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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…

Insurance jobs may be easier to find with AgencyPoint

August 20, 2012August 19, 2012 Julie Campbell

Farmers has launched its first facility location in Baltimore. Farmers Insurance has just announced the opening of its new AgencyPoint facility, located in Owings Mills, near Baltimore, Maryland, which is designed to provide recruiting and training for individuals who want insurance jobs within the insurer by becoming independent owners. The center is a part of a larger effort to expand the insurer’s markets and boost the existing ones. Gregor Scott, the head of the field operations for AgencyPoint explained that Farmers is very excited about making its way into the…

AgencyPoint launched in Maryland by Farmers Insurance

August 16, 2012April 30, 2013

AgencyPoint aims to recruit new Farmers independent business owners Farmers Insurance has launched a new agency recruitment and training center for potential Farmers independent business owners. The training center is called AgencyPoint and is located in Baltimore, Maryland. AgencyPoint was launched to address the insurer’s growing need for more personnel due to its recent expansion. Through this initiative, the insurer is looking to bolster its ranks of independent insurance agents in numerous sectors. AgencyPoint is open to all prospective Farmers independent business owners. New venture will provide business owners with…

Insurance jobs should continue their trend to gradually increase

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 Nordstrom

Report shows that despite a slowing American economy insurers continue to post positions. The latest insurance jobs statistics have shown that even though the U.S. economy appears to be going through another slowdown, insurers are continuing to post positions for more workers. Companies continue to seek employees in an industry that still has rising demand. According to the leading American employment website specific to the industry, InsuranceJobs.com, this past quarter has shown a steady increase, and they predict that this trend will continue into the future. The company’s president, Jay…

How will insurance jobs be impacted by the Supreme Court’s healthcare ruling?

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 Julie Campbell

Do agents need to worry about employment following the changes from the reforms? Now that the decision of the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare reforms has been announced, agents are wondering how insurance jobs will be affected by this ruling. Though jobs in the health care industry are expected to rise, what can agents and brokers expect? Hospitals, patients, and insurers will all see significant changes in the system as a whole, particularly as January 2014 grows near, the time when all of the states must have…

Insurance jobs for IT sector maintains positive outlook

June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 Marc

Those looking for employment in insurance technology should see improved hiring. According to the 2012 Information Week U.S. IT Salary Survey, as the global and American economy continues its stunted upward growth, the outlook for staffing and salary in the area of insurance technology is looking quite healthy. In 2011, the recovery of the economy put a number of new insurance jobs out there. Insurers increased their tech budgets and brought their bigger projects forward from the back burner, where they had been left since the financial industry took its…

Insurance jobs expected to continue to climb within the industry

June 2, 2012April 30, 2013

Insurancejobs.com has published their forecast of growing demand for many positions. Industry website, InsuranceJobs.com has released a statement that has indicated that they believe that the demand for insurance jobs by insurers is continuing to climb, and that this will be maintained over the next while. There are almost 5,000 new positions listed on that website for posts within the industry. The website has indicated that the areas where the demand is the greatest from various companies seems to be for employment in claims, as well as claims adjusters, sales…