An insurance talent crisis or opportunity of the decade?
Lorraine Jeckells, managing partner of Free Partners LLP, says insurers can offer the kind of careers that young people want so providers wishing to win the talent war should "tell a new story."
Insurance has a talent problem. Insurance has a talent opportunity. It’s a matter of perspective.
Yes, Insurance is up against it. Its workforce is ageing, fast. At the same time, there’s a global
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