This email described the 2025 working group experience and talent development programs available through The Council for member firm teams. Working groups bring together functional leaders from across member firms for peer learning, benchmarking, and problem-solving on key operational and strategic topics. The message encouraged member firm principals to enroll their teams in relevant 2025 working group programming.
2025 Talent Development Programs for Your Teams
The Council offers interactive, industry-specific programs that have a qualitative impact on your staff’s performance and growth. Learn more about opportunities to invest in your team in 2025 through programs and courses designed exclusively for insurance brokerage firms.
- It’s All About Risk (for new hires)
Educate your colleagues about the insurance industry with this essential onboarding course, focused on fundamental insurance concepts and interconnected roles within the industry. - Broker Smackdown (for emerging leaders)
Develop your top client-facing colleagues and give them a broader view of how the business works by running a computer-simulated brokerage. There are four opportunities to compete in 2025. There are still limited seats available for the March 11-13 program – register now. - Insurance Professional School for Property/Casualty (for early-career talent)
Provide a foundational knowledge of commercial coverage application, and effective management of client risk. - It’s All About Risk (for new hires)
Educate your colleagues about the insurance industry with this essential onboarding course, focused on fundamental insurance concepts and interconnected roles within the industry. - Broker Smackdown (for emerging leaders)
Develop your top client-facing colleagues and give them a broader view of how the business works by running a computer-simulated brokerage. There are four opportunities to compete in 2025. There are still limited seats available for the March 11-13 program – register now. - Insurance Professional School for Property/Casualty (for early-career talent)
Provide a foundational knowledge of commercial coverage application, and effective management of client risk.
2025 Working Group Experience: Attend Spring Working Groups
We’re excited to kick off the 2025 Working Group experience with the launch of Spring Working Group meetings, which bring together top minds in our industry for peer share and insightful conversation. Spring meeting registration is complimentary, creating an opportunity for you to invite several members of your senior team who would benefit from exposure to industry leaders in their field. All meetings will be held at/near The Council’s HQ in Washington, D.C. Preliminary agendas below are for planning/travel purposes.
- Marketing & Communications (March 19-20)
- Claims & Risk Management (March 31-April 1)
- COO (April 9-10)
- HR (May 7-8)
- CFO (May 20-21)
- CIO (June 3-4)
- Legal Counsel (June 24-25)
- Marketing & Communications (March 19-20)
- Claims & Risk Management (March 31-April 1)
- Legal Counsel (June 24-25)
Curious how your firm stacks up against its peers? The Council’s 2024 Brokerage Operations Benchmarking Report is now available!
- 48% of responding firms indicated an organic growth rate between 8% and 14% in 2023.
- Their current P&C and EB renewal commissions cluster between 25% and 34% of written premium.
- 61% of their employee turnover was voluntary.
- 48% of responding firms indicated an organic growth rate between 8% and 14% in 2023.
- Their current P&C and EB renewal commissions cluster between 25% and 34% of written premium.
- 61% of their employee turnover was voluntary.
Out Now: January/February Issue of Leader’s Edge
- Youth in Crisis
The crisis in youth mental health is an epidemic that has followed the COVID-19 pandemic, some healthcare professionals say. Addressing the crisis demands involvement by insurers, employers, primary care providers, schools, and even app developers. - Examining Loss Estimates
The insurance industry has yet to truly grapple with loss creep, which is how property loss estimates can skyrocket by billions of dollars in the months after a natural catastrophe. Complicating factors such as climate change make modeling certain risks more challenging, but reassessing the data used and increasing transparency between insurers and reinsurers can help improve loss estimates. - Can ICHRAs Bridge the Healthcare Political Divide?
Amid their never-ending battle over the existence and terms of the Affordable Care Act, Democrats and Republicans can seemingly at least agree on the value of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs). But that’s just one aspect of the latest iteration of the ACA battle as Donald Trump returns to the White House. - Youth in Crisis
The crisis in youth mental health is an epidemic that has followed the COVID-19 pandemic, some healthcare professionals say. Addressing the crisis demands involvement by insurers, employers, primary care providers, schools, and even app developers. - Examining Loss Estimates
The insurance industry has yet to truly grapple with loss creep, which is how property loss estimates can skyrocket by billions of dollars in the months after a natural catastrophe. Complicating factors such as climate change make modeling certain risks more challenging, but reassessing the data used and increasing transparency between insurers and reinsurers can help improve loss estimates. - Can ICHRAs Bridge the Healthcare Political Divide?
Amid their never-ending battle over the existence and terms of the Affordable Care Act, Democrats and Republicans can seemingly at least agree on the value of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs). But that’s just one aspect of the latest iteration of the ACA battle as Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Joel Wood, President/CEO
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Valerie Sindal, VP, Digital Strategy & Engagement
Strategy in an Era of Abundant Expertise
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Ken Haltenhof, VP, Membership
How Climate Change Is Reshaping Home Insurance in California and the Rest of the U.S.
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Nick Lozano, Director, Technology
How to Get More Value from Your New Tech
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