Talent Management
RLI Takes LEAD on Succession Planning With Formal Talent Program
Michael Stone, the chief operating officer of specialty insurer RLI Corp., is perfectly clear about the role of leaders in the property/casualty industry. "At the end of the day, it's all about ...
Employee Count Down 16% at The Hartford
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, ...
Study Shows P/C Insurers Plan to Hire, Grow Significantly in 2014
More than half of all insurance companies responding to a recent survey say they plan to increase staff in 2014, although hiring for the most-in-demand positions may prove difficult. That's according ...
Some Employers Find Excuses to Fire Pregnant Employees
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 makes it illegal for a woman to be fired just because she is pregnant. But that doesn't stop it from happening, according to new research by Reginald Byron, ...
CEO Viewpoint: Winning the War for Talent to Harness the Full Power of Predictive Analytics
The reputation of the insurance industry has long been that it follows behind other industries in the use and implementation of technology. Across numerous other industries, big data and analytics ...
What It Takes to Be a P/C Insurer COO: Executive Recruiter Views
The leaders of operations of property/casualty companies carry various titles and have a wide range of responsibilities—so different, in fact, that even industry executive placement experts have a ...
AIG Trimming U.S. P/C Staff By 3%; Commercial Combined Ratio Improves to 107.7
Insurer American International Group on Thursday raised its dividend and announced more share buybacks as its fourth-quarter earnings beat expectations, swinging to a profit compared with a ...
The Institutes, Univ. of Wisconsin Team Up on Insurance Manager Program
The Institutes have partnered with the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to offer a Leadership Development program designed for property/casualty insurance managers ...