The global insurance industry experienced a 10% rise in new job postings related to environmental sustainability in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 29% increase versus Q2 2023. GlobalData’s Insurance: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the insurance industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Business and Financial Operations Occupations jobs accounted for a 22% share of the global insurance industry’s environmental sustainability-related total new job postings in Q2 2024, up 19% over the prior quarter.
Business and Financial Operations Occupations drive environmental sustainability-related hiring activity
Business and Financial Operations Occupations, with a share of 22%, emerged as the top environmental sustainability-related job roles within the insurance industry in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 19% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 16% in Q2 2024, with new job postings rising by 39% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent environmental sustainability roles include Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 12% share in Q2 2024, Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 7% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in insurance industry accounted for 58% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2024 were Manulife Financial, AXA, Legal & General Group, British United Provident Association, and Allianz. Together they accounted for a combined share of 58% of all environmental sustainability-related new jobs in the insurance industry.
Manulife Financial posted 1,441 environmental sustainability-related new jobs in Q2 2024, AXA 656 jobs, Legal & General Group 354 jobs, British United Provident Association 353 jobs, and Allianz 352 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 29.69% share of total new job postings, Q2 2024
The largest share of environmental sustainability-related new job postings in the insurance industry in Q2 2024 was in the US with 29.69% followed by the UK (20.83%) and Canada (11.80%). The share represented by the US was one percentage point lower than the 30.46% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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