Hollinger Jobs

What Hollinger Jobs does

David J. Hollinger Associates, doing business as Hollinger Jobs, is a privately held insurance recruiting firm founded in 1970 and headquartered in New Jersey, serving the U.S. insurance market across New Jersey, New York, and Florida with national reach for specialized roles. The firm operates an exclusively insurance-vertical search practice, placing professionals into carriers, MGAs, retail and wholesale brokerages, reinsurers, group benefits firms, specialty program organizations, TPAs, marine and professional liability firms, InsurTechs, and corporate risk functions. Services span executive and senior management to specialized technical roles across property & casualty, group benefits, reinsurance, marine, professional liability, claims, and underwriting disciplines.

The firm sells three integrated services: a Retained Search practice (30-35% of first-year compensation plus expenses) designed for high-consequence executive and senior management hires; a Contingency Search practice (25% of first-year compensation) for less senior or more standard roles; and a Candidate Services practice offering confidential career guidance and placement support to insurance professionals. The delivery model is listen-first, with detailed screening on work history, technical alignment, and culture-fit before shortlists are presented. There is no proprietary technology platform — the value proposition rests on human expertise, deep candidate networks built over 56 years, and disciplined process execution.

The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-based, relying on direct employer outreach, candidate referrals, and an industry reputation rather than paid acquisition; the primary digital presence is the hollingerjobs.com website. Pricing is transparent and standardized into the two published fee bands. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, the firm remains privately held without external funding or a parent entity, and headcount is in the 1-10 range, consistent with a small, founder-led boutique.

Name

Hollinger Jobs

Legal name

David J. Hollinger Associates

Website

https://hollingerjobs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hollinger Jobs (David J. Hollinger Associates) is a privately held, 1-10 person insurance recruiting boutique founded in 1970, offering retained, contingency, and candidate services to carriers, MGAs, brokers, reinsurers, and specialty insurance firms across the U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Insurance Recruiting and Executive Search

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

Keywords

• Insurance recruiting
• Executive search
• Contingency recruiting
• Talent acquisition
• Insurance staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Naples

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retained Search Services: High-consequence executive and senior management hiring engagements where the firm conducts thorough screening, verification, and assessment. Fee structure is 30-35% of first year compensation plus expenses. This is a performance-based, project engagement model.
2. Contingency Search Services: Contingency-based recruiting where fees are only paid upon successful placement. Fee structure is 25% of first year compensation. Includes listen-first approach with vetting steps to confirm work history, technical alignment, and culture match.
3. Candidate Services: Career guidance and job placement services for insurance professionals seeking new opportunities. Provides confidential guidance centered on career progression with involvement from introductions to job acceptance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hollinger Jobs is a specialized insurance recruiting firm that provides retained search, contingency search, and candidate career guidance services to insurance carriers, MGAs, brokers, reinsurers, and group benefits firms. The firm recruits for executive, management, and specialized professional roles across property & casualty, group benefits, specialty programs, marine, professional liability, and reinsurance sectors, charging transaction-based fees of 25-35% of first-year compensation.

Product overview

David J. Hollinger Associates (operating as Hollinger Jobs) is an insurance recruiting firm founded in 1970, offering a unified portfolio of three integrated staffing services. The core offering consists of Retained Search for high-stakes executive placements, Contingency Search for standard hiring needs, and Candidate Services for professional career guidance. The company specializes exclusively in insurance industry talent acquisition across property & casualty, group benefits, specialty programs, marine, professional liability, and reinsurance sectors, serving carriers, MGAs, brokers, reinsurers, and corporate risk managers. All three services are delivered through a listen-first, culture-focused methodology with involvement from initial screening through final placement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retained Search
• Contingency Search
• Candidate Services

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Largest global organizational consulting firm with significant executive search operations including insurance industry coverage. A scaled incumbent competing for the same C-suite insurance placements Hollinger targets.
• Robert Half: Large-scale professional staffing firm with a dedicated financial services and insurance practice. Competes at the placement-agency tier for accounting, finance, claims, and operational insurance roles overlapping Hollinger's contingency search book.
• Aerotek: Specialized staffing firm (part of Allegis Group) with insurance industry placements. Competes for mid-level claims, underwriting, and operational insurance roles in the same addressable market as Hollinger's contingency search.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with financial services coverage. Competes in the same C-suite and senior insurance leadership search engagements Hollinger handles.
• Stanton Chase: Global executive search firm with a financial services and insurance practice. Competitor for senior insurance placements, particularly at C-suite and senior management levels where Hollinger also operates.
• DHR International: Global executive search firm with insurance industry coverage. Competes for senior management and executive placements across carriers, brokers, and related insurance organizations.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with a dedicated insurance and financial services practice. Competes for senior insurance leadership placements that Hollinger targets, with broader geography and substantially larger resources.
• Spencer Stuart: Premier executive search firm with established financial services and insurance practices. Competes for executive-level insurance hires across carriers and brokers at the high end of the market.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a dedicated insurance practice. Targets the same senior insurance leadership talent pool with comparable C-suite and senior management search offerings.

Direct peers

• The Jacobson Group: The largest dedicated insurance recruiting and staffing firm in the US, providing direct-hire and consulting placements across P&C, life, group benefits, and claims. Closely comparable to Hollinger on vertical specialization, transaction-fee model, and insurance-only mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/insjobguru
• Facebookfacebook.com/hollinger.jobs.7
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hollinger-jobs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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