Penn Mutual has been making limited progress. Their move to be innovative is bringing some of their methods into the 2000s, not much past that though. The most recent innovations look slick when compared against the old technology that they use but it is still old news when compared to what is really going on in technology today.
Company personnel is very "cliquey." You really have to position yourself with the right people to get ahead, or even keep your job.
If you are looking for a job here be young and cheap, maybe you will get in.