Talent Management

Employees Need to Feel Safe When They Return to the Workplace: Mercer

With the U.S. making some progress in "flattening the curve" of COVID-19, it's time for employers to plan their return to the workplace. The most critical step: ensuring employees feel safe coming ...

Executives On the Move at Everest Re Group, BHSI and Zurich

Everest Re Group promoted a veteran executive to a newly created position within its Reinsurance division. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance added a risk control consultant to its property team ...

Zurich North America and Tokio Marine Kiln Each Hire a Former Chubb Exec

Two former Chubb executives have joined Zurich North America and Tokio Marine Kiln, respectively, in leadership roles. Alexander Wells is Zurich North America's new U.S. head of middle market, ...

Nationwide Stays (Partially) Home; Remote Work Will Remain 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 ...

Prioritizing Employee Well-Being in Difficult Times

Peter Kellogg, the owner of IAT Insurance Group, has always said: "Take care of your employees and they will take care of your business." For those of us with a direct role in talent management at ...

Communicating in a Crisis

The global pandemic has forced many companies to transition to work-from-home, with no way of knowing when employees will be able to return to the office or how different things will be when they do. ...

*Editor’s Choice 2020* Psychic Leadership: Why We Need It During This Crisis

Week #1 = Shock (mandatory work from home, seriously?) Week #2 = Novelty (Zoom meetings, crazy hat day, check out my workspace!) Week #3 = Realization (wait, we need to actually run our business this ...

Executives On The Move at Everest Insurance and AXIS

Everest Insurance made changes to its Commercial Casualty leadership team. AXIS Insurance appointed its first head of Strategy and Innovation for the company's Global Cyber and Technology unit, ...