Talent Management
Editor Letter: Involuntary Turnover and Other Elephants in the Room
As more and more insurers become technology companies that sell insurance, whether they call themselves InsurTechs or just insurance carriers, the whole group may face a problem already challenging ...
Progressive Plans to Hire Up to 8,000 Additional Employees in 2020
Progressive said it plans to hire as many as 8,000 new employees nationally in 2020 to help propel continued growth in auto, property, commercial lines and recreational products insurance. Hiring ...
Andersen Named Aon President as Former Co-Leader O’Connor Exits
Aon plc named Eric Andersen as president of Aon, reporting to Greg Case, the firm's CEO. Since May 2018, Andersen and Michael O'Connor had served as Aon co-presidents. Aon said O'Connor is departing ...
Today is Spencer Day; Use #SpencerScholars to Celebrate
The Board of Directors of the Spencer Educational Foundation has designated Feb. 24 as Spencer Day—a day to celebrate Spencer scholarship recipients (#SpencerScholars), the companies that hire them ...
Set Clear Goals for Remote Workers, and Other Leadership Tips
Effective management means knowing how to walk the line between micromanaging and being too hands-off. It requires the ability to manage conflict within your team to promote the sharing of ideas. And ...
The Insurance Jobs of the Future
No one should be surprised that an industry as data-driven and processing-heavy as insurance is in the grip of an earthshaking workforce transformation. As wide-ranging automated technologies assume ...
Lifelong Learning Keeps a Leader Fresh and Effective
Leaders who embrace lifelong learning can stay fresh indefinitely and more effective as a result, a recent blog posting asserts. Steve Farber's Extreme Leadership blog argues that a commitment to ...
Most Insurers Plan to Add Employees or Maintain Current Staffing: Jacobson/Aon Study
Most insurance companies plan to either maintain current staffing or add new employees over the next 12 months, The Jacobson Group and Aon plc have found. At the same time, their new Semi-Annual U.S. ...