Strategic Moves in Commercial Insurance Talent Acquisition
News Brief: Underwriting shortages; Liberty Mutual gains one, loses one
Welcome to the News Brief, our new roundup of the top stories from the past week in the commercial lines sector.
It seems like everyone is feeling the pinch with underwriting talent. Readers flocked to our?story?looking at tactics that insurers are adopting to recruit in this historically tight area.
Pay is one of those tactics that insurers need to look at, and there was a lot of interest in our?snapshot?of who's getting the largest raises in underwriting today. Meanwhile, some people who don't need a raise ever again were featured in our rundown of the?eight billionaires?in the commercial P&C world who landed on?Forbes' list. Can you guess them all?
There was also news of current recruiting in the underwriting world. Liberty Mutual's front door got a workout as they started up a life sciences practice and?picked up?a Chubb veteran to lead it. Going the other way was a VP of small commercial underwriting who?joined?Hiscox.
Finally, check out our chart of the week below, which is from an?analysis?of how liability insurers fared in Q1.
Chart of the week
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