All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 6 2012 // The Missouri Senate has endorsed the establishment of a special committee to study whether to change a state-created workers’ compensation insurer.Senators gave initial approval on April 4 to a bill creating a...
Apr 6 2012 // California workers’ compensation insurers will be seeking a midyear correction — a 7.7 percent increase — in pure premium rates.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported that...
Apr 5 2012 // The state Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding workers’ compensation to a middle school principal shot in the face in 2009.The court ruled that former Fairmont Middle School Principal James Hunt’s...
Apr 5 2012 // Cooper Gay Australia, the Sydney based reinsurance broker, announced that Jon Calverley will be assuming the responsibilities of managing director, effective immediately.The bulletin noted that he “will be key to...
Apr 4 2012 // Republicans are sticking with Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm as their choice for North Dakota’s top insurance regulator.At the North Dakota GOP state convention on March 31, delegates endorsed Hamm for re-election....
Apr 4 2012 // A bill that would revise Mississippi’s workers’ compensation system survived attempts to kill it this week, but ended up further away from passage.After earlier rejecting proposed changes to the system of...
Apr 4 2012 // Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply...
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals.Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Apr 2 2012 // Pop quiz: Agency owners, please write down a short list of the management challenges constantly facing your company. The catch – you cannot list increasing new business revenue or retaining current clients. Portfolio...
Mar 27 2012 // Iberville and Ascension parishes in Louisiana should compensate the owners of Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours for opening a floodgate in 2009 that ruined their business, an attorney for the company told a state appellate...
Mar 22 2012 // In their efforts to vet job applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person’s social networking profiles and instead are asking to log in as the user to have a look...
Mar 21 2012 // It looks like the courtroom battle has ended for the New York State’s broker compensation disclosure regulation.Earlier this month, the New York appeals court agreed with the lower court and said insurance regulators...
Mar 16 2012 // The Mississippi Legislature is split on a bill that would make changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law. Opponents say it would tilt the scales against workers, but proponents say it would return...
Mar 15 2012 // The Risk & Insurance Management Society is applauding the New York appeals court for upholding the broker disclosure rule.“Consumers deserve the same transparency and information from their insurance brokers...
Mar 15 2012 // While their debates over property insurance and no-fault auto insurance consumed the attention of state officials and the media, Florida lawmakers were quietly dealing with several other insurance issues including...
Mar 14 2012 // The California Supreme Court ruled that a public school district may be vicariously liable for the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of a guidance counselor who allegedly sexually abused a student.And that ruling...
Mar 14 2012 // Ten new states now have access to workers’ compensation coverage from FastComp.com. The states are Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island and Utah. The product is now...
Mar 9 2012 // Lawmakers gave final approval on March 7 to legislation that would expand the type of ailments covered by the state workers’ compensation system, a move that supporters hope will make Missouri more attractive to...
Mar 9 2012 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead Wholesale Insurance Services named Tony McIntosh assistant vice president of its worker’s compensation practice in Northern California. McIntosh, who will be headquartered in Bencia,...
Mar 9 2012 // Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced that it is restructuring its “operating model” for its Australia Intermediated business, CGU. The changes are aimed at generating “annual cost savings of...