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The Impact of Emerging Talent Programs and Local Industry Engagement

Health Insurance /
Missouri’s Mutual Insurance Companies Report Stronger Results in 2024

This article is part of a sponsored series by Risk Insurance Education Alliance. The future of insurance is sitting in today’s classrooms. We hold this truth to be self-evident: when young people gain insurance knowledge, real exposure to professional pathways, and meaningful engagement with industry professionals, the results are extraordinary. “For well over a decade, […]

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How Does Your Salary Compare to Others in Your Industry? Find Out Where You Stand

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How Does Your Salary Compare to Others in Your Industry? Find Out Where You Stand

 Job Title  Median Annual Salary  Industry/Field Financial Manager $161,700 Finance Software Developer $133,080 Technology Nurse Practitioner $130,890 Healthcare Information Security Analyst $124,910 Technology/Cybersecurity Data Scientist $112,590 Technology Project Manager $100,750 Business/Management Registered Nurse $93,600 Healthcare Accountant $81,680 Finance/Business Marketing Manager $159,660 Marketing/Business Sales Representative (Wholesale & Manufacturing) $66,780 Sales Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,

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Surge in Water Demand Could Put Ohio Farmers and Industry on Collision Course

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Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official

Deep inside a report on the future of water in central Ohio is this warning: Industrial demands for water will skyrocket at the same time experts expect farmers will need to regularly irrigate their fields during the critical growing period of July through September. The competing demands of agriculture and industry – particularly the 130

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‘AI Will Leave a Lot of White Collar People Behind’ and It’s Time to Shift to This Industry, According to Fortune 500 CEO

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'AI Will Leave a Lot of White Collar People Behind' and It's Time to Shift to This Industry, According to Fortune 500 CEO

Key Takeaways Ford (F) CEO Jim Farley warned earlier this year that AI could leave many white-collar workers behind and urged a renewed focus on trade skills. Recent research from Microsoft (MSFT) suggests that manual labor jobs like roofers and tire builders are among the least likely to be replaced by AI. Despite a declining

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Amazon, Google Named by EU Among ‘Critical’ Tech Providers for Finance Industry

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Amazon, Google Named by EU Among ‘Critical’ Tech Providers for Finance Industry

European Union regulators on Tuesday designated 19 technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft, as critical third-party computing providers for the bloc’s finance industry. Under the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which started being applied in January 2025, three EU-level financial regulators can together name certain technology providers as critical and

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My First $1 Million: Construction Industry Product Manager

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Welcome to Kiplinger’s My First $1 Million series, in which we hear from people who have made $1 million. They’re sharing how they did it and what they’re doing with it. This time, we hear from a 51-year-old product manager in construction equipment manufacturing. He’s a self-professed lifetime bachelor living in the Northeast, though he

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Insurance Execs Say Agentic AI Leading Industry Transformation

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Insurance Execs Say Agentic AI Leading Industry Transformation

More than half of insurance executives say generative and agentic artificial intelligence are the technological investments that will have the most transformative impact on the industry over the next three years, according to PwC. The professional services firm noted in a recent report that 54% of 136 surveyed insurance execs view AI as most poised

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Congressional THC Ban Threatens Texas’ $8 Billion Hemp Industry

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Texas Hemp Industry Breathes Sigh of Relief as Legislators Avoid Ban

As part of the spending deal to end the government shutdown, federal lawmakers approved a provision cracking down on hemp products containing THC, restoring a ban Texas Republicans sought to impose earlier this year. The funding package, passed by the U.S. House and signed into law by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, includes language banning

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