Insurance industry lost 6,000 jobs in a month

The U.S. insurance industry shed 6,000 jobs in September compared with August, according to a report by the Insurance Information Institute based on data by the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite upticks in insurance industry employment in June and August of this year, the III said seasonally unadjusted insurance industry employment dropped to 2.17 million in September, its lowest point in 20 years.