly replaced by a new "blended" reality. The modern workforce is now ...
Leadership Briefings Can Boost Motivation, Productivity
Leadership briefings can work wonders in motivating and teaching staff, but only if they engage employees and get the leader's message across, says best practices company CEB in a new blog posting. A ...
Forget Millennials—Think Talent Innovation
By 2018, we can expect 25 percent of the current insurance workforce to retire, creating 400,000 open positions for which there are no ready replacements. That is the first takeaway of the 2016 ...
More Than Half of Senior Managers Annoyed by Messy Workspaces
More than half (54 percent) of senior managers are distracted or annoyed by their employees' messy workspaces, according to a recent survey by staffing firm OfficeTeam. At the same time, 1 in 10 ...
Anonymous Feedback Can Lead to Criticism, Blame
The 360 review can be a valuable assessment tool, as it relies on anonymous feedback from interviews with an employee's direct reports, peers, superiors and customers. But the anonymity that allows ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, CNO Financial and RLI
XL Catlin promoted an executive to lead an important part of its Excess & Surplus insurance arm. CNO Financial Group made a number of executive changes within its organization. RLI Corp. promoted ...
A Struggling AIG Might Need Substantial Pay for Its Next CEO
American International Group Inc.'s new chief executive officer can expect to deal with a volatile industry, pressure from ratings firms and a restless board. And if the past is any guide, the new ...