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Aug 16 2011 // The number of workers covered by workers’ compensation dropped by 4.4 percent in 2009, the biggest decrease in two decades.Also, according to a report by the nonprofit National Academy of Social Insurance, employer...
Aug 16 2011 // Workers’ compensation benefits for workers injured on the job in California decreased 1.6 percent to $9.3 billion in 2009, according to a study released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). In...
Aug 15 2011 // Jayson Buechler has joined Normandy Harbor Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation insurance carrier based in Miami Beach, Fla., as vice president of underwriting. Prior to joining NHIC, Buechler was the vice...
Aug 15 2011 // Three companies are vying to provide workers’ compensation coverage for state agencies.Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Riley said that that BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., Chartis, and Zurich Insurance Co....
Aug 15 2011 // We all know the importance of maintaining good relationships with insurance companies in order for your agency to succeed. The slowdown in the economy has created changes to the internal structure of many insurance...
Aug 14 2011 // A state-created company intended to help small businesses get workers’ compensation insurance has agreed to a review by the Missouri auditor’s office.Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. agreed to what it...
Aug 12 2011 // The UK’s insurance industry “has welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement that the Riot Act police compensation schemes will operate as normal and has promised to use its expertise to help the...
Aug 11 2011 // Florida employers may be under more pressure to document the status of their workers after a panel of state judges ruled that illegal residents who are injured on the job are eligible for workers’ compensation...
Aug 11 2011 // A new law inspired by a former Illinois State Police trooper’s high-speed freeway wreck that killed two sisters bars state employees injured while committing crimes from getting workers’ compensation.The...
Aug 10 2011 // An Alaska tour operator has been fined $1.5 million for allegedly failing to carry workers’ compensation insurance, violating stop work orders and misclassifying employees as independent contractors.Ultimate Tours...
Aug 8 2011 // The most recent twist in the long-running Ogilvie case over the setting of disability payments for permanently injured workers may not be the big blow to the California workers’ compensation system some initially...
Aug 5 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Chicago-based Aon Corp., has appointed Clyde Ebanks as chief operating officer of the Aon Global Client Network and Bruce Wineman tas Aon...
Aug 4 2011 // Florida officials are calling for an investigation into the role of check cashing services in helping construction subcontractors avoid paying their fair share of workers’ compensation premiums. Florida Chief...
Aug 3 2011 // West Virginia employers would continue to benefit from lower workers’ compensation rates if the state agrees with an industry filing that loss costs be cut by 8.1 percent.Since the state privatized its workers’...
Aug 1 2011 // Louisiana is winding down its hurricane recovery programs, but Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration hasn’t cut much of the staff assigned to the work, even as other agencies across state government have faced...
Aug 1 2011 // Insurance agents tend to give a greater share of their business to insurers with whom they are highly satisfied, according to a J.D. Power and Associates Insurance Agency Satisfaction Study-Personal Lines.The study, based...
Jul 27 2011 // Allstate Insurance agency owners across Texas are planning to hire at least 350 licensed sales professionals by the end of the year, the company announced.Allstate is encouraging its 1,000 plus agency owners to continue to...
Jul 26 2011 // A lower house committee of Japan’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to help Tokyo Electric Power pay billions of dollars in compensation to those hurt by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, ensuring a law will soon be...
Jul 25 2011 // A.M. Best Co. announced that Stefan Holzberger has joined A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited as managing director, analytics. He will be based in London and will report directly to Roger Sellek, CEO –...
Jul 20 2011 // New York regulators have approved an average 9.1 percent hike in loss costs used by insurers, which is less than the 10.4 percent increase sought by the industry.The New York State Insurance Department approved the...