Insurance Recruiting Solutions

What Insurance Recruiting Solutions does

Insurance Recruiting Solutions is a privately-held, family-owned specialty recruiting firm focused exclusively on the U.S. insurance industry. Founded by Scot Dickerson, who brings over 30 years of insurance recruiting experience, and operated alongside his son Steele Dickerson, the firm offers two core services: Direct Hire Recruiting Services for permanent placements and Temporary Staffing Services for flexible or interim staffing needs. The company serves a broad set of insurance market participants including carriers, wholesale brokers and MGAs, program administrators, TPAs, captive managers, and insurance industry solutions vendors, completing searches across all disciplines from technical roles to executive-level positions and across all lines of business and coverage.

The firm operates without a proprietary technology platform, relying entirely on a high-touch, relationship-driven approach rather than a software-based matching engine. Its underlying technology infrastructure is limited to a standard corporate website (insurancerecruitingsolutions.com) and a content marketing platform comprising an extensive library of career-advice and hiring-guidance articles. There is no disclosed AI capability, API, SDK, or third-party integration stack; candidate sourcing, screening, and placement are conducted through direct engagement by the principals leveraging industry networks built over decades.

The business model is transaction-fee and professional-services based: direct hire placements generate contingency or retained search fees, while temporary staffing generates contract or hourly billing against interim placements. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement. The go-to-market motion is community-led and sales-led, combining proactive candidate sourcing, direct employer engagement, and content marketing to build top-of-funnel visibility. The firm operates nationally from its headquarters in Waukee, Iowa, but serves employers and candidates across the United States. As a small, privately-held firm with 5 employees and no institutional funding, the company is constrained in scale but benefits from deep domain specialization and founder-led client relationships.

Name

Insurance Recruiting Solutions

Legal name

Insurance Recruiting Solutions

Website

https://insurancerecruitingsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Insurance Recruiting Solutions is a privately-held, family-owned insurance industry recruiting firm offering direct hire placement and temporary staffing for carriers, wholesale brokers/MGAs, TPAs, program administrators, and captive managers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Insurance Recruiting Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD)

Keywords

• Insurance recruiting
• Permanent placement
• Temporary staffing
• Talent acquisition
• Executive search

Headquarters

HQ city

Waukee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct Hire Placement Services: Contingency or retained search placement fees for permanent hiring engagements with employers seeking insurance professionals across all disciplines and levels.
2. Temporary Staffing Services: Temporary staffing solutions providing employers with interim insurance professionals on a contract or hourly basis.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Insurance Recruiting Solutions is a specialized insurance industry recruiting firm that provides direct hire (permanent placement) recruiting services and temporary staffing solutions for insurance organizations across the United States. The firm places insurance professionals in roles spanning all disciplines and levels, from technical positions to executive leadership, and across all lines of business and coverage, serving carriers, wholesale brokers/MGAs, program administrators, TPAs, captive managers, and insurance solutions vendors.

Product overview

Insurance Recruiting Solutions is a specialized insurance industry recruitment firm offering a portfolio of staffing and career services. The core offerings consist of Direct Hire Recruiting Services for permanent placements and Temporary Staffing Services for flexible workforce needs, both targeting employers in the insurance sector (carriers, wholesale brokers/MGAs, program administrators, TPAs, captive managers, and insurance solutions vendors). Supporting these core recruiting services is a Candidate Placement Services arm that assists job seekers with career guidance and job search support. Additionally, the firm provides an educational content platform through its Insurance Industry Articles and Resources, offering career advice and hiring insights for both job seekers and hiring managers. The firm emphasizes a highly personalized, relationship-driven approach to recruiting rather than a technology platform-based model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct Hire Recruiting Services Permanent placement recruiting services connecting insurance organizations with qualified insurance professionals for direct hire positions across all disciplines, career levels, and lines of business and coverage. Targets carriers, wholesale brokers/MGAs, program administrators, TPAs, captive managers, and insurance solutions vendors.
• Temporary Staffing Services Temporary and contract staffing solutions providing insurance employers with flexible workforce solutions to meet short-term staffing needs, including contract and contract-to-hire engagements for interim insurance professionals.
• Candidate Placement Services Career placement assistance for job seekers in the insurance industry, including resume guidance, interview preparation, job search strategies, compensation negotiation, and access to opportunities across all insurance disciplines and career levels.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Large public staffing firm with dedicated financial services and insurance practice placing accounting, finance, and operational professionals. Comparable to IRS in serving insurance employers with direct hire and contract staffing, but competes from a far broader portfolio including finance and technology.
• Adecco (LHH): Global staffing and recruitment conglomerate offering direct hire, contract, and RPO services across industries including insurance. Comparable as a competitor for insurance employer hiring, but with vastly broader scope and technology-enabled delivery that smaller firms like IRS cannot match.

Direct peers

• Berkshire Consulting Group: Insurance industry-focused executive search and direct hire firm serving carriers, brokers, and TPAs. Directly comparable as a vertical-specialized recruiter competing for similar insurance mandates at the professional and executive level.
• The Jacobson Group: Largest dedicated insurance staffing and recruiting firm in the US, placing professionals across underwriting, claims, actuarial, and executive roles. The most directly comparable peer to Insurance Recruiting Solutions, though materially larger in scale and offering interim staffing, direct hire, and RPO services nationally.
• The McKnight Group: Insurance industry executive search and recruiting firm focused on senior-level placements for carriers, brokers, and insurtechs. Comparable to IRS as a relationship-driven insurance-only recruiter, though concentrated at the executive tier.
• The Harridge Search Group: Executive search firm dedicated exclusively to the insurance industry, placing senior leaders across underwriting, claims, actuarial, and C-suite roles. Comparable to IRS at the executive end of the placement spectrum with similar vertical specialization.
• The CRS Group (formerly Claims Resolution Specialists): Specialized insurance recruiting firm focused primarily on claims, underwriting, and insurance operations talent. Directly comparable to IRS as a boutique insurance-only recruiter with both direct hire and contract staffing offerings.
• Paul Mitchell Associates: Niche insurance recruiting firm specializing in placing producers, underwriters, and claims professionals nationally. Similar boutique scale and relationship-led model to IRS, competing for the same direct hire mandates.

Emerging players

• Eight Eleven Group (BAM, Brooksource, iVision): Specialized staffing firm with growing insurance vertical practice alongside technology and professional services. Comparable as an emerging competitor scaling a relationship-led recruiting model into the insurance market, but at materially larger scale than IRS.

Others

• Insurance Journal / Wells Media Insurance Jobs Marketplace: Leading insurance industry media company operating a job board and career marketplace connecting insurance employers with candidates. Comparable as an ecosystem participant enabling insurance recruiting and candidate sourcing, though it competes indirectly as a candidate-acquisition channel rather than a direct recruiter.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/insurance-recruiting-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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