Recruitment Strategy
Succession Is Not a Plan: How Insurance Companies Should Be Thinking About Leadership Before It’s Urgent
Most insurance organizations know succession planning matters, but very few approach it with the urgency it deserves. Instead, succession conversations tend to happen reactively: At that point, the organization is no longer planning; it is responding under pressure. And in insurance, where leadership stability directly impacts teams, clients, operations, and long-term growth, reactive leadership hiring is one of…
Read MoreStop the Search Spiral: Why Insurance Roles Stall and How the Right Alignment Gets Them Moving Again
Every insurance organization has experienced it. A role opens with urgency. The need is clear. The team agrees it is important. Recruiting begins with momentum and optimism. Then weeks pass. Interviews slow down. Feedback gets vague. Candidates drop out. The search drags on longer than anyone expected. Eventually, frustration sets in, and the conclusion sounds something like this: “There just aren’t any…
Read MoreWhere Great Hiring Breaks Down First: How Early-Stage Process Mistakes Repel Top Insurance Talent
Companies often assume that their biggest hiring challenge is a lack of strong candidates. But after years of working with professionals across underwriting, claims, brokerage, risk and specialty lines, we’ve learned something different: Most organizations aren’t struggling because great candidates don’t exist. They’re struggling because great candidates never make it past the first step of the hiring process. And here’s the catch—most companies never know it’s happening. The candidates…
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