Insurance carriers expecting to add staff in 2025 are largely looking for experienced professionals rather than filling entry level roles, according to the latest Insurance Labor Market Study from Jacobson Group and Aon.
Like prior installments of the semi-annual collaborative study of insurance carrier hiring expectations, the January 2025 survey doesn’t just ask insurers if they expect to grow staff during the coming year—55% of insurers expect to do so this year—but also asks the experience levels of employees they anticipate adding.
“At 16%, this is the lowest number that we’ve seen for the entry-level positions in aggregate,” said Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Strategy and Technology Group Performance Benchmarking at Aon, during a webinar to present the latest result last month. He shared a slide showi