Sour Economy Impedes Claims Hiring

The economic crunch on property-casualty insurers is adding to a critical problem in attracting and retaining claims personnel, an academic expert contends.

Jim Jones, director of the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., gave his assessment during a panel presentation at the ACESCLA annual conference earlier this month in Orlando. The conference is co-sponsored by The National Underwriter Companys Claims magazine and the Society of Claim Law Associates.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.