Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Several people on each of my calls today wore green. (I wore a green shirt.)

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.

How are you celebrating?

What would you say is an appropriate amount to gift a friend for his/her wedding? This isn't a close friend but someone I've known for a while

How does search work at McKinsey? If it’s up to x weeks paid to find a job, how will they know if I’ve already accepted an offer? I’m trying to strategically declare search so I can have a backup offer and use my time to find something better, but I want to make sure that I don’t get in trouble lol. It’s also difficult to multitask finding a job and working on studies since you’re around the clock.

Hi, what does the typical career path look like in Tax at EY UK? Thanks.

Hi fellow fishes, just received an offer for EY cap. Markers as an M, and wanted to get your view on how life at EY is like e.g. work life balance etc. Also wondering why EY has such a terrible rating (just 1.6) on Glassdoor. It’s kinda scary it’s so low

I will be traveling with my 15 lb dog. He is a smidge too big to be under seat. Anyone know the requirements for bringing a pet onboard? Does he need to be a certified support animal? What about as checked luggage. Is it as stressful as I’ve heard? This is for LA to a small airport in Europe so there will be at least one unavoidable connection

Hello,

How is SAP practice in PWC. What kind of projects we can expect to work.
Also will it be support or implementation projects.
What are the work hours usually? Can we finish the work in the mornings and attend only calls in the evening to match the timezone? How flexible is it?

Thanks in advance.

Who’s excited for the first Panthers home game??

Anyone looking for a 2bed apartment for rent in Uptown Charlotte starting Aug/ Sept ?
Can be furnished / unfurnished based on your preferences

We should do a Charlotte Consultants Bowl Meet up.

Got a mail from RL to schedule a discussion for career outlook conversation next week, so most of us would get to know the numbers and impact tier by next week.

How can you turn your MBB position into a PE offer? (Some PE experience/ internship pre-MBB)

Hello Fishes, I am working g in US based Insurance process company in Mohali from past 2 years and having total experience of 12 years in BPO/KPO. Currently my salary is 26.6 now I am getting offer from insurance based START up and they are offering me Assistant Team Lead and salary of 35k but they want immediate joining. Please advise.

Chances at SOM, Tuck, Fuqua, Darden? 3.7 from T100, 324 GRE (162/162), white lgbt male, 4 YOE with two promotions, on “young executive board” and 6 years of committed extracurricular

How do you deal with a Midlevel who tells the partner you’ll cover for them, but gives you less than 24 hours notice they’ll be gone without asking if you can cover? I helped out back on July on a deal with they were on vacation, and now every vacation since they keep adding me back on without keeping me appraised of the deal in the interim

28M. First time solo travel 3 week trip to Spain coming up. Flying Royal Air Maroc from US. They’re allowing 2 check in bags and 1 carry on. However, I want to travel light and am trying to avoid check in bags completely. What carry on backpacks do you recommend to buy that would be enough for 3 week trip but also be allowed as a carry on? Also need to buy packing cubes.

I’m starting to study for the CPA exams. Do you think I need to watch the lectures?

What is the average bonus and hike rate?
Team: Model Validation (Credit Risk)

What is the average salary for an account manager in employee benefits at brokers firm? And what about a senior account manager salary? I have 7 years of experience in the health insurance industry. I want to see if I’m on track or if it would be out of line to ask for a raise.

Current REMOTE employees. What virtual team-building activities has your company done to bring everyone together and keep everyone engaged in a virtual setting?

I’ve been offered a reporting consultant job for less than 60k and I bring 9+ years of experience to the role. They should be offering more. I don’t want to settle but I don’t want to miss an opportunity to move. Reporting consultants should start at $65k per recruiting sites. Any advice? How can I get HR/recruiters to offer more? TIA

What does the insurance agent of the future look like? How do you see insurance distribution evolving?

What is the average salary for an Employee Benefits Account Manager? I’ve been in the industry 6 years.

Anybody work for liberty mutual remotely in a non-phone position in claims? I’m in CL claims intake but i hate phones going to stick around until i Can get away from the phones!

In my organization, most with my role are commission based. I make a set salary due to the firm I work for as an account manager/ coordinator for clients… I coordinate their enrollments, working with each groups HR department as to benefits and payroll purposes, and schedule our benefit counselors accordingly. I am finding that in most cases where I compare the voluntary benefits industry, I might be underpaid. What is an appropriate base salary for a position in which commission is replaced?

Can anyone anyone help with a salary range for a senior E&S UW. 5 years of experience. Interviewing but don’t want to sell short for my salary expectations.

Has anyone successfully moved out of claims into underwriting? I have been doing worker’s compensation claims for about 9 years now as an adjuster. I would really like to get into underwriting but have not had any success so far. What are some other roles I can transition to?

Do brokers like Lockton and Marsh only hire established producers or are they open to newer producers?

Has any companies given their employees good raises to help with the rising costs of everything? I was a top performer and only got around 3% this last year.

Anyone on here handle Excess Claims. I’m interested to see what the salary is , I handle any claim over a million dollars and monitor those that are less than a million and I know I am being underpaid

I’ve been working for a company for 25yrs, looking for advancement. I’m considered an SME, managing people, Vendors and working on large system conversions. Have provided long term goals. When requesting feedback I’m told I’m on the right path, no suggestions on what to improve. I asked about timelines for advancement and not being given anything concrete. Recently interviewed with another company as a Vendor Mgmt partner. Individual contributor, high visible position with potential. Thoughts?

What happens at RIMS? Is it worth going to?

Has anyone successfully switched from a claims management role to the risk side as a risk manager/consultant?

Anyone work for CSAA or any other AAA company? What do you do and how do you like it?

What sort of opportunities are available in Canadian government for commercial insurance professionals?

currently tossing up between staying at a global company (who is in the process of some positive changes) with an amazing manager who supports my career and flexible working … however comes with the inherit issues that come with a long standing global company

compared with a role at a smaller mga, higher salary (around 30%) more , more visibility career wise and some great employee benefits , management seem to be supportive and low staff turnover

which would you choose here

Where do you go to keep up to date on new Healthcare benefit products, regulations, etc? Is there an industry/regulatory resource?