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Insurance technology jobs get hotter as AI’s role expands

April 21, 2017April 19, 2017 Julie Campbell

Customers find online self-service features increasingly appealing and the industry is hiring to meet that need. As the industry looks to artificial intelligence (AI) for improved customer service, insurance technology jobs are expanding in number and specialty. The more consumers show a preference for completing tasks online, the greater the need for large and skilled IT, programming and tech development departments. Current trends suggest that AI is a tech the insurance industry expects to be using in the very near future. In fact, a recent Accenture Plc survey suggested that…

Insurance company jobs lost at Northwestern Mutual during business’s “transformation”

April 5, 2017April 3, 2017 H. Cutner

The insurer released a statement confirming that hundreds of employees will be laid off this year. Despite the fact that the current market is very positive for insurance company jobs, hundreds of employees at Northwest Mutual will be laid off before the end of 2017. These layoffs will be on top of others that have already been issued to many of the insurer’s workers. The Northwestern Mutual layoffs are occurring primarily at the company’s corporate offices. Those offices are located in Milwaukee. The insurance provider has stated that the layoffs…

Jobs for veterans continue to be plentiful in the insurance industry

February 10, 2017February 8, 2017 Julie Campbell

Jobs for veterans in the insurance industry

Insurers have long favored vets both as new hires and as a focus of charitable donations. The insurance industry has been in favor of offering jobs for veterans for many years. Various property and casualty insurance companies frequently focus their charitable support efforts on this group, as well. There are many reasons that insurers have opened their doors and their arms to American vets. According to Chubb-owned Combined Insurance’s director of sales training, Glenn Elmore, many insurers feel this is an important group that has earned their support. “I think…

Insurance industry jobs get a trendy makeover to appeal to millennials

April 27, 2016April 26, 2016 H. Cutner

Iowa brokerage Holmes Murphy is taking aim at old stereotypes of dullness and daily tedium. The vice president of Iowa brokerage Holmes Murphy, Cameron Burt, is more than familiar with the reputation of dullness that is associated with insurance industry jobs, but at a time when it is becoming difficult to fill these positions, his firm is seeking to show the millennial generation that times have changed. The image of an insurance job doesn’t seem to have changed for two solid generations, losing all appeal. However, Burt and his firm…

Insurance jobs are widespread within the industry

December 2, 2014November 29, 2014 Julie Campbell

Though most people think of sales when they consider employment in this area, the industry is working to change that. As the recovery period continues in the United States and around the world from the last recession, it appears as though insurance jobs have fared rather well and that there will be security within that industry well into the foreseeable future. The insurance industry has created a very good reputation for itself when it comes to employment. Moreover, the when it comes to insurance jobs, there is a broad range…

Insurance jobs on their way up in Oklahoma

September 6, 2012September 6, 2012 Julie Campbell

Allstate will hire 20 new owners of agencies within the state. Allstate has announced that it will be boosting the number of insurance jobs in Oklahoma by appointing 20 new owners of its agencies at some point within the last half of the year. This will help to create an even larger number of positions within that state. It is predicted that there will be a total of at least 40 brand new insurance jobs that will open up across Oklahoma as a result of the new agencies. This is…