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Leaders believe financial conditions will continue to improve, while they voiced concern over political unrest and international conflicts.

Laura Drabik is a frequent commentator on issues of transformation and innovation in the P&C insurance industry and Chief Evangelist at Guidewire. Drabik also oversees the Guidewire Insurtech Vanguard program, which helps insurers learn about the hottest new insurtechs and how to leverage their capabilities quickly and efficiently. She is also the author of Drabik Digest and the host of the InsurTalk podcast.

A customized learning plan keeps employees up to date with the right tech skills and helps combat fears their jobs will be replaced.

More personalized benefits can help meet a diverse workforce where they are.

Michael (Mike) Estep is head of product & underwriting for group insurance, a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc., which produces and distributes a full range of group life, disability, voluntary and corporate- and trust-owned life insurance.

Estep has responsibility for product development, underwriting and P&L management for the entire portfolio of life, disability and voluntary products targeted at employees of large and medium-sized companies, banks and associations.

Estep joined Prudential in May 2022. Previously, he led the voluntary benefits business at Symetra. Earlier in his career, he led the product organization for Guardian Life Insurance and had accountability for product development and management for their complete line of products, including dental, vision, life, absence and voluntary benefits.

Estep holds a BA in business from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from DePaul University.

Michael Giusti, M.B.A., is an analyst at insuranceQuotes.com, which publishes in-depth studies, data and analysis related to auto, home, health, life and business insurance. In his role as analyst, Michael studies the insurance industry in order to provide trusted tips, advice and insights. He has worked as a journalist for more than 20 years, including as a reporter at a daily newspaper in Florida, as an editor at a regional business journal, and as a writer for national and international publications. Michael is based out of New Orleans.

Almost 32,000 workers have already been let go since the start of the new year.

Social media backlash has executives looking for advice on how to lay people off without it blowing up in their faces.

When employees are impacted by current events, disaster or a crisis in their workplace, this organization shows up to offer immediate support and coping tools.