Digital Initiatives, Geographic Expansion on Tap at Employers

Employers Holdings Inc. plans to invest money it saves as a result of federal tax cuts into technology over the next several years, in areas including claims, customer service and pricing. “We have chosen to reinvest the first two to three years of our expected financial benefits from tax reform back into our business by greatly accelerating the development and deployment of these new digital capabilities,” Douglas Dirks, Employers’ president and chief executive officer, said during a conference call with analysts last week. But Dirks was coy on the question of whether the ...