More than half of all insurance companies responding to a recent survey say they plan to increase staff in 2014. Although hiring for the most-in-demand positions may prove difficult. That’s according to the latest Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study conducted by The Jacobson Group and Ward Group. Jeff Rieder, partner for Ward Group, says that when analyzing the historical pattern of the survey’s results the predications for both increasing and decreasing employment levels at insurance companies are at record highs and lows, respectively.