NU Online News Service, Nov. 9, 12:00 p.m. EST

The insurance industry lost 7,400 jobs from August to September, following a trend of declining employment during this period that goes back to 2001.

In an analysis of the latest U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Insurance Information Institute President Robert Hartwig says, "In general, September in the insurance industry is a month of dropping employment. [Property and casualty] employment in September vs. August dropped in all 11 years from 2001 through 2011."

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