The fact that nearly half of the insurance companies surveyed by The Jacobson Group and Ward Group expect to hire more employees in the remainder of this year and into 2012 will surely bring smiles to the faces of most industry observers.
The additional fact that technology positions will be the ones carriers are more likely to fill over the needs of any other business unit is even better news for our small corner of the enterprise.
A few weeks ago in this space I wrote that two industry analysts—Novarica and Forrester—are forecasting increases in IT spending for 2012. The fact that insurers plan to back up those spending increases by adding to their payroll is just the cherry on top of that sundae.
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