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Apr 8 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers has promoted Barbara Giannini to vice president of strategy and management reporting. With 17 years of financial management and strategic consulting experience, Giannini previously served as the...
Apr 7 2010 // Risk Specialists Companies Insurance Agency, Inc. (RSCIA), a brokerage subsidiary of Chartis, has launched RiskSpecialistsCompanies.com, a new website providing web-based access to property, casualty and specialty lines...
Apr 6 2010 // IronPro, the professional liability division of Ironshore Inc., has entered into a joint relationship with Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Facilities, Inc. to offer lawyers professional liability (LPL) insurance....
Mar 29 2010 // Kentucky’s major workers’ compensation insurance carrier has decided to return some of its surplus to policyholders.The decision comes after several weeks of political pressure. Earlier this month, Gov. Steve...
Mar 23 2010 // Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Group regional operation, says it is implementing a commercial lines growth plan in Florida with its independent insurance agents.The Charlotte, North Carolina-based unit with...
Mar 22 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer.During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
Mar 22 2010 // Average healthcare costs for U.S. employers rose by 7.3 percent in 2009, surpassing inflation and the growth rate in overall healthcare spending, Thomson Reuters reported Monday.Overall U.S. healthcare spending, including...
Mar 18 2010 // A competitive market landscape perpetuated flat commercial insurance prices during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latest market survey.After nearly five years of steady price decreases, findings from...
Mar 8 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has...
Mar 7 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, the Associated Press has...
Mar 7 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has...
Mar 7 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has...
Mar 5 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer.During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
Mar 5 2010 // Companies in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and three other Indiana cities have been honored for their efforts to eliminate job-related accidents and illnesses. Indiana Commissioner of Labor Lori Torres presented...
Mar 5 2010 // A bill that would have increased employer penalties for workplace safety violations died in the Wyoming State Senate.House Bill 93 had come out of a worker safety task force Gov. Dave Freudenthal appointed last year to...
Feb 26 2010 // A Wyoming bill boosting fines and civil penalties for workplace safety violations will be considered by the full House.The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that House Bill 93 passed the House Minerals, Business and Economic...
Feb 26 2010 // San Diego, CA, 02/26/2010 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc., a leading provider of top rated insurance programs, is pleased to announce executive management level promotions. These changes are effective...
Feb 25 2010 // Employers Holdings Inc. reported fourth quarter 2009 net income of $11.3 million compared with $15.9 million in the same period in 2008, a decrease of $4.6 million. Pre-tax income in the fourth quarter increased $13.8...
Feb 25 2010 // The Indiana House has passed legislation that would repeal an increase on taxes that employers pay into the state’s unemployment insurance fund, which is deeply in debt to the federal government.The...
Feb 23 2010 // The Main Street America Group announced that Steve Peeters, who most recently was president and chief operating officer of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Zurich Insurance Services, has joined The Main Street America Group as...