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Enter the Millennials: Make Way for the Next Generation of Insurance Leadership

Nearly four million Baby Boomers nationwide are retiring each year, and they are leaving behind a growing executive skills gap that must be bridged. Luckily, today’s young professionals are poised to meet this impending need. How can the insurance industry adapt their current workforce culture to embrace and encourage this new generation of leaders? In ... Enter the Millennials: Make Way for the Next Generation of Insurance Leadership

Financial Transformations: Why They’re Taking the Industry by Storm

The insurance industry is facing a number of critical disruptions across all dimensions. Growing technological advances, increasing regulations and burgeoning competitive pressures have made the ability to transform functions and critical operations essential for continued success. This is all the more true within the insurance industry’s financial segment. But why the financial transformation and why ... Financial Transformations: Why They’re Taking the Industry by Storm

Compass 8.4: Enter The Millennials: Make Way For The Next Generation Of Insurance Leadership

As the Baby Boomer generation begins retiring en masse, they are leaving behind a growing executive skills gap that must be bridged. Today’s young professionals are poised to meet this impending need. Jacobson shares strategies and best practices for building the executives of tomorrow. This edition also includes our regular overview of the industry’s current ... Compass 8.4: Enter The Millennials: Make Way For The Next Generation Of Insurance Leadership

Focus on Growing Staff Driving Search for Alternate Staffing Strategies

The results from our latest Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study are now in! With full employment and positive staffing predictions, the insurance industry is enjoying its return to its pre-recession state. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), insurance unemployment reached 2.3 percent in August and is expected to hover between one ... Focus on Growing Staff Driving Search for Alternate Staffing Strategies

Is “Job Hopping” No Longer Passé?

Once considered “career suicide,” having a resume with multiple short tenures was a sure fire way to get your job application immediately discarded. However, the volatile business climate of the last few years has resulted in a permanent mindset shift away from job longevity. Some of today’s professionals are touting “job hopping” as a form ... Is “Job Hopping” No Longer Passé?

Compass 8.3: Today’S Business Mandate: The Search For Authentic Leadership

The difficult economic climate of the last decade has created a feeling of distrust in organizational leaders. Today’s employees are looking for a new kind of business leader to take the helm. Jacobson shares insights on the positive impact authentic leadership is having on organizational productivity and success. This edition also includes our regular overview ... Compass 8.3: Today’S Business Mandate: The Search For Authentic Leadership

Where have all the underwriters gone?

Insurers are having a difficult time finding and recruiting underwriting talent. But what exactly is to blame for this growing talent shortage?  Insurance underwriting unemployment is nearly four times lower than the national rate and nearly half the overall insurance rate. With virtually non-existent unemployment, the pool of potential talent is tightening, making it more and ... Where have all the underwriters gone?