89% of US Insurers Plan to Hold or Add Staff as 78% Expect Revenue Growth
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 25
89% of US Insurers Plan to Hold or Add Staff as 78% Expect Revenue Growth
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 25
Summary
Forty-nine percent of U.S. insurance carriers plan to add staff over the next 12 months, while 40% expect to hold headcount steady, according to the latest Jacobson Group-Aon labor market study.
That outlook would lift industry employment by 0.78%, but the hiring is aimed largely at backfilling key roles and adding talent rather than expanding for growth, even as revenue expectations improve.
Seventy-eight percent of companies expect revenue growth, up 6 points from January, while 11% plan staff cuts—higher than January's 7% but below 14% a year earlier.
Technology, underwriting and claims remain the biggest hiring needs, and actuarial, technology and executive jobs are still the hardest to fill, though recruiting difficulty eased in 9 of 12 job categories from July 2025.
Hybrid work continues to dominate the sector's staffing model: 74% of carriers expect most employees to work hybrid schedules in the next six months, while 7% still require daily office attendance.