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Are Stay Interviews the Key to Unlocking Your Employees’ Hearts?

Employee retention is essential to an organization’s success. High turnover not only hurts your bottom-line, but also damages morale among remaining employees. As the economy grows stronger and job creation continues to accelerate, workforce retention is becoming more and more important. The quit rate is quickly approaching levels not seen since before the economic recession. ... Are Stay Interviews the Key to Unlocking Your Employees’ Hearts?

The Wild World of Sports Insurance

We’ve all heard the stories: Gene Simmons and his $1 million tongue, Mariah Carey and her $1 billion legs, and Julia Roberts and her $30 million smile. In the world of insurance, celebrities top the list of outlandish policies, but what about insurance in athletics? Professional sports are well known for their big dollar items. ... The Wild World of Sports Insurance

Revive Your Insurance Recruitment and Selection Strategies: Avoid the Hiring “Fire Drill”

This blog entry is part one in Jacobson’s Insurance Recruitment and Selection series, which provides insights into updated recruitment and selection processes and strategies for the modern workplace. Do any of these situations sound familiar? Open enrollment is right around the corner and you need customer service representatives, stat! Recent company turnover has you scrambling ... Revive Your Insurance Recruitment and Selection Strategies: Avoid the Hiring “Fire Drill”

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

Holiday Havoc: A Guide to the Top Five Unusual Holiday Insurance Claims

The holidays are almost here! With the parties, decorations and celebrations of this festive season come some unusual insurance claims. Beyond the snow and ice damage to homes or emergency room visits due to a fall off the ladder while putting up decorations, here are some the most unexpected holiday situations that have resulted in ... Holiday Havoc: A Guide to the Top Five Unusual Holiday Insurance Claims

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

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