Joseph D. Puglisi

Jan 15, 2025 | leadersedge.com | Carlos Herrera |Joseph D. Puglisi

In their mission to promote diversity and inclusivity at an organization, ERGs tended to focus on the social aspects of building community—helping their members expand their professional network and celebrating cultural events. But those were yesterday’s ERGs. The employee resource groups of today do so much more. They still promote social activities, but they also help create a more inclusive culture, assist members’ career advancement, support business goals, and help build a sense of community.

Jan 14, 2025 | leadersedge.com | Joel Wood |Joseph D. Puglisi

For all my good memories there, I still wince a bit to look up at the building that for many years housed the Scruggs Law Firm. As in: Dickie Scruggs, the onetime “King of Torts,” who raked in almost $2 billion in fees from insurers (post-Katrina), asbestos companies, and (most of all) Big Tobacco. Here was Scruggs, speaking openly at a conference sponsored by Prudential Financial in 2002:“What I call the ‘magic jurisdiction’…is where the judiciary is elected with verdict money.

Jan 14, 2025 | leadersedge.com | Jenn Walsh |Joseph D. Puglisi

Inevitably, at least one of their clients wanted to know why they were so far off of trend. And I’ll never forget the outraged tech CFO years ago who was frustrated that our agency’s renewal projections for his company’s healthcare coverage weren’t aligned with what he’d heard at a tech industry healthcare roundtable. I noted the company’s poor claims history, workforce of large families, and an older than average population.

Dec 2, 2024 | leadersedge.com | Kevin Grady |Joseph D. Puglisi

That’s why a corporate partnership between EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and the nonprofit organization Youth About Business (YAB) is introducing students from underserved backgrounds to the world of business and risk management. Jude Nogotey, a recent graduate from the University of Ghana, is an intern on EPIC’s actuarial team. Holland Stewart is a credit analyst at Truist who grew up on the west side of Atlanta.

Dec 2, 2024 | leadersedge.com | Scott Sinder |Kate Jensen |Joseph D. Puglisi

One area of continuing frustration for Council members that we hope to address next year is the confusion and inefficiency that remain prevalent in states’ insurance producer licensing. Multiple measures in the last 30 years helped drive states toward licensing uniformity.