External Perspective
Insurer Staff Declines Greater Than Anticipated in 2015
Two-thirds of insurers surveyed say they're planning to hire more in 2016, but whether they will actually go through with those plans remains a question. In fact, 14 percent of insurers decreased ...
Are Leaders Giving Employees the Tools to Innovate? New Study Says No
Although executives in a variety of industries pay lip service to the idea that innovation is the responsibility of everyone their companies, employees below the management level are not getting the ...
Three Steps to Improve Leadership Capabilities
A recent study by research firm Brandon Hall Group found critical gaps in leadership training—specifically training targeted for midlevel managers. Here, Amy Fox, president, CEO and founder of ...
Careers Reimagined: Is the Insurance Industry Ready for Our Second Act?
What's next? That's a question that we've asked many times throughout our careers. And despite having 50-plus years of collective experience between us, it's not one that we intend to stop asking ...
Why Anonymous Employee Feedback Is No Longer Beneficial
According to David Hassell, CEO of employee engagement software firm 15five, the concept behind anonymous feedback is a holdover of a bygone era where, in many organizations, the leadership of a ...
Agent Onboarding Solution Checklist for Insurance Companies and Agencies
Companies rely on agents to drive growth, but the onboarding process typically moves slowly due to corporate, regulatory and verification requirements. The delay in bringing agents on board directly ...
The Underwriting Staffing Challenge: Recruitment Strategies for a Vanishing Talent Pool
The war for talent has hit the insurance industry with incredible force. Having weathered the recent "Great Recession" with its record unemployment rates, company downsizings and mass professional ...
More Content from Marsha Egan: Strategies for Managing Work—and Life
Taking a long-term view isn't just good advice for liability insurers writing long-tail casualty business. It also makes sense for property/casualty managers and executives who feel as if their work ...