For professionals, demand for their skills creates opportunity, but also raises the stakes. Career moves can improve salary, progression, wellbeing, and exposure to high-demand areas of the industry, but the wrong one can limit development or place you in a role that does not match your long-term goals. To provide a clear, current view of what matters in the hiring market right now, Selby Jennings surveyed over 150 insurance & actuarial professionals across the USA. This report translates their responses into practical benchmarks and insights across compensation, bonuses, flexible working, benefits, career motivations, counter offers, relocation, and retention. For hiring managers, business leaders, and insurance & actuarial professionals alike, the findings that follow can be used to benchmark your position, challenge assumptions, and make more informed decisions in a talent market where the right hire, or the right move, can have a lasting impact.