The chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is warning broker-dealer firms to be careful with their recruitment efforts, especially when they involve up-front bonuses and other inducements.

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Allstate, the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer, wants to add 90 exclusive agents in five states during a recruitment campaign by the end of the year.

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A Texas-based life insurance company plans to hire more than 2,500 sales agents and sales managers at more than 125 hiring events in 19 states – in one day.

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A Bethesda, Md.-based agency has stepped up its agent recruitment efforts, part of a national effort to boost the ranks of agents working for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

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New data collected by the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey and New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals indicates that recent college graduates are expressing a greater interest in the insurance …  Read →

MassMutual set a record in the first quarter, recruiting more than 470 financial service professionals, the company said.

The economy could be playing a large part, as people in other lines …  Read →