Agents and brokers showed strong employment gains in August for the third straight month after enduring employment losses in each of the six months prior.

According to an Insurance Information Institute analysis of the latest statistics from the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, agents and brokers added 2,100 positions in August, the most of any insurance subsector.

I.I.I. President Robert Hartwig says the agent and broker gains are typical for August, noting that "in the 24 Augusts starting in 1990, for example, agent/broker employment grew 14 times, was flat two times, and fell eight times."

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